THERE seems little hope for Rommel now; nothing but the black bitterness of destroying and burning as much as possible before it is swallowed up by the Eighth Army chasing the Germans ...
Article : 472 wordsLONDON, Dec. 25 (Special).—A small, green, waterproof-covered package will in future be carefully stowed in lifeboats ...
Article : 262 wordsMULES carrying supplies for the A.I.F. and Militia during training in mountainous country in Northern Australia, when ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 65 wordsLONDON, Dec. 25 (Special).—General Vassilo Chuikov, commander at Stalingrad, told front-line reporters in Russia to-day how the Red Army beat Hitler's last and greatest attempt to capture ...
Article : 311 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—It is understood that the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) spent the greater part of to-day, and will ...
Article : 118 wordsThe Red Cross Society linn distributed 1200 Christmas parcels to the "Fuzzy-Wuzzy Angels of the Owen Stanley Track" with ...
Article : 181 wordsNEW YORK, Dec 25 (A.A.P.)—Army officials have inspected the first unit of a new secret mobile weapon. ...
Article : 50 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—"Our fighting men willi our Allies of the United Nations, have a New Year's message to deliver to ...
Article : 286 wordsWASHINGTON, Dec. 25 (A.A.P.).—"The Axis is on the defensive everywhere; they are wondering where we will strike ...
Article : 392 words"IT is significant that Christmas Day is the only day on which our plants and factories are stilled," said President Roosevelt in a Christmas message yesterday. "On all other holidays the work ...
Article : 520 wordsApproximately 925 women are employed by the Postmaster-General's Department throughout Australia. This includes 700 ...
Article : 232 wordsFollowing up Tuesday's attack, R.A.A.F. Beanfighters his hard at Fuiloro, an enemy village in Portuguese Timor, on Wednesday ...
Article : 149 wordsThree hundred cadets in the Air Training Corps front Brisbane and outlying districts left yesterday by a special train for 10 days' ...
Article : 241 wordsChristmas business at the Brisbane G.P.O. constituted an all-time record. The Queensland Director of ...
Article : 181 wordsMembers of the American forces played Santa Claus to numbers of children from Brisbane institutions and poorer homes ...
Article : 240 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—Patricia Ramsay 9, of Belmore, was drawn 162ft. through a 2ft. 6in. pipe while the baths at Thirroul wore being ...
Article : 132 wordsChristmas dinner for most troops in or near the Buna line will be the same as any other dinner for weeks past—bully beef ...
Article : 290 wordsOUR boys are going to feel like Burke and Wills when they get to the sea at Sanananda Point, about three miles away, when the obdurate Japanese are cleaned out of their positions. ...
Article : 601 wordsFrom GEPFFREY TEBBUTT, Courier-Mail War Correspondent in New Guinea. EACH day in New Guinea brings forth its example of Japanese cunning. It is reported from the Buna ...
Article : 105 wordsMr. John N. Devoy, until recently chairman of directors of Castlemaine-Perkins Ltd., died at his home at Faddington, on ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 240 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—In a judgment in the Industrial Commission yesterday. Mr. Justice Cantor said that for the duration of the ...
Article : 91 wordsChristmas spending in Australia caused an increase of £3,250,000 in the note issue of the Commonwealth Bank. This brings the ...
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Advertising : 77 wordsMany Brisbane motorists helped to brighten Christmas for inmates of military hospitals. Saying what petrol they could ...
Article : 130 wordsBecause shoplifting had become prevalent and had grown worse during the Christmas rush, retailers welcomed the Imposition of ...
Article : 97 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.—Professor K. H. Bailey, of Melbourne University, one of the foremost Australian authorities on ...
Article : 95 wordsThe Army lias called for a report from all formations on sergeants with oversells service who are considered suitable for ...
Article : 236 wordsWIDE activity by Allied airmen in the South-west Pacific area was the outstanding feature of the last two days' communiques issued from General MacArthur's headquarters. ...
Article : 362 wordsJAP POCKET: Australians who cleaned out a Japanese pocket of resistance in the final Gona assault. Five Japanese dead, in the foreground, were killed by a grenade thrown by an Australian. One of the Japanese suddenly ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 142 wordsWaters in the Somerset dam had been impounded at the beginning of the week. This was the first time since the construction of the ...
Article : 87 wordsEggs had been sold on a quota basis since December 7, said the Chairman of the Egg Board (Mr. R. B. Corbett) yesterday. ...
Article : 159 wordsWASHINGTON, Dec. 25 (A.A.P.).—U.S. navy communique reports that five bombers from Guadalcanal bombed and strafed the ...
Article : 38 wordsBARCALDINE, Friday.—Mr. James L. Hogan, head teacHer of Barcaldine State School, will contest the Barcoo Labour plebiscite. ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Sat 26 Dec 1942, Page 3
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