IN the 10 years ended December 31 last 44 cases of rape were reported, to the Queensland police, and 41 persons were charged. Peak year was 1943, when 12 cases were reported and 11 persons were charged. Next highest was 1941, with eight cases and eight charges. ...
Article : 631 wordsALLIED raids on Jap-held New Guinea bases from Hansa Bay to Wakde Island, 110 miles west of Hollandia, were reported in yesterday's communique from General MacArthur's head-quarters. ...
Article : 392 wordsFEMALE nurses at Brisbane Mental Hospital, Goodna, will cease work at 6 a.m. on Thursday unless 50 additional ...
Article : 392 wordsRoyal Air Force Mosquitoes, which are making frequent sorties over Hitler's Europe, now carry the 40001b. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 104 wordsYesterday's pictures of members of the Committee of Inquiry ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 70 wordsMELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A comb-out of hundreds of shops throughout the metropolitan area for 300 women between 18 and 35 ...
Article : 281 wordsLONDON, April 11 (Special).—Overwhelming speed of the Russian advance trapped thousands of Germans in Odessa and many more thousands were killed as they tried a desperate "Dunkirk" over the Dniester Estuary. ...
Article : 447 wordsDrought had forced the removal from the Dirranbandi district of three-quarters of the sheep depastured there, the United Graziers ...
Article : 152 wordsDecisions that ate made in minutes in the running of an ordinary business take months in the case of tho supply of essential ...
Article : 271 wordsFrom the point of view of democracy, abolition of the contingent vote was a distinctly backward step, said the Opposition and ...
Article : 196 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday.—According to official figures supplied to-day social services are expected to cast the Commonwealth about ...
Article : 173 wordsMail, mail, and mail again was the best morale-booster for front-line troops, Mr. Tom Orsmond, a Y.M.C.A. senior officer from New ...
Article : 147 wordsTHE Leader of the Queensland Peoples' Party (Aid. Chandler, M.L.A.) held his first open-air meeting of the election campaign last night. He went to a Spring Hill street corner, and invited the waiting crowd to make ...
Article : 470 wordsLONDON, April 11 (Special).—The "considered view" that radio communication will be established with the dead before the century ...
Article : 229 wordsCost of production of outstanding films in Hollywood is having an effect here, as an increase in admittance prices is being ...
Article : 245 wordsVOTING system for the elections on Saturday is simple Place the figure "I" in the square opposite the name of the ...
Article : 78 wordsFood and groceries were cheaper in Queensland in February than any other State, according to a return received yesterday by the ...
Article : 127 wordsMR. G. Marriott (Independent Labour) was expelled from the official Labour Party because he refused to accept the decision of his party, said the Premier (Mr. Cooper), speaking at Cannon Hill last night. ...
Article : 431 wordsMany army vehicles which had been fitted for transport to forward areas had been found dismantled of essential parts, said Detective ...
Article : 144 wordsWhile Queensland graziers were being exhorted to produce more beef, facilities to strengthen, or maintain, their breeding stock were ...
Article : 144 words"As a mother who has benefited by your home assistants' scheme, I feel I should like to show you how deeply grateful I am for the ...
Article : 105 wordsThe Federal Treasurer (Mr. Chifley) will be in Brisbane next Monday to speak at meetings in support of the £150 million First ...
Article : 206 wordsSOUTHPORT, Tuesday.—An immediate agitation for the construction of an air strip for R.A.A.P. boys, so that after they ...
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Advertising : 194 words"It is difficult to follow the twistings and turnings of these people," the Premier (Mr. Cooper) said yesterday, commenting on ...
Article : 163 wordsFour hundred girls are available to act as hostesses to Australian soldiers at the new Australian Army cabaret on Gregory Terrace. ...
Article : 92 wordsThe Social Service League has practically re-established in another home the mother and her family of five who became ...
Article : 130 wordsTOUR FOR LOAN.—Representatives of the fighting services who will tour country districts to assist Hie First Victory Loan campaign. From left: Mr. D. I. Griffiths (War Loan officer in charge of the tour). Private G. Maxwell, Sitter Gwen Clark*, Able Saaman N. Oberson, and Flying-Officer N. Crouch. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 100 wordsProvincial councils at Cairns Townsville, Innisfail, Bowen, Mackay, and Rockhampton had promised their support to the ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Wed 12 Apr 1944, Page 3
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