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  2. EAGLE FARM WANTED AS BRISBANE'S MAIN AIRPORT

    THE Acting Premier (Mr. Hanlon) is backing proposals that Eagle Farm aerodrome should be made Brisbane's main airport and a suggestion that it become a major trans-Pacific air ...

    Article : 506 words
  3. CONTROL OF BUILDING FOR STATES IN NOVEMBER

    CANBERRA, Sunday.—The Federal Government will continue control of building materials and permits on the present basis until November 1. after which responsibility will ...

    Article : 252 words
  4. 1 Egg, 2in. Bacon For Ex-Prisoners

    DARWIN, Sunday.—Senior A.I.F. officers amongst liberated prisoners now in Darwin complained bitterly to-day at the way they are being fed. One senior officer said that ...

    Article : 259 words
  5. TUCKERBAG FULL NOW

    "WALTZING MATILDA" to a guitar is freedom and happiness to these Australian prisoners just released from camps in Japan. Queenslanders among them are Cpl. Les. Smith of Ingham, in the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 148 words
  6. GOVERNOR URGES NEW INDUSTRIES

    Establishment of new industries in North Queensland, so that there would be less dependence on sugar, was urged ...

    Article : 345 words
  7. AUSTRALIA SEEKS BASES IN ISLANDS

    CANBERRA, Sunday.—Behind the scenes the Federal Government is waging a hard, diplomatic battle for arrangements giving Australia military protection in 4 screen of islands to the north. ...

    Article : 232 words
  8. IT WASN'T SO JUICY!

    DARWIN, Sunday.—Because she almost froxe in her special plane, Gracie Fields got camphor in her pineapple juice ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 177 words
  9. "G.P.O. PENS" WAR RELICS

    CANBERRA, Sunday.—The Defence Minister (Mr. Beasley) intends to present to the Commonwealth for its was archives two historic pens. ...

    Article : 81 words
  10. Shoeless Women Slaved For Japs

    TWO Sydney women were forced by the Japs to work in the fields in Java for three and a half years out shoes. They are Mrs. L. Ossendrey. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 871 words
  11. Shared Prison With Italians

    Twenty Italian—members of the crew of a submarine which was refuelling at Penang when Italy capitulated—were interned by the ...

    Article : 197 words
  12. Wage Review Backed By Employers

    "Employers, as well as employees, agree that the basic wage should be reviewed as soon as possible," said Mr. P. J. Self, acting secretary of ...

    Article : 164 words
  13. HOSPITAL CASES ON LOST PLANE

    ARMY personnel on board the Douglas plane missing in New Guinea were not P.O.W's, but medical cases en route to Australia from hospital at Mororai, it was stated yesterday. ...

    Article : 290 words
  14. More To Ban Dutch Ships

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—A shipping strike with international complications it threatened to-morrow. It was announced to-night that ...

    Article : 256 words
  15. GROWERS OF VEGETABLES FACE LOSSES

    Heavy losses are inevitable for many farmers now producing varieties of vegetables for which there is a diminishing demand. ...

    Article : 208 words
  16. CHINESE ASK FOR PRETTY UNDIES

    FIRST request by Chinese women released after three years of Jap internment, near Rabaul, wot for pretty underwear and cosmetics. Red Cross officials intend ...

    Article : 240 words
  17. N.Z. DEBATE HAD FAMILIAR RING

    CANBERRA, Sunday.—Recordings of debates broadcast from the New Zealand Parliament were played for members of the ...

    Article : 111 words
  18. Plough In Dark To Hide Nudity

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Women in Yugoslavia were dragging ploughs on the farm and doing it at night to hide their nudity, said Mr. .J. ...

    Article : 146 words
  19. COUNTRY PLANTS GOING FOR 'SONG'

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—"The only way to get big companies to go to the country, it seems, is by some action such as refusing them ...

    Article : 111 words
  20. MUNITIONS ACTIVITY HAS BEEN REVIEWED

    CANBERRA, Sunday.—Since the printed report of the Auditor-General had come to hand the Munitions Department had ...

    Article : 86 words
  21. BLANKETS FOR CHINA

    Branches of the Queensland Country Women's Association will make a special effort to raise funds for blankets for China. ...

    Article : 55 words
  22. BRISBANE P.O.W's SAFE AND WELL

    Four Brisbane prisoners of war in Java have sent word to their families that they are safe and well and expect to be home soon. ...

    Article : 87 words
  23. Theatre As Gaol For Navy P.O.W.

    MORE than 500 survivors, from H.M.A.S. Perth and the U.S.S. Houston were quartered in a dilapidated picture theatre which was part of a Japanese gaol in Sumatra during the early months of 1942. ...

    Article : 211 words
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  25. PERSISTENT HUNT FOR JAP WAR CRIMINALS

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—There need be no fear that Japanese war criminals will escape justice because of lock of machinery for their detection and arrest. The Army Minister (Mr. ...

    Article : 219 words
  26. SGT. BLAIN IN HOUSE THIS WEEK

    CANBERRA, Sunday.—Set. Adair MacAlister Blain, M.H.R., for the Northern Territory, who returned recently from a Japanese ...

    Article : 113 words
  27. PLAN TO EDUCATE N.G. NATIVES

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—In co-operation with the missionaries the Government intended to educate the New Guinea natives and help ...

    Article : 129 words
  28. LAST CIVIL PLANE OUT, FIRST BACK

    When the Qantas flying-boat. Coriolanus, arrives at Singapore from Sydney on Tuesday she will probably be the first civil aircraft ...

    Article : 120 words
  29. BATAVIA LUXURY FOR FREED P.O.W.

    BATAVIA, Sept. 23 (Special).—"The luxurious Des Indies Hotel is to become a convalescent depot for released war prisoners. ...

    Article : 83 words
  30. CAPTAIN GAVE LIFE TO SAVE SAILORS

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—"It is a sad event when a ship's captain trying to save the lives of others loses his own." said the City Coroner ...

    Article : 129 words
  31. A Long Way From Temporary!

    CONTINUANCE of this austerity business it leaving me damp at an ice cube in a refrigerator that has run hat. Of course, it's ...

    Article : 301 words
  32. WANT TYPEWRITER CONTROL REMOVED

    The Queensland Employers' Federation has written to the Minister for Supply and Shipping (Mr. Ashley) requesting the immediate ...

    Article : 81 words
  33. GARDEN TOOLS BAN OFF

    CANBERRA, Sunday—Lifting of control over the manufacture of hand and garden tools was announced yesterday by the Post-war ...

    Article : 62 words
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