THE great drive across the Owen Stanleys between Port Moresby and Gona may have been a nightmare for the men who took part in it and overcame the savage resistance of the Japanese. ...
Article : 1,114 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.—"R.A.A.F. cannot fight with its hands tied behind its back," said the Air Minister (Mr. ...
Article : 329 wordsAir picture of the Lockheed Lightning fighter which has been remarkably successful in air combat with Japanese planes over New Guinea. At the right, American pilots are shown examining the cockpit of the new fighter, as Captain George W. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 122 wordsALLIED ground forces, supported by aircraft, are steadily closing their grip on the remnants of the Japanese Papuan army now cornered in a narrow salient at Sanananda, about 2½ miles ...
Article : 642 wordsIt would be supremely foolish to allow some geographical boundary to mark the limit of our defences, said the Premier ...
Article : 317 wordsThe Federal Director-General of Agriculture (Mr. Bulcock) has under consideration a big expansion scheme for the ...
Article : 185 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.—The next Federal loan is expected to open in March. Many advance subscriptions already ...
Article : 88 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—The story of how Ernest Mandelberg, financier, was passed as A1 for the Civil Construction Corps by ...
Article : 337 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—About 3550 tons of coal were lost to production to-day as the result of stoppages by 1200 men at New South ...
Article : 166 wordsThe Brisbane City Council Tramways Department had a record year to June 30, 1942, when it carried an additional ...
Article : 188 wordsON the road to Tripoli Tommy Atkins is being bumped and jolted as he has never been bumped and jolted before. ...
Article : 497 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.—Hundreds of telegrams of congratulation were received by the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) to-day to ...
Article : 87 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.—The question of making provision for compensation for hazards associated with civil flying in ...
Article : 244 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.—One hundred Victorian carpenters now engaged on civil constructional work for the Allied Works ...
Article : 58 wordsTwo prisoners who escaped from the Whitenbah prison farm on December 26 said in the Southport Police Court yesterday ...
Article : 342 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—Enemy agents in Australia never numbered as many as on Friday last week, when a concerted flouting ...
Article : 127 wordsAS a first step towards the creation of employment, and of post-war rehabilitation, the State Employment Council has specified five divisions of investigation. ...
Article : 187 wordsWomen, wear wings! Work to win the war. We want you, too; join the girls in blue. ...
Article : 106 wordsFIRST sight of tanks of an Australian armoured regiment going into action against the Japanese in New Guinea was hailed with cheers by the men who had fought the invaders since they originally infiltrated and sniped their ...
Article : 617 wordsAs a preliminary to recruiting week for the W.A.A.F., 240 members of the auxiliary marched through Brisbane streets ...
Article : 158 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.—Lilian Fenn, railway porteress, told Judge Foster, chairman of the Women's Employment Board, that ...
Article : 108 wordsBoilermakers and ironworkers concerned in a dispute at a Queensland shipyard, who have decided to go on strike next ...
Article : 240 wordsExcellent results have been obtained from a cream issued to troops in Australia and forward battle areas to keep off ...
Article : 74 wordsAlthough eggs will be available to retailers to-day, there will be none for public sale on Monday. The Egg Board chairman (Mr. ...
Article : 90 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—A major who allegedly employed three soldiers on leave to work at his home was court-martialled at ...
Article : 127 wordsCommonwealth Government regulations prohibiting building caused a large decrease in the number of plans submitted for ...
Article : 79 wordsNEW YORK, Jan. 8.—A new giant cargo carrying plane, known as the Constellation, was tested in the United States on Thursday. It ...
Article : 83 wordsSome of the 240 aircraft women who took part in the march through the city yesterday as a prelude to the Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force Week next week. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 60 wordsWater consumption in 1941-42 was 437,000,000 gallons higher than in the previous year, said the City Council's annual report, issued ...
Article : 133 wordsMACKAY, Friday.—Mr. J. F. Barnes, M.L.A., is visiting Mackay in connection with the candidature of his brother, Mr. Viv. ...
Article : 82 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.—Federal members believe that the Victorian Premier (Mr. Dunstan) will seek to enter the Federal ...
Article : 62 wordsPERTH, Friday.—five members of the R.A.A.F. were killed in an aircraft accident in Western Australia on Thursday morning. ...
Article : 54 wordsMore than 5300 dozen blooms, mostly roses from New Farm Park, were provided by the City Council parks section for patriotic ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Sat 9 Jan 1943, Page 3
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