MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- Sales of wheat in the last fortnight amounted to 1,888,000 bushels, the chairman of the Australian Wheat Board, Mr. ...
Article : 340 wordsFrom the point of view of naval, military and air activities the war with Germany during the last week has been quiet, but that is not to say that ...
Article : 622 wordsLONDON, Saturday. -- After declaring that In his opinion the Labour Party's manifesto on war and peace would live in history as an objective ...
Article : 355 wordsLONDON, Saturday.-- Official circles are inclined to resent inquiries about preparations for the immediate postwar period which many believe will ...
Article : 530 wordsLONDON, Saturday.-- A British destroyer sank two German submarines in one operation with depth charges when they threatened a convoy ...
Article : 479 wordsLONDON, Saturday.-- The Admiralty announces that as a result of attacks by enemy aircraft the trawlers H. Robert Bowen and Port Royal were ...
Article : 698 wordsLONDON, Saturday.-- Speaking at Bristol on the course of the war, the Minister for Air, Sir Kingsley Wood, said, "Never in any great conflict in ...
Article : 524 wordsBRISBANE, Sunday.-- Of major Importance to Queensland cattle producers is the suggestion of the Chairman of the Meat Industry Board, Mr. E. P. ...
Article : 420 wordsCANBERRA, Saturday. -- Seven inspectors to police Federal awards will be appointed shortly. One of these will be stationed at Brisbane, three in New ...
Article : 130 wordsNEW YORK, Saturday. -- President Roosevelt is sending Mr. Sumner Welles, Under-Secretary of State, to Europe to explore peace possibilities. ...
Article : 344 wordsLONDON, Saturday.-- Many parts of northern Europe ore gripped in ice, and the seas are so frozen that people can pass from land to land. ...
Article : 328 wordsHELSINKI, Saturday.-- A war communique states: "The Soviet maintained its offensive for the ninth successive day without success. The Finns ...
Article : 348 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. -- Jumping the points on toe main northern line at Korangi station, seven miles from Coff's Harbour. 13 trucks of a mixed ...
Article : 223 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.-- Lord Willingdon, former Viceroy of India, and representative of the British Government at the New Zealand centennial ...
Article : 150 wordsNEW YORK, Saturday.-- The correspondent of the "New York Times" to Washington says that the disposal of surplus guns and other supplies in the ...
Article : 135 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday.-- A warrant for the committal of Major Walter Tasman Conder was issued in the Bankruptcy Court on Friday. Mr. ...
Article : 141 wordsSTANTHORPE, Sunday. -- Norman MacLeod, who was preparing to attend the funeral of his father, was saved from electrocution by the presence of ...
Article : 98 wordsLONDON, Saturday. -- Newspapers approve of the terms of the reply which toe Minister for Home Security (Sir John Anderson) gave to a ...
Article : 159 wordsDARWIN, Sunday.-- On loan from the Royal Air Force to direct the Royal Australian Air Force in the Empire war scheme, Air Chief Marshal ...
Article : 93 wordsWARWICK, Sunday.-- The historic St. Mark's Church of England, enlarged, renovated, and refurnished at a cost of £10,000, was reopened to-day ...
Article : 237 wordsPARIS, Saturday.-- The Chamber of Deputies adjourned after a four hours session which was held consequent on the declaration of the Prime Minister ...
Article : 158 wordsSYDNEY, Saturday.-- Mining unions' executives are considering finance and tactics for the nation-wide strike which has been threatened for March ...
Article : 261 wordsHOBART, Sunday.-- The Queensland Minister for Public Instruction, Mr. H. A. Bruce, addressing the Australian, Educational Council on Saturday, said ...
Article : 124 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. -- H.M.A.S. Warrego, an escort ship, was launched by Mrs. Menzies at Cockatoo Island on Saturday, and the keels of two other ...
Article : 101 wordsPERTH, Saturday.-- The record price of £10133 a fine ounce for gold would mean that the Commonwealth Government would obtain at least £1,000,000 ...
Article : 83 wordsNAMBOUR, Saturday. -- "We are facing the gravest crisis the Empire has ever known, and we need enthusiasm-- every ounce that man, woman, or ...
Article : 167 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. -- Compulsory lending on lines suggested in Britain by Mr, J. M. Keynes, the noted economist will not be introduced in the ...
Article : 176 wordsSTOCKHOLM, Saturday. -- The police arrested 200 leading Communists in a series of raids in Stockholm, Boden, Gotenburg, Malmo, and other ...
Article : 59 wordsCRACOW, Saturday.-- Stores here have rationed the small supply of butter, potatoes, and onions, which arrived on Friday after six days on the ...
Article : 78 wordsSYDNEY, Saturday.—The value of Australia's primary production in 1939- 40s expected to be about £170,000,000. This estimate is based on recent ...
Article : 102 wordsBRISBANE, Sunday.-- Two Queensland girls have won Australia's two highest musical scholarship awards. Sybil Willey (17), of New Farm, has ...
Article : 112 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.-- S. Crandell (43, labourer), of Woronora Dam, has been bitten 20 times by snakes. This has given him such a contempt for snakes ...
Article : 166 wordsBERLIN, Saturday. -- The High Command has announced that British planes on February 9 tried to penetrate the Heligoland Bight area but ...
Article : 73 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.-- Fierce grass and scrub fires which in many places set trees blazing to a height of 00 feet and menaced many homesteads and ...
Article : 149 wordsCANBERRA, Sunday.-- Figures released by toe Commonwealth Statistician show that the war interrupted the biggest boom in alien migration ...
Article : 71 wordsTOWNSVILLE, Sunday.-- The Burdekin River continues to dislocate railway traffic between Brisbane and Townsviile by the coast route. The ...
Article : 136 wordsMELBOURNE, Saturday.-- While her father and mother were standing near. Maxine Anderson, 5, of Mildura, was struck and fatally injured by the ...
Article : 120 wordsLONDON, Saturday.-- "Australia will be there" is the title of a B.B.C. broadcast dramatising the birth of the nation ...
Article : 102 wordsBRISBANE, Thursday. -- Archbishop Duhig to-day announced the establishment in Brisbane next year of a Home of Compassion for incurable ...
Article : 102 wordsDARWIN, Sunday. -- A record for lateness was created by the flying boat which reached Darwin from England to-night. 13 days behind schedule. ...
Article : 66 wordsMONTREAL, Saturday.-- It is officially reported that the condition of Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor-General of Canada, has slightly improved. He ...
Article : 35 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. -- Two Japanese whaling vessels arrived in Sydney late to-night from the Antarctic. They are the transporter Tiayo Maru and the ...
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The Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette (Qld. : 1922 - 1965), Mon 12 Feb 1940, Page 5
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