Arrangements at the Dubbo schools in case of air raids, were referred by “The Dispatch” to the District, Inspector (Mr. A. H. ...
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Advertising : 29 wordsIt was announced by the Prime Minister (Mr. J. Curtin) last night, that enemy aircraft yesterday afternoon attacked Katherine, 120 miles south-west of Darwin. It is the first inland raid in Australia. ...
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Advertising : 39 wordsUnidentified planes were rep orted over Townsville on Saturday and Sunday. Single planes flew at great heights, and on both occasions appeared about noon. They were considered to be reconnaissance planes. ...
Article : 37 wordsThirteen members of the crew of the Australian sloop Yarra, which was lost in the Java Sea actions, have been picked up at sea, and are in a British port. This was revealed last night by the Prime Minister (Mr. ...
Article : 57 wordsA most successful attack by R.A.A.F. and American planes was carried out over Rabaul an d Lae yesterday. The enemy lost four Bombers, and two others were badly damaged. They also lost three fighters. Four others were ...
Article : 105 wordsMr. H. Attlee, Lord Privy Sea!, in the British House of Commons, to-day, made a speech on war production, in which he referred to the Pacific. He stated that it was a well- known fact that it was a ...
Article : 136 wordsDubbo’s trial blackout last night was a complete success, and proved a veritable triumph for the organisation that has been set up ...
Article : 555 wordsThe annual meeting of the Dubbo District Council of the Farmers and Settlers’ Association was held at the Roxy Theatre, ...
Article : 586 wordsA U.S. War Department co mmunique reveals to-day that the Commander of the Japanese forces in the Philippines has issued a manifesto to General Wainwright, demanding his surrender by noon to-day, or to suffer the consequences. The communique ...
Article : 65 wordsSpeaking in the United States Dr. Evatt, Australian Minister for External Affairs, refused to discuss Mr. Casey’s new appointment. He added that whatever Mr. Casey did rested entirely with himself. ...
Article : 85 wordsThe position in the Markham Valley, into which the Japanese have advanced from Lac and Salamoa, is regarded by senior Army officers to be completely under control and there appears to be no attempt by the Japanese to advance further. ...
Article : 107 words“A small patrol of ours visited Salamaua to find out information of the enemy’s strength and dispositions. It was successful.” This is the laconic description given by a Military Spokesman at New Guinea Headquarters of the daring raid which a patrol ...
Article : 97 wordsThe blackout in the Talbrager Shire was equally satisfactory to that of the Municipal area. Mr. W. R. Ames (Shire Clerk), an ...
Article : 125 wordsA New Delhi correspondent in Mandalay says that the Japanese are reported to have assembled formidable concentrations in North-West Siam, with Chiengma i as the principal base, from where a strategic road has beer build to the Burma frontier. ...
Article : 97 wordsDuring week-end activity over Malta our fighters shot down five Messerschmitts and anti-aircraft batteries destroyed three Messerschmitts. and nine Junkore. ...
Article : 26 wordsIt is authoritatively emphasised in London that the successful British attack against enemy posts in the Libyan Desert yesterday, was only a raid, and was never intended to be anything more ambitious. ...
Article : 45 wordsComplete blackout conditions were observed at the Dubbo Military Camp during the time specified, the cooperation of the authorities there ...
Article : 34 wordsThe first day of the Dubbo Amateur Swimming Club’s championships was held yesterday. Many good results were recorded. ...
Article : 211 wordsMrs. N. Winchester, a guest at the Club House Hotel, received serious injuries on Friday evening, when she fell from a ...
Article : 80 wordsMr. H. J. Lee, whose home is at Riverbank, West Dubbo, accidentally slipped and fell into a fire, at about 7.15 on Saturday ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 103 wordsSpeaking on the official Tokio Radio, Lieut.-General Kobayashi, Commander of the Home Defence, has ordered the greatest watchfulness throughout Japan, as the enemy had worked out plans for an attack against Jap an from the North Pacific. He ...
Article : 61 wordsIt is claimed by the Berlin R adio that the Japanese are now sixty miles from Port Moresby, and are still advancing from the North. It was also stated by the same source that the Japanese yesterday bombed Darwin and Somerset, in North ...
Article : 58 wordsRainfall registrations in western N.S.W. for the week ending March 20, were:— Central Western Slopes— ...
Article : 59 wordsOverseas news messages published in this issue are supplied by the Australian Associated Press to which “The Dubbo Dispatch” ...
Article : 78 wordsAld. J. T. Francis has lodged another notice of motion to rescind the resolution passed at last meeting of Dubbo Council ...
Article : 104 wordsThe Australian Wheat Board’s quotations ate unchanged. Millers’ bulk lots for home consumption are quoted at 3/11¼. ...
Article : 24 wordsAfter last week’s uniquely i ate severe snowstorms, the weather on the Russian front has gen erally improved. The Russians, after a halt d uring the snowstorms, have resumed in full strength their atta cks, and all three of the most ...
Article : 61 wordsMessrs. Gordon and Gordon, auctioneers, will hold a furni ure sale at “Westella,” 100 Erskine-street, North Dubbo, on Wednesday next, 25th ...
Article : 48 wordsA member of the Naval Board was examining a young applicant for appointment to a Naval College. “Well,” said the Admiral to the ...
Article : 46 wordsSix members of Mainfords staff received a big thrill at the week-end, when they won £5 in the State Lottery. ...
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