THE crew of a German cargo vessel of 8000 tons, which was intercepted by Australian and Dutch warships in the Indian Ocean, scuttled their ship after it had been hit by gunfire in a sharp ...
Article : 637 wordsAN attack on regulations under the National Security Act, providing for unlimited penalties for minor breaches, was made yesterday by the Health and Home Affairs and Civil Defence ...
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Article : 264 wordsIn the event of an air raid, patients could be evacuated from wards of the Brisbane General Hospital within two minutes. ...
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Article : 187 wordsWhile the Army carries out "live" artillery practice this week, people in certain areas will he shut out of their homes ...
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Article : 70 wordsFour American military policemen qualified for the bronze medallion of the Queensland Surf Life-saving Association at Kirra ...
Article : 100 wordsCOOLANGATTA, Sunday.— More than 150 houses and flats have been booked for periods of three weeks and longer by people ...
Article : 59 words"The domestic labour position in public and private hospitals and similar institutions is desperate even now, when sickness ...
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Article : 333 wordsThe State Premier (Mr. F. A. Cooper) has been appointed president of the Church Army in Australia. ...
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Article : 47 wordsTHE present system of drinking in hotel bars should be abolished, says Professor J. V. Duhig, Professor of Pathology, Queensland University. In an article in the "Queensland ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Mon 14 Dec 1942, Page 3
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