IN their six days' action at Oivi Australian troops had easily their toughest fight of the whole New Guinea campaign—tougher even than that in the Owen Stanley Range. ...
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Article : 103 wordsAustralian soldiers clearing a landing ground in Papua for troop-carrying planes which transported men and material ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 736 wordsGirls of the Australian Women's Army Service are taking lessons in unarmed defence—the modern version of what was formerly ...
Article : 87 wordsSUPPORT for the Federal Government's proposed alteration of the Constitution was given last night by Sir Isaac Isaacs, former Chief Justice and former Governor-General. ...
Article : 443 wordsISSUE of a regulation prohibiting paying or receiving a premium for Australian silver or copper coin was announced by the Federal Treasurer (Mr. Chifley) yesterday Severe penalties, as prescribed ...
Article : 210 wordsMore beer will be released next month—40 per cent more than for this month. The concession will be for ...
Article : 183 wordsLONDON, Nov. 13 (Special).—Britain does not need to merge retail stores or close departments of them to increase man-power. ...
Article : 206 wordsPeople arc still advised to plan clothing purchases, because the second series of ration coupons, those marked H, which come into ...
Article : 230 wordsDamage caused by Hudson medium bombers on the Portuguese Timor villages of Moabisse and Bobonaro last week was ...
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Article : 408 wordsAn allocation of £210,664 was made by the Commonwealth Government for 1941-42 civil defence expenditure in Queensland, the ...
Article : 73 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—For the levying of war damage insurance contributions, and assessing compensation, value of fixed property ...
Article : 315 wordsHopes wore, being held out for a six-million bushel crop, said the State Wheat Board chairman (Mr. W. A. Dean) yesterday ...
Article : 120 wordsSYDNEY, Friday. — Combined sales of refined sugar in Australia and New Zealand for the half-year ended September 30 were more ...
Article : 83 wordsThe strike of tramway track construction workers ended yesterday. Because of the week's idleness the 60 to 70 men involved ...
Article : 132 wordsAustralian Women's Land Army members grading peanuts at Kingaroy have been compelled to join dip Australian Workers' Union. ...
Article : 100 wordsSOUTHPORT, Friday.—In a collision between a military truck and a co-ordinated bus on the Pacific Highway, near Broadbeach ...
Article : 108 wordsWARWICK, Friday.—The wheat harvesting period this year will be spread over five weeks instead of four because of man-power ...
Article : 120 wordsAustralian troops who have been fighting in the Owen Stanleys make one match light hundreds of cigarettes. Matches are scarce in ...
Article : 120 wordsFarmers supplying milk to cheese factories were not likely to be relieved of this obligation, the Agriculture Minister (Mr. ...
Article : 108 wordsDIVORCE DECREE.—Leslie Albert Hughes, dental surgeon, Lewis Street, Camp Hill, was granted a decree nisi by Mr. Justice Philp ...
Article : 181 wordsThe anonymous gift of £25 left on The Courier-Mail doorstep on November 2 for the Montrose Home, conducted by the ...
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Article : 145 wordsThe essential foodstuff position on Northern Queensland had materially improved as a result of increased stocks in the last few ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Sat 14 Nov 1942, Page 3
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