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  2. MacARTHUR SUMS UP JAP LOSSES ON LEYTE

    LEYTE, Tuesday.—According to General MacArthur, Japanese lost troops at an average rate of 11,000 a week in trying to stave off the Americans on Leyte. This is the calculation made in his ...

    Article : 588 words
  3. FRASER AND NIMITZ

    "WE reached entire agreement on what we should do in the Pacific, and it is going to be a great pleasure for a British Fleet to serve with people who, I feel confident, will give us ...

    Article : 643 words
  4. Irving Finds New Notes In Pacific

    "MOST people call me Alexander's Ragtime Band," smilingly said an apparently lonely little dark-haired man ...

    Article : 151 words
  5. When Ormoe Fell

    U.S. troops move up one of the narrow, muddy streets of Ormoc, Leyte Island, as the Japanese were expelled from the west coast port after a night-long battle. Loss of Ormoc by the enemy was the beginning of the end of the Leyte campaign. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 101 words
  6. MANY STAY OVER ON HOLIDAYS

    Indications yesterday were that many holiday-makers will stay out of town until after the New Year. ...

    Article : 187 words
  7. Sold £180 Ring For 10/-

    TOWNSVILLE, Tuesday.—Jack Savage, 18, a Thursday Island native, sold for 10/ a £180 diamond ring he had stolen, and ...

    Article : 63 words
  8. MINERS' DECISION TOO LATE HERE

    NEWS of the decision by Miners' Federation leaders that men should resume work on January 2, taking only 10 days' holiday, reached Queensland after many miners had already begun their holidays, intending to resume on ...

    Article : 263 words
  9. Legal Move For District Courts Again

    Re-establishment in Queensland of the District Court system is to be sought by the legal profession. The Attorney-General (Mr. ...

    Article : 147 words
  10. Dust Brings Red Mantle

    STRANGE effects of the collapse of a dust storm on country along the southern border, west of Goondiwindi, was ...

    Article : 141 words
  11. Brawl Ends U.S. Navy Night Off

    AS a precautionary measure the American Navy shore patrol sent cars about the city and the Valley picking up sailors last night after a brawl at the Valley Corner about 6 o'clock. ...

    Article : 427 words
  12. Epic Job By Engineers

    WASHINGTON, December 26 (Special).—Much of the success of the American landing at Mindore turned on the ...

    Article : 99 words
  13. FIREMEN IN SMASH

    Two firemen, part of the crew of a salvage truck answering a bogus telephone call, were injured at 11 o'clock last night when the ...

    Article : 128 words
  14. SOLDIER ACCUSED OF WIFE MURDER

    FOLLOWING the finding of Mrs. Joan Culverhouse, 21, shot dead in a bedroom in Stoneleigh Street Windsor, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 210 words
  15. BIG RAID ON RABAUL

    Allied heavy and medium bombers dropped 115 tons of explosives on Rabaul (New Britain) states yesterday's communique ...

    Article : 76 words
  16. Five Rescued Under Nose Of Japs

    NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (Special). — Two P.T. boats raced through Nino Strait, Philippines, on Christmas Eve to rescue five American ...

    Article : 241 words
  17. Many Control Transport

    Various bodies now controlling different aspects of transport are expected to come under review when the Government's survey of ...

    Article : 175 words
  18. £6000 FIRE AT TOOWOOMBA

    TOOWOOMBA, Tuesday.—Damage caused by a fire which destroyed Forsyth and Thomson's timber and joinery works on ...

    Article : 99 words
  19. 'WAR GRAVITY MINIMISED'

    WARWICK, Tuesday.—"Too much consideration is being given to post-war problems, with the result that the gravity of the war ...

    Article : 173 words
  20. MORE PRECISE TIME WILL HELP RADIO

    CANBERRA, Tuesday. — Post-war development of television and frequency modulation radio in Australia will be aided by the ...

    Article : 249 words
  21. NEW PROCESS MEANS LIFE TO WASTE LAND

    CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Millions of acres of waste land in good rainfall areas of Australia can be reclaimed by a new method of correcting mineral deficiencies in soil. A report received by the ...

    Article : 206 words
  22. NO PROSPECT OF 'PHONES

    "THERE is no immediate prospect of civilians having telephones connected to their homes," said the Acting Deputy-Director of Posts ...

    Article : 257 words
  23. Strike Poll By Nurses

    A ballot of all members of the Hospital Employees' Union to consider action, including a "walk out" strike, to improve general ...

    Article : 196 words
  24. Holiday Food Poisons 11

    Eleven cases of food poisoning, including a mother and five children, and a mother and three children, were treated by Sandgate ...

    Article : 167 words
  25. Buyers Eager At Beach Land Sale

    A crowd so large that it almost knocked the auctioneer off his stand attended a sale of land, conducted by B. F. Canniffe Ptv. ...

    Article : 86 words
  26. Advertising

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    Advertising : 286 words
  27. HIGH COMMISSIONER AS FIRE FIGHTER

    CANBERRA, Tuesday.—When a grass fire started by a cigarette butt threatened the garden of his official residence yesterday, the ...

    Article : 53 words
  28. GRABBING (ON) THE (BAYSIDE) PITCH

    IN the turmoil of rushing off to the nearer, or bayside, beaches yesterday, I was saved from being trampled into an early grave by ...

    Article : 586 words
  29. SERVICEMEN USED TO UNLOAD SHIPS

    PERTH, Tuesday.—Members of the Army, Navy, and Air Force began work together this morning at Fremantle wharf unloading a ...

    Article : 87 words
  30. BITTEN BY SNAKE

    Cecily Bowman, 6, of Webster Estate, Nambour, was bitten on the left thigh by a snake while she was playing at a creek near her home ...

    Article : 36 words
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