THANKSGIVING: Brilliantly lit by a battery of footlights, Anzac Square was packed by thousands of people last night when the Citizens' Thanksgiving Service was held. Following the religious ceremony, young people thronged the Square again and spent the remainder of the night singing. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 283 wordsAUSTRALIAN engineers at Tarakan took three days to do jobs which Americans there said could have been done in 12 hours with the right equipment, according to ...
Article : 531 wordsSignificance of the term "Victory in Europe" or "V-E Day" was emphasised by the Duke of Gloucester last night. ...
Article : 295 wordsBRISBANE official V-E Day swung from extreme solemnity to carnival hilarity within a few hours yesterday. The city, almost deserted in the afternoon after midday State ceremony, was packed with singing ...
Article : 872 wordsAT present British shipping was being sent forward without receiving proper docking in Sydney the Commander-in-Chief of the British Pacific Fleet (Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser) said in Sydney yesterday. ...
Article : 226 wordsAUCKLAND (N.Z.), Wednesday. — Aucklanders danced and song in the streets to-day. Beer flowed like water. Bottles ...
Article : 130 wordsAN unknown British Sailor entertained about 200 people at the Botanic Gardens yesterday. ...
Article : 141 wordsHotels in Brisbane and other parts of the State may be open soon for trading for longer period daily, the Licensing Commission ...
Article : 299 wordsGUAM, May 9.—The Marine Third Amphibious Corps has taken over the right flank on the southern Okinawa front ...
Article : 111 wordsRocklea munitions plant and conversions cost £600,000, according to the report of the joint committee on war expenditures. ...
Article : 117 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday,—Australian infantry forces in north New Guinea are within two miles of the main ...
Article : 155 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Five R.A.A.F. men have been posted as missing after a high training exercise in an aircraft ...
Article : 89 wordsNEW YORK, May 9 (A.A.P.).—More air blows at the Japanese homeland are reported by the 20th air Force. ...
Article : 43 wordsWOMEN and children begged for a cup of tea or a piece of bread at St. George's Club yesterday because there was no place in town providing meals One woman, a stranger to ...
Article : 312 wordsKEYNOTE of speeches of the State Government's thanksgiving ceremony in Anzac Square was: "The war it not over yet." Eight thousand people who ...
Article : 530 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday. — General Sir Thomas Blarney, Commander-in-Chief of Australian military forces, yesterday issued the ...
Article : 151 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday. — Three members of the R.A.A.F. escaped from the detention barracks in Darling Point Road this morning ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 123 wordsIn 36 air operations over France and Germany, not one member of the crew of which Flying Officer Fred C. ("Chick") Rutledge, of ...
Article : 119 wordsBLITZ ON TRAMS: Trolly poles of trams were declared fair game, and were frequently pulled off the overhead wires as the youth of Brisbane had its V-E Day fling in a rollicking march through the city last night. This conductress entered into the spirit of celebration and seed-humouredly restored mobility to the tram at the procession swept by. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 58 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—Congratulations to Australians for their part in the European victory were received from Mr. Churchill by the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) to-day. ...
Article : 243 wordsWell-known Brisbane artist Mr. Roy Phillip Parkinson, 43, Norman Crescent, Norman Park, died at his home early yesterday morning. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 117 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday. — A man who had put a live wire from his kitchen power point round his back fence to keep intruders out of the ...
Article : 141 wordsCyril Clune, 55, single. Petrie Terrace, and his brother, Claude Clune, 53, single, hairdresser, also of Petrie Terrace, were both ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Thu 10 May 1945, Page 3
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