IN a series of attacks and counter-attacks, probably some of the fiercest and toughest fighting in the whole New Guinea campaign is taking place for vital strategic ridges at Oivi, nine ...
Article : 878 wordsMELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Two chaplains and an Army Sister are among 22 Queenslanders mentioned in dispatched for ...
Article : 295 wordsFIRST PICTURE of a "Catafighter" at sea for the protection of convoys. The "Catafighter," usually a Hurricane, is mounted on a catapult on the poop of a merchant ship. If enemy air-craft attempt to attack the Hurricane is hurled into (air. When the air is cleared, the "Catafighter" pilot either bales out over the convoy or crash lands on the sea and is picked up by a ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 190 wordsTHE Prime Minister (MrMCurtin) said last night that nothing had happened to alter his statement of a month ago that we would have to hold on for six months before a big push could be made ...
Article : 359 wordsSchool restrictions in Queensland will be removed immediately after the vacation, the Education Minister (Mr. Jones) told ...
Article : 281 wordsAn A.l.F. sergeant made a £1250 hooking yesterday for the War Bond preview nl the Resent Theatre on November ...
Article : 84 wordsADELAIDE, Tuesday.—The problem of moving forces in a country as big as Australia, with such poor methods of communication, was a tremendous one, said the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) to-day. ...
Article : 307 wordsAFTER investigating the needs of soldiers serving on northern battle stations Army authorities consider that the ...
Article : 112 wordsShortage of jurors was again mentioned in the Supreme Court yesterday, when one was refused exemption. ...
Article : 296 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—About 300 men employed at the Excelsior Colliery, on the South Coast, went on strike to-day as a protest ...
Article : 279 wordsThe Distinguished Flying Medal has been awarded to Sergeant H. W. J. Smith, son of Mrs. M. A. Smith, Vulture Street. South ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 198 wordsThe Queensland Grocers' Association appreciated the co-operation of The Courier-Mail in the campaign launched by the ...
Article : 210 wordsMELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Mr. R. G. Menzies, K.C., submitted in the High Court to-day that the indictment in the canteens secret ...
Article : 214 wordsThe Queensland Grocers' Association will ask the Rationing Commission to establish a coupon system for matches. ...
Article : 126 wordsHope that responsible public citizens in all agricultural towns in Queensland would sponsor the movement for week-end rural ...
Article : 131 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Federal Labour Minister (Mr. Ward) said to-day that the decisions of the Women's Employment Board ...
Article : 165 wordsFemale labour has been used extensively in the northern cane-fields on planting and cultivation, and some cape also has been cut ...
Article : 113 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—Leader of the Country Party (Mr. Bruxner) in the Legislative Assembly to-day attacked as "political piracy" the ...
Article : 100 wordsThe War Organisation of Industry Department will assist Queens-land retailers to obtain a fair share of interstate goods affected ...
Article : 136 wordsSenators Cordon Brown, J. S. Collings, and B. Courtice, and Mr. G. W. Martcus, M.H.R., are the only Queensland Labour ...
Article : 257 wordsThe ban on interstate transport of beer is expected to result in a further curtailment of supplies for Queensland consumers. ...
Article : 146 wordsNo election will be needed for two representatives each from the workers and the employers, who will form part of the personnel of ...
Article : 161 wordsMELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Necessity for early applications for conversion of Commonwealth securities maturing on December 15 ...
Article : 94 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—Misuse of censorship was reported to-day by the president of the Australian Newspapers Proprietors' ...
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Advertising : 230 wordsAnnouncement by the Agriculture Minister (Mr. Bulcock) of his acceptance of the position of Federal Director-General of ...
Article : 193 wordsTRAMWAY track construction work in Brisbane is held up because of a strike involving between 60 and 70 men, comprising the two gangs engaged on the work. The men refused to work and ...
Article : 344 wordsMELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Civilian population will be back to a potato allowance of 1½lb, to a head per week in a month's time. ...
Article : 149 wordsThe Government will make a of £100 as a first advance to buy thread, cotton, hooks and eyes, and press studs, for ...
Article : 133 wordsGeorge Perce Grimes, a bankrupt farmer and mechanic, now a member of the R.A.A.P., formerly of Cecil Plains, was asmonished ...
Article : 189 wordsAnother 3000 cards of "The Fuzzy-Wuzzy Angels of Owen Stanley Track" were sold by The Courier-Mail yesterday. ...
Article : 221 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—As a protest against the action of the Minister for Customs (Senator Keane) in allotting large quantities of ...
Article : 97 wordsFOUR New Guinea natives were given special medals at the first distribution of awards for meritorious services held, in Kokoda since its recapture. Marie of white metal, the medal ...
Article : 207 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—Referring to-day to the stoppage of work on the Sydney waterfront, the Federal Labour Minister (Mr. Ward) ...
Article : 96 wordsMT. ISA. Tuesday.—Following a quarrel between a coloured American soldier and a white American soldier in Miles Street to-night ...
Article : 87 wordsMELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Struck by a plane when it was attempting to take off on a night flight, Flying-Officer Alaric Rupert ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Wed 11 Nov 1942, Page 3
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