RECENT widespread rain will give a tremendous boost to Queensland primary production. It will be of great value to crops in which shortages had been threatened. Though the rain came too late to help the wheat crop it will promote dairy production, enable immediate planting of peanuts, and benefit potato and other vegetable crops. ...
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Article : 667 wordsBEARDS worn by American servicemen in a steamy subtropical Queensland town work out favourably to Australian ...
Article : 122 wordsRobert W. Gustavson, of Wooloowin, displaying the Japanese souvenirs sent to him from New Guinea by his father. They ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 87 wordsNominations closed on Saturday for plebiscites to select Labour candidates for Queensland electorates in the next Federal ...
Article : 195 wordsL.A.C. Bruce Plant, of Townsville, was one of a batch of R.A.A.F. trainees who had to shoot their way through a pack of Axis submarines on their way to Canada. Also in the party was L.A.C. Clifford Parsons, of Sydney. ...
Article : 515 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—Claiming it is a menace to life, the National Emergency Services Minister (Mr. Heffron) will ...
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Article : 294 wordsLatest Australian airman to quality for entrance to the Caterpillar Club is Sergeant Jack Edgar, of Pioneer Street. ...
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Article : 208 wordsAwards of the Silver Star to six members of the United Suites Air Force and one medical officer, for gallantry in air fighting over ...
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Article : 273 wordsSERGT.-PILOT John Walker Barnes, of the R.A.A.F., who served under the Empire air scheme in North Africa, habitually made his flights over enemy territory with a large lion cub—mascot of his squadron—as a companion ...
Article : 224 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. — "News from Home," a special newsreel for troops in Northern Territory and New Guinea has been acclaimed ...
Article : 120 words"The handling of the liquor question in relation to men in uniform is a sorry story of backing and filling, governmental ...
Article : 165 wordsA Canberra report giving credit to the Federal Supply Department for installation of a pilot, plant to treat latex from the ...
Article : 153 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday.—A fire, which swept through the timber yard of W. J. Inglis, Pty., Ltd., Plenty Road. Preston, this ...
Article : 134 wordsTwo American soldiers were rescued after having been carried out in the surf at Surfers' Paradise yesterday ...
Article : 67 wordsTwelve half-caste girls and children, none of whom had ever visited civilisation before, have arrived at an Australian port from ...
Article : 172 wordsWIDOWS' PENSIONS.—Payments on widows' pensions for the first three months of this year totalled £333,000, and for ...
Article : 257 wordsFirst move to bring about a lull in drinking hours during the day has been made at Canberra, where hotels now close between 2 and 4 ...
Article : 123 wordsAlthough the necessary fire-fighting and first-aid equipment for Queensland A.R.P. personnel has been received, respirators ...
Article : 96 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—Rats are infesting several Sydney suburbs, particularly King's Cross and suburbs near the water. In the ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Mon 12 Oct 1942, Page 3
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