SPECIAL holiday train services would be cut to conserve coal, the Mines Minister (Mr. Gair) said yesterday. Regular services would not be cut immediately, but would be reviewed to obtain if ...
Article : 573 wordsQUEENSLAND railways would probably have to haul five million sheep in the next 12 months if the State's mutton contracts were to be filled, said the United Graziers' Association vice-president (Mr. J. F. Meynink) yesterday. ...
Article : 645 wordsNear Miss: Cloud of water towers above a Nazi armed trawler off the Dutch coast as an R.A.F. bomber scores a near miss. Pilots taking part in this sweep "bagged" an enemy merchant ship and an escort vessel, and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 100 wordsIn air combat in New Guinea, First Lieut, John H. Lane, Bakersfield, Colifornia (top), has destroyed, five Jap, planes ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 92 words"Boxy" Bus: Angular lines characterise the "austerity" bus which has appeared in Sydney. Minimum of work is put into the bodies of the war-time vehicles, which may be introduced to Brisbane soon. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 80 wordsNEWCASTLE, Sunday. — Australia's two largest steel manufacturing plants will be idle for 24 hours from 8 a.m. ...
Article : 295 wordsCANBERRA, Sunday.—If Australia accepts the recommendations of the United Nations' Conference on food and agriculture ...
Article : 337 wordsTo be known as the "New Guinea Rockettes," six Australian girls are to go into battle areas to entertain troops of the ...
Article : 92 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday. — The Cabinet Production Executive had decided to continue the system of, reserved quotas for students of ...
Article : 164 wordsNEW YORK, Oct. 17 (Special).—Increasing shortage of shipping is causing a "revamping" of Japan's military tactics in Asia. ...
Article : 154 wordsAN overwhelming majority of Australians would approve a permanent military alliance between the British Empire and America, according to a nation-wide survey just completed by Australian Public Opinion Polls. ...
Article : 184 words"British forces will be made ready quickly to co-operate in the war against Japan, when they can be released from the European ...
Article : 396 wordsA fighter pilot of the 13th Air Force unknowingly put on a performance for Lieut.-General Millord F. Harmon, commanding ...
Article : 198 wordsThe Lord Mayor (Aid. Chandler) will probably be sworn in to-morrow as member for Hamilton in the State Parliament. ...
Article : 290 wordsCANBERRA, Sunday. — The Army Minister (Mr. Forde) said in the House of Representatives last week that profits of the Australian ...
Article : 119 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. — The first real letter from an Australian prisoner of war in Japanese hands has just been received in Sydney ...
Article : 144 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—A Sydney factory is providing ray treatment for employees to reduce absenteeism. The rays are used for the treatment of colds, sciatica, skin diseases, and other complaints. The clinic is at Felt and ...
Article : 276 wordsBy keeping up the morale of British prisoners of war, the Red Cross was keeping up the nation's prestige, Mrs. I. M. Wilshire, who ...
Article : 297 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday. — Four airmen, including three Queenslanders, were killed when an aircraft from an R.A.A.F. station in ...
Article : 72 wordsHow to get wounded out of the most difficult places is one test in a special course prepared by instructors for the Army Medical ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 94 wordsAttacking a small Jap. convoy south of St. George's Channel the day before the mass air raid on Rabaul, a lone Australian Beaufort ...
Article : 279 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—Bearing her message of the Fourth Liberty Loan, the giant Lancaster bomber begins its tour of New South ...
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Advertising : 452 wordsCANBERRA, Sunday. — A plan to modify the war damage insurance scheme will be placed before, the War Cabinet on Tuesday by ...
Article : 159 wordsAmple milk was available for Brisbane now despite the big increase in demand, the Milk Board chairman (Mr. E. H. Lindsey) said ...
Article : 80 wordsHOBART, Sunday. — Plans are being prepared to extend the newsprint industry in Tasmania, involving an expenditure of £5 ...
Article : 138 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday. — Two Queenslanders are included in awards of the Distinguished Flying Medal to six R.A.A.F. airmen for ...
Article : 124 wordsNearly 19,000 girls and 10,000 boys attending school in Queensland had been issued with extra clothing coupons, said the Deputy ...
Article : 99 wordsMORE than 200 Australian soldiers were given hospitality in Brisbane homes during the week-end. This was arranged between householders and the hospitality ...
Article : 272 wordsWARWICK, Sunday.—A soldier was shot in the abdomen by a guard when several soldiers allegedly made an attempt to escape ...
Article : 146 wordsMore than 700lb. of shark were marketed by Wynnum fishermen in Brisbane last week. Because of Brisbane's acute fish shortage and the absence of a ...
Article : 189 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday. — The only member of the R.A.A.F. in Britain entitled to wear the International Brigade's Military Medal ...
Article : 98 wordsThe local defence vessel which was checked in launching at a Queensland shipyard on Saturday and stopped before it reached the ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Mon 18 Oct 1943, Page 3
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