Articles from page 3: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. THE SOLOMONS LANDING

    WASHINGTON, August 17.—The Navy announced that the shore positions taken by U.S. Marines in the Solomon are now well established, following a naval engagement between American warships and a force of cruisers and destroyers in which the enemy ...

    Article : 875 words
  3. U.S. PROVISION FOR COMMANDO RAIDS

    American "crocodile" boats are designed to speed ashore from Warships or transports, bearing marine artillery, light tanks, motor tracks, and armored scout cars. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 53 words
  4. JAPS ON DEFENSIVE

    Strategic reasons for selecting the Solomon Islands for the first large-scale attack against the Japanese have not been disclosed, but the fact that ...

    Article : 1,146 words
  5. THE DON ELBOW BATTLE

    LONDON, August 17.—The situation is tense for the Russians within the Dos Elbow, North-west of Stalingard, and is daily growing more difficult. The Germans seem to have followed their usual policy of disregarding cost, and have established some positions on ...

    Article : 1,200 words
  6. THE WESTERN DESERT

    LONDON, August 17.—The "Times" correspondent to the Western Desert says Rommel's forces in the Egyptian battle area are beginning to feel ...

    Article : 164 words
  7. COMPULSORY UNIONISM

    CANBERRA, August 18.—The Associated Chambers of Commerce of Australia and the Australian Council of the Employers' Federation viewed ...

    Article : 261 words
  8. NON-ESSENTIAL INDUSTRIES

    BRISBANE, August 13.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin), revealed to-day that the Department of War Organisation of Industry was actively ...

    Article : 127 words
  9. WHAT IS AN OVERALL?

    BRISBANE, August 18—What is an overall? This is one of the problems the Rationing Commission has had to solve. It has done so in this way, said ...

    Article : 250 words
  10. FOOD PRODUCTION

    CANBERRA, August 18.—Mr. Beasley to-night declared the continued attacks on the Government's handling of food production by certain public ...

    Article : 236 words
  11. STATE POLITICS.

    BRISBANE, August 18.—A review of the State's liquor control measures, and consideration of the Premiere' Conference decision that hotel trading ...

    Article : 350 words
  12. U.S. RED CROSS

    MELBOURNE, August 18.—Four prominent American Red Cross women have arrived in Australia to open Red Cross Service Clubs for the ...

    Article : 118 words
  13. WARWICK FAIRFAX

    SYDNEY, August 18.—Warwick Fairfax has resigned from the Press Advisory Committee on Censorship as a protest against political censorship ...

    Article : 544 words
  14. LETTER TO BRISBANE MAGISTRATE

    BRISBANE, August 18.—Before the hewing of the conscientious objects cases to-day, Stipendiary Magistrate Knyvett read a letter which, he said. ...

    Article : 209 words
  15. COMFORTS FOR SERVICEMEN

    BRISBANE, August 18.—Unless there is complets co-ordination of the distribution with the Australian Comforts Fund, no organisation will be ...

    Article : 96 words
  16. CABLE COMPANY STRIKE

    WASHINGTON, August 17—Colonel Knox has telegraphed the employees' leader at the General Cable Company's plant at Bayonne, that the ...

    Article : 86 words
  17. VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS

    MELBOURNE, August 18.—The membership of the Voluntary Defence Corps did not exempt men from the military call-up. said Mr. Fords (Army ...

    Article : 74 words
  18. CONTROL OF THE SKIES

    CLEVELAND (Ohio), August 17.—Representative Martin Smith told a gathering of Spanish war veterans that, by the end of next year, control ...

    Article : 105 words
  19. WOMEN'S ARMY SERVICE

    MELBOURNE, August 18.—Mr. I Forde said to-day that women farmers are not wanted in the Australian Women's Army Service. The A.W.A.S. ...

    Article : 64 words
  20. A.J.C. PROFITS

    SYDNET, August 18.—The profits of the Australian Jockey Club for the current season will be applied as formerly in aid of funds raised for ...

    Article : 66 words
  21. THE AUSTERITY CAMPAIGN

    CANBERRA August 18.-The proposed austerity campaign, which will shortly be announced by Mr. Curtin, will be designed by the Government ...

    Article : 129 words
  22. BRAZILIAN SHIPS SUNK

    RIO DE JANEIRO, August 17—The Government has announced the sinking of three ships, the Baependy, Araraquara and Annibalbenevolo, on ...

    Article : 119 words
  23. FREE ITALIAN LEGION

    MONTE VIDEO, August 17.—Leaders of the Free Italian Legion would be organised and trained in the United States using arms solicited from ...

    Article : 86 words
  24. PELTON COLLIERY STRIKE

    SYDNEY, August 18.—Mr. Justice Drake-Brockman said to-day that if a more little more fact and commonsense had been exercised by the miners and ...

    Article : 94 words
  25. THE RAIDS ON MAINZ

    LONDON, August 17—It is officially stated the R.A.F. attacks on Mainz on August 11—12 completely destroyed an area of about 180 acres. ...

    Article : 65 words
  26. MEATLESS DAYS IN U.S.

    CHICAGO, August 17—Mr. Roy Hendrickson, Administrator of Agricultural Marketing told the Press that meatless and rationing was a ...

    Article : 155 words
  27. EXPLOSIVES FROM FRANCE

    LONDON, August 17—The Fighting French Headquarters claim the German Government is negotiating with Vichy with a view to obtaining ...

    Article : 48 words
  28. LUCERNE FOR THE TROOPS

    CANBERRA. August 18—Lucerne, sun-dried and cut fine will be served and mixed with other foods to troops because of its high vitamin content ...

    Article : 45 words
  29. NATIONAL SAVING URGED

    "Every sign points to the war's fury increasing and our peril becoming graver. In order to carry the war to a victorious finish we must have ...

    Article : 158 words
  30. FRESH PORK PROCESSORS

    CANBERRA, August 18—Mr. Scully said to-night that he was concerned about the prices being paid by buyers for fresh pork processors to pig ...

    Article : 88 words
  31. RECORD RETAIL SALES

    BRISBANE, August 18.—Panic buying made record retail sales of £516,000 a month for the three months ended May 31, according to the ...

    Article : 78 words
  32. SCRAP RUBBER

    The City Council's special street-to-street drive on Tuesday yielded a further there and a quarter tons of rubber scrap. Mora than 63 tons are now ...

    Article : 87 words
  33. ALLIED SHIP LOSSES

    WASHINGTON, August 17.—The Navy announced the first sinkings to-day since August 12. A medium-sized United States merchantman was ...

    Article : 74 words
  34. SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD MINES

    JOHANNESBURG, August 17.—The Gold Producers' Committee end the Transvaal Chamber of Mines have announced that South African gold ...

    Article : 71 words
  35. MENINGITIS IN QUEENSLAND

    BRISBANE, August 18.—It was ascertained at the State Health Department to-day that meningitis is still occurring only sporadically in ...

    Article : 41 words
×

Buy

Download

Please choose from the following download options:

Share

Share this item on:

Print

Print page as...

The National Library of Australia's Copies Direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages.

Scope
Format of download
as... PDF PDF

You need to login before you can save preferences.

$