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  2. TORPEDO: What goes on inside the "bomb that runs under the sea."

    TORPEDOES have wrecked a naval depot ship in Sydney Harbor, sunk two ships off our coast, grazed another and exploded near it under water. This drawing examines a British type, but Japanese torpedoes are believed to embody the same principles and similar design. Torpedoes are driven by a mixture of compressed air, heat, kerosene and water. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 58 words
  3. 'Bombshell' Barnes of Bundaberg

    Veteran of 68 court cases, Queensland's 37-years-old J. F. Barnes. MLA, again thundered defiance against "police ...

    Article : 789 words
  4. DEPTH CHARGE: Its inside story

    DEPTH CHARGES dropped to destroy Japanese submarines in Sydney Harbor would be like the one sectioned above. When loosed from a depth charge thrower from the stern of a naval vessel, the ship maintains high speed to get ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 64 words
  5. FROM THE FOUR CORNERS The tale in the toe of a pair of socks

    In the dark days of 1918 a Sydney woman knitted a pair of strong woollen socks for Australians fighting in the slush of ...

    Article : 306 words
  6. Not only the enemy was listening

    "Don't talk, the enemy listens . . . Careless talk costs lives ..." Such slogans plastered all over the country failed to still the ...

    Article : 249 words
  7. Blackie has made his last flight

    Inseparable in the air were Blackie, the kitten, and Cocky, the while cockatoo mascot, of Nth Bomber Squadron. ...

    Article : 206 words
  8. THIS STATE

    Coincidence and luck conspired to weave a strange, grim story around the life and death of Petty- Officer Leonard Houroyd, ...

    Article : 861 words
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