AUSTRALIA had provided one-sixth of the Imperial forces in the Near East, said the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) in a national broadcast last night. Calling for all-out support for the troops overseas, ...
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Article : 451 wordsMORE than £1000 was raised by the exhibition of women's war work, which was sponsored by The Courier-Mail and held in ...
Article : 57 wordsMEMBERS of the fighting forces who had Sunday dinner with city welfare organisations yesterday enjoyed the farm produce carpet ...
Article : 433 wordsTOOWOOMBA, Sunday.—R. F. Culliford, 18, a member of the sixth form at the Toowoomba Grammar School, has joined the ...
Article : 116 wordsWITH the Home Guard delaying the advance of an imaginary enemy expeditionary force further south, thousands of Queensland home defence troops spent yesterday consolidating their positions in preparation for giving battle to the "invaders" ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 69 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—The danger of a considerable influx of foreign doctors into Australia after the war, and the need for acting in ...
Article : 261 wordsCAIRNS, Sunday.—Canecutters in the Babinda and Mulgrave mill areas nave now been signed on, and those for the Hambledon area—the last of ...
Article : 109 wordsMaximum retail prices for eggs in Brisbane to-day have been fixed at:—Hen, 1/9; medium, 1/7; pullet, 1/5; second quality, 1/7. These prices are 3d ...
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Article : 151 wordsHeavy rain prevented wharf-labourers removing cargo smouldering in the hold of an Australian liner when it berthed at a Brisbane wharf. ...
Article : 117 wordsMoulders at the Ipswich railway workshops who have been on strike will resume work to-day. The Commissioner of Railways (Mr. ...
Article : 99 wordsRush buying of blankets and other woollen articles in the last two weeks has depleted Brisbane stocks. The buying follows the official ...
Article : 284 wordsWinter tourist trade flourishes at South Queensland resorts, but, because of the war, a slump is being experienced in North Queensland. ...
Article : 67 wordsDamage of £3000 was caused when the 30-roomed Coronation Hotel at Grantham was destroyed by fire last night. A cash register was the only item ...
Article : 75 wordsTOWNSVILLE, Sunday.—Driver of a taxi in Townsville "simply to have something to do," Mr. A. B. Davidson, is now second Viscount Davidson of Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England, according to letters he has received from Britain. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 71 wordsLONDON, June 8.—A casualty list issued by the Air Ministry includes the following members of the R.A.A.F.:— Missing, believed killed in action.— ...
Article : 77 wordsEleanor Dorothy Jopling, 21, single, Manchester Terrace, Taringa, received a probable fracture of the left leg and shock when struck by a car in Moggill ...
Article : 152 wordsA record flight of 7 hours 50 minutes from New Guinea to Brisbane—more than 1600 miles—was made yesterday by Carpenter Airlines' new ...
Article : 81 wordsMost munitions works in Queensland are expected to continue working on the King's Birthday holiday next Monday. ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Mon 9 Jun 1941, Page 3
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