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  2. WIDE RAINS BIG AID

    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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  3. Land Army Girls For Cotton Picking

    Despite the condition us their train left, these members of the Women's Land Army were able to wave a cheery good-bye ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. SERVICEMEN RUSH RAIL SEATS KEPT FOR LAND GIRLS

    CONFUSED scenes were witnessed at Roma Street station last night when men in uniform rushed two carriages reserved for 80 members of the Women's Land Army, who left for cotton ...

    Article : 667 words
  5. U.S. Beards Help Our Troops

    BEARDS worn by American servicemen in a steamy subtropical Queensland town work out favourably to Australian ...

    Article : 122 words
  6. Souvenirs From Japs

    Robert W. Gustavson, of Wooloowin, displaying the Japanese souvenirs sent to him from New Guinea by his father. They ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. Seek Federal Labour Nomination

    Nominations closed on Saturday for plebiscites to select Labour candidates for Queensland electorates in the next Federal ...

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  8. FLIERS SHOT WAY THROUGH SUBS.

    L.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 words
  9. MODIFIED DIM-OUT WANTED

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Claiming it is a menace to life, the National Emergency Services Minister (Mr. Heffron) will ...

    Article : 430 words
  10. TIGHTER RACE BANS LIKELY

    CANBERRA, Sunday.—Commonwealth authorities will probably examine this week ways and means of preventing a repetition ...

    Article : 294 words
  11. This Bomber Met Trouble All The Way

    Latest Australian airman to quality for entrance to the Caterpillar Club is Sergeant Jack Edgar, of Pioneer Street. ...

    Article : 352 words
  12. Boat Upsets, 5 Boys Missing

    MELBOURNE, Sunday. — Five boys, aged 15 to 17, are missing, believed drowned, after the capsize of their rowing boat on Lake ...

    Article : 208 words
  13. U.S. AIRMEN IN NORTH WIN SILVER STARS

    Awards of the Silver Star to six members of the United Suites Air Force and one medical officer, for gallantry in air fighting over ...

    Article : 335 words
  14. JUDGE CURLEWIS DEAD

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—The death occurred to-day of Judge Herbert Raine Curlewis. He had been ill practically ever since his ...

    Article : 64 words
  15. TRAM PAY CLAIM HEARING TO-DAY

    Representatives of the Brisbane City Council and Tramways Union will appear this morning before the Industrial Court, which will hear ...

    Article : 114 words
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    Advertising : 387 words
  17. RISE GRANTED FOR STEEL

    CANBERRA, Sunday.—Because of heavy increases in costs, the Commonwealth Prices Commissioner (Professor Copland) ...

    Article : 273 words
  18. PILOT USED LION CUB AS FLYING PARTNER

    SERGT.-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 words
  19. TROOPS ACCLAIM FILM NEWS

    SYDNEY, Sunday. — "News from Home," a special newsreel for troops in Northern Territory and New Guinea has been acclaimed ...

    Article : 120 words
  20. Army Accused Of Failure On Drink

    "The handling of the liquor question in relation to men in uniform is a sorry story of backing and filling, governmental ...

    Article : 165 words
  21. State's Work On Rubber Vine

    A Canberra report giving credit to the Federal Supply Department for installation of a pilot, plant to treat latex from the ...

    Article : 153 words
  22. £15,000 DAMAGE IN TIMBER YARD FIRE

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A fire, which swept through the timber yard of W. J. Inglis, Pty., Ltd., Plenty Road. Preston, this ...

    Article : 134 words
  23. SURF WARNING TO AMERICAN TROOPS

    Two American soldiers were rescued after having been carried out in the surf at Surfers' Paradise yesterday ...

    Article : 67 words
  24. CHILDREN ARRIVE FROM N. GUINEA

    Twelve half-caste girls and children, none of whom had ever visited civilisation before, have arrived at an Australian port from ...

    Article : 172 words
  25. NEWS IN A NUTSHELL

    WIDOWS' PENSIONS.—Payments on widows' pensions for the first three months of this year totalled £333,000, and for ...

    Article : 257 words
  26. AFTERNOON CLOSURE OF HOTELS OPPOSED

    First 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 words
  27. RESPIRATORS AND HELMETS NEEDED

    Although the necessary fire-fighting and first-aid equipment for Queensland A.R.P. personnel has been received, respirators ...

    Article : 96 words
  28. RATS INFESTING SYDNEY'S SUBURBS

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Rats are infesting several Sydney suburbs, particularly King's Cross and suburbs near the water. In the ...

    Article : 99 words
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