It is authoritatively stated position the position on the Western Front it still grim, the geographical position is no better, but the moral position has improved. The French are believed to be plugging the German lines. Their seventy-fives have been extremely elective against the German tanks. The enemy have not dented the British line and so British material has been abandoned. The ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 2,412 wordsWith the Italians' antl-Allied storm of hale Increasing in fury, Count Ciano in a speech at Milan, said: "The Italian people are getting ready to ...
Article : 160 wordsAustralians should see the war news in its proper perspective and not give way to sudden fear or defeat, said the Prime Minister ...
Article : 282 wordsGerman 'planes which attempted to bomb a steamer carrying over 7000 refugees to England from Belgium wan shot down in flames by ...
Article : 143 wordsA vigorous recruiting campaign for the 7th. Division and other sections of the A.I.F. will be launched by the Federal Government this week. ...
Article : 184 wordsA message to Finland from Sir Walter Citrine (President of the international Federation of Trade Unions) wan broadcast in the Finnish ...
Article : 205 wordsThe Premier Raid to-day be had received a telegram from Mr. Menzies informing him that the King had expressed a wish that Sunday, May 26 ...
Article : 159 wordsMr. F. J. Walsh and Mr. J. O Keefe, the now acting Ministers were sworn in as members of the Executive Council by the Deputy Governor (Sir James ...
Article : 118 wordsThe whole programme undertaken by the London Transport Board to make London underground railways safe from a[?] raids has been ...
Article : 97 wordsThe latest list of Ministerial appointments includes: Joint Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the War Office: Sir Henry Page-Croft and Sir ...
Article : 110 wordsHow a patrol of five Hurricanes conquered a large number of German aircraft over Belgium yesterday la told in London to-day. ...
Article : 118 wordsWhen two 17-year-old boys. Raymond Frew and Albert Bartholomew, pleaded guilty in the Criminal Court to-day with having attempted robbery ...
Article : 260 wordsThe Hamilton Election inquiry adjourned till to-morrow. Mr. A. B. Aitkin announced that Mr. J. Sheeby, who has been assisting the ...
Article : 42 wordsAustralia's £20,000,000 war loan will be launched on May 28 at a monster public meeting in Sydney Town Hall. ...
Article : 30 wordsMr. Street, to-day, made an appeal to the young men of Australia to come forward and fill the new quota of Australia would help in the common ...
Article : 136 wordsIt must be recognised that every sugar grower's home on the long and sparsely settled Queensland coast constituted a Farrison, said the Federal ...
Article : 143 words"Flynn of the Inland" is now Dr. John Flynn, the University of Toronto having conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity upon ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 69 wordsMr. Menzies said to-night that steps were being taken promptly to add to the safeguards of vulnerable points in Australia. The Commonwealth ...
Article : 55 wordsDr. Seyss-Inqart, who was leader of the Austrian Nazis, has been appointed Commissioner of the Netherlands. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 64 wordsDevastation by Bombs. Fifth of Population Killed. PARIS, May 19. The Dutch Legation has issued a statement that at least 100,000. one fifth of the population, were killed and one-third of the city was ...
Article : 76 wordsMr. Bulcock stated to-day that selected officers of the Agricultural Department had been detained for duty in the North-west, where the buffalo ...
Article : 93 wordsCost of living figures in Warwick are the lowest in Queensland, and 19/1 there goes as far as £1 in Brisbane, 21/- In Townsville, 19/8 in ...
Article : 107 wordsFor the year ended March, the Colonial Sugar Refining Coy., Ltd.. eared a record profit of f 1,103,744. This was an increase of £98,074. ...
Article : 60 wordsThings are serious for the Allies in Belgium and France, but they are still more serious for the Germans, according to the war commentator of ...
Article : 214 wordsA "Hold Tour Tongue" campaign has been launched by the Department of the Army, to prevent information on Australia's war effort reaching the ...
Article : 112 wordsSerjeant Walter Peeleer, V.C.. who has been in charge of the Shrine of Remembrance since 1934, has again enlisted n the A.I.F. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 80 wordsThe State coal mine at Wonthaggi re-opened to-day, alter 13 weeks' idleness. However, not all the men returned, as certain clean up work has ...
Article : 54 wordsGerman pianos were sighted off the south-east coast and there was intermittent gunfire at sea. No warnings were sounded. Heavy gunfire ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 45 wordsScotland Yard men stopped numerous open air Fascist and Communist meetings in London last night, and arrested several speakers. ...
Article : 55 wordsNurses at the Canberra Hospital who undertake regular training in fire fighting had a chance early this morning to put their knowledge to ...
Article : 151 wordsColonel Lindbergh, in a broadcast expressed the opinion there is no danger of aerial invasion of the United States from Europe, the talk of which ...
Article : 64 wordsThe Berlin official newsagency states German air scouts sighted a heavy cruiser off Bodo, a Norwegian port in Salton Fiord, Stranded on a ...
Article : 46 wordsThe forecast for Queensland, issued at 5 p.m. to-day for the ensuing 24 hours is: Cloudy in coastal divisions and central highlands to the Downs ...
Article : 56 wordsTo date 3000 Victorians have applied for enlistment in the Seventh Division and Corps troops. The total includes 600 militiamen. ...
Article : 121 wordsPrince Bernhard (husband of Princess Juliana by the Netherlands) has gone to Paris after visiting the Dutch province of Zealand, where there is ...
Article : 105 wordsGeorge Richard Gunsley Phillips, 38, salesman, pleaded guilty in the Criminal Court to-day to having committed begamy. ...
Article : 62 wordsAddressing the Rotary Club to-day, the Rev. Father E. Barry said they must accept with great refutation, any report that the Pope we likely ...
Article : 69 wordsAs a lead to others who can afford financial sacrifices for war needs of the nation, the Premier (Mr. Mair) has lent the Commonwealth £4000. ...
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The Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld. : 1907 - 1909 ; 1912 - 1966), Tue 21 May 1940, Page 5
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