CANBERRA, Sunday.—Federal Ministers believe that 1944 will be the leanest in Australia's history. It is certain that the new year will see the exhaustion of many of the national stores, which contributed a margin of luxury in 1943. ...
Article : 750 wordsTo get full measure of fun from the surf, vacationists at Kirra yesterday hire surfoplanes from Merle Dixon. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 39 wordsChristmas Day was not a holiday for Diggers in the front line in New Guinea, but they received Christmas comforts. This Department of Information photograph shows native carriers loading special hampers for the fighting men into a transport plane that made deliveries to ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 54 wordsLONDON, Dec. 26 (A.A.P.).—"I think the soldiers of the Empire are the best in the world, and it was unfortunate that one fine division —the Australian Ninth Division—leff us," said ...
Article : 497 words"An Allied general lays himself open to criticism when he refers to the Japanese as a cross between ape and man—yellow vermin that ...
Article : 296 wordsMANY cars, particularly on the Pacific Highway, were pulled up by police yesterday, and told to reduce their speed. Check also was made on drivers licences to ascertain whether petrol obtained for business was being used ...
Article : 467 wordsNEW DELHI, Dec. 26.—Visit to India of an Australian trade mission and holding of an Australian industrial exhibition in main Indian cities are among suggestions made to the Commonwealth Government for fostering post-war ...
Article : 392 wordsDIRRANBANDI, Sunday.—In a severe hailstorm at Dirranbandi this afternoon, 80 points fell in 20 minutes. ...
Article : 104 wordsBritain at the beginning of the war was the most important and the most expert trading nation in the world, and her trading forces ...
Article : 262 wordsPerth was without trams or buses on Christmas Day, while Sydney services were cut heavily. In Perth employees wanted the ...
Article : 220 wordsCANBERRA, Sunday. — Three new power alcohol distilleries will follow into production at four-monthly intervals the distillery at ...
Article : 174 wordsOnly clowns were needed to make the Army rodeo and bushman's carnival at the Exhibition Ground yesterday a great ...
Article : 234 wordsUnless sufficient numbers of typewriters are forthcoming voluntarily, the Government will be forced to consider compulsory ...
Article : 91 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—The Australian Workers' Union has served a log of claims on 3000 employers with more than 10,000 employees ...
Article : 115 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday.—Death in hospital to-day of Edward Lawrence Seymour, 32, of Wangaratta, postal linesman, brought ...
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Advertising : 575 wordsCountry people planning a visit to Brisbane with their children during the Christmas period evidently heeded the warning by the ...
Article : 116 wordsAttacked by three negro soldiers with razors near the corner of Countess and Roma Streets at 11.15 last night, an American ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 159 wordsPerhaps it was the hot weather that caused this Zebu bullock to lie down on the job at the army rodeo at the Exhibition Ground ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 70 wordsAn official warning to hotel-keepers in Brisbane that they must observe the compulsory opening hours to-day was issued last night ...
Article : 180 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. — Diseased thistle seed has caused very heavy losses of canaries and other caged birds in Sydney and suburbs. ...
Article : 106 wordsADELAIDE, Sunday. — A man and his wife and daughter were killed, and another woman seriously injured, this afternoon ...
Article : 122 wordsWilliam James swanson, 60, shearer, was seen at 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon to stagger and fall on a property situated three ...
Article : 54 wordsONLY half the population is reasonably convinced that it is necessary to ration meat by coupons, according to a nation-wide survey made by the Australian Gallup Poll in the last 10 days. ...
Article : 233 wordsPERTH, Sunday.—Four young women escaped from Fremantle Gaol on Friday night, and have not yet been traced. They are ...
Article : 80 wordsHeat and humidity had little effect on city dancers last night. More than 2000 people crowded the City Hall, but the men tossed ...
Article : 165 wordsLONDON, Dec. 26 (Special)—As Governor of Bengal Mr. R. G. Casey will reside in one of the most famous houses ...
Article : 414 wordsExpressing sympathy with the relatives of the late Mr. W. A. Deacon, the Premier (Mr. Cooper) said last night that the death of ...
Article : 84 wordsTOOWOOMBA, Sunday. — A special meeting of the Toowoomba branch of the Australian Railways Union to-day carried a resolution ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Mon 27 Dec 1943, Page 3
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