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  2. OFFICIAL PICTURES OF ATTACK ON CRETE

    Dramatic British War Office photographs of the Battle of Grete received by air mail yesterday. Top: Nazi parachute troops, of whom 60 per cent were destroyed before they reached the ground, being dropped on the island. As the picture was taken, a Nazi troop carrier, set on fire by ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 200 words
  3. WAR MATERIALS

    CANBERRA, Friday.—Important messages received in Canberra in the last fortnight from the Australian Minister in Washington (Mr. Casey) and Australian supply representatives in the United States disclose that ...

    Article : 369 words
  4. 800 WOMEN WAR

    HEADED by 100 pipers 800 women war workers in uniform marched last night to the front of the City Hall, where a recruiting rally was held. ...

    Article : 377 words
  5. STORY BRIDGE TOLLS BELOW ESTIMATE

    REVENUE from the Story Bridge for the first yenr of operation fell almost £5000 short of the Bridge Board's estimate of ...

    Article : 78 words
  6. MUTTON PRICES DOWN MONDAY

    Mutton will be cheaper in Brisbane on Monday. A. reduction of a half penny a 1b. in maximum retail prices was announced yesterday by the ...

    Article : 291 words
  7. SHORTAGE OF VEGETABLE SEEDS LIKELY

    Because of the war, a shortage of vegetable seeds, particularly carrots, likely in Queensland. Seed supplies from the Continent ...

    Article : 347 words
  8. FULL AID FOR RUSSIA

    MORE than 2000 people at a meeting in the City Hall last night demanded full aid to Russia in its fight against Nazism and Fascism. ...

    Article : 643 words
  9. 2 BRISBANE CANTEENS

    THE two mobile canteens bought for London's bomb victims through an appeal by the 62 Brisbane women's war work organisations have been presented to Westminster and Bermondsey areas ...

    Article : 153 words
  10. IRONMEN BLAME

    SYDNEY, Friday.—The secretary or the Newcastle ironworkers (Mr. R. C. Morgan) said to-night that there would save been no stonnage in the ...

    Article : 338 words
  11. SPEED-UP PLANNED IN CASUALTY LISTS

    Release of casualty lists would be speeded up by two or three weeks if the army authorities approved of a Red Cross scheme, said Mr. E. K. ...

    Article : 164 words
  12. Late Budget Means Heavier Tax Burden

    CANBERRA, Friday. — Announcements that the Federal Government will not now introduce the Federal Budget until well into September have ...

    Article : 211 words
  13. Governor Knots

    The Governor (Sir Leslie Wilson} showed the Queensland Voluntary Camouflage Net Makers' Association yesterday that he, too, could make ...

    Article : 168 words
  14. NEW PACK FOR PIG MEAT

    A Queensland packing company is experimenting with a semi-solid pack containing 93 per cent. pork. Samples have been sent to the ...

    Article : 165 words
  15. ARCHITECTS CLAIM RIGHT IN FEDERAL HOUSING PLAN

    The president of the Queensland chapter of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (Mr. E. J. Weller) said yesterday that architects were not ...

    Article : 141 words
  16. FACTORIES TO MAKE ARMY BOOTS ONLY

    CANBERRA, Friday. — An order promulgated by the Supply Department to-night calls on every boot manufacturer capable of producing military ...

    Article : 134 words
  17. RECORD CROWD LIKELY

    A record crowd is expected at Doomben to-day to see the running of the Doomben Cup, which will conclude the Brisbane Amateur Turf Club's carnival ...

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  18. MISSING MINER WAS ONCE NEARLY M.L.A.

    TOWNSVILLE, Thursday.—Memories of a hard-fought election, which was the baptism in politics of the Federal Treasurer (Mr. Fadden) were recalled ...

    Article : 175 words
  19. WAR REVENUE FROM PHONES PROPOSED

    CANBERRA, Friday. — Telephone charges throughout the Commonwealth will be revised considerably if proposals submitted to the Federal ...

    Article : 136 words
  20. ENGINEERS GIVE MUCH SAYS UNION LEADER

    SYDNEY, Friday.—"Mr. Holt's attack on the engineers is provocative at a moment when there is so much interest in the engineering industry." ...

    Article : 209 words
  21. HUNGER STRIKERS' APPEAL

    SYDNEY, Friday.—Union Officials said to-day that the appeals of the two hunger strikers. M. Thomas and H. Ratcliffe. who are in custody under ...

    Article : 67 words
  22. INNISFAIL MURDER CHARGE

    INNISFAIL, Friday.—Frederick Leign Shang, 38, waterside worker, was found dead late last night with a knife wound under his left armpit. ...

    Article : 51 words
  23. News In A Nutshell

    A.W.U. GENERAL SECRETARY.— The Queensland branch secretary of the Australian Workers' Union (Mr. C. G. Fallon) and Mr. E. J. McQuoid, of ...

    Article : 920 words
  24. HOSPITAL COMPLAINTS

    Reports on two complaints against the Brisbane General Hospital which were made at recent inquests were being prepared by the Hospitals Board ...

    Article : 88 words
  25. Advertising

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    Advertising : 63 words
  26. NORMAL WAGE FOR WAR PRISONERS' FARM WORK

    MELBOURNE, Friday.—In accordance with the Geneva convention the Federal Government will not employ war prisoners now in the ...

    Article : 125 words
  27. POULTRY AND EGG CONTROL

    Regulations have been introduced under the Diseases in Poultry Acts to control the slaughter of poultry for sale for human consumption and the ...

    Article : 109 words
  28. SYDNEY GIRL MARRIES DUTCHMAN BY PROXY

    SYDNEY, Friday.—An 18-year-old Sydney mannequin, Miss Roma Blair was married by proxy this week to Mr Leo Ossendriver of Randoeng ...

    Article : 165 words
  29. 'PEOPLE STILL CASUAL ABOUT WAR EFFORT"

    Some people were still a bit casual about the war effort, said Commander E. C. Rhodes yesterday at a farewell to Major-General R. E. Jackson and a ...

    Article : 112 words
  30. £12 MORE SALARY FOR ALL MALE FEDERAL SERVANTS

    CANBERRA, Friday.—From yesterday the effective salary of all male Federal public servants was increased at the rate of £12 a year ...

    Article : 112 words
  31. New Naval Chief

    ICE - ADMIRAL MR GUY ROYLE Who has arrived [?] Australia [?] ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 77 words
  32. FOOD PLAN CHANGES

    Wholesalers and retailers in the Toowoomba area will not have to maintain reserve stocks of condensed milk, powdered milk (full cream). infants' food ...

    Article : 120 words
  33. INCREASED AWARDS FOR FINDING OF ENEMY MINES

    CANBERRA, Friday.—People who find and report enemy mines in future will be paid up to £5 by the Naval Board. Scales of awards is:— ...

    Article : 112 words
  34. OWNERS DELAYED SHIPS, WATERSIDERS CLAIM

    SYDNEY, Friday.—Officials of the Waterside Workers' Federation have asked the Federal Government to invoke the Transport Workers Act to ...

    Article : 129 words
  35. BROADCASTS CENSORSHIP

    MELBOURNE, Friday. — The general rule was that every person who broadcast in Australia must submit script of his proposed remarks, said ...

    Article : 131 words
  36. SEASON TICKETS MISS RISE

    Season ticket-holders will escape the increase in railway passenger fares until their tickets expire. This was revealed last night by the ...

    Article : 54 words
  37. INTER-STATE TEMPERATURES

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 24 words
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