CAIRO, February 8.—An R.A.F. communique states our fighters and bombers yesterday maintained offensive activities in Cyrenaica. They ...
Article : 294 wordsSINGAPORE, February 9.—It is officially stated the Japanese landed in some force on the west coast of Singapore Island last ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,536 wordsCAIRO, February 8.—(From Kenneth Sleasor, Australian War Correspondent): Don Bailey, formerly a Brisbane life-saver, and now an ...
Article : 1,183 wordsHow they had lived on papaws and sugar cane when food was running short, had been feted by a native chief on roast pin which ...
Article : 1,451 wordsCANBERRA, February 9.—Negotiations which have been proceeding for the last three weeks between the Commonwealth and British ...
Article : 585 wordsLONDON, February 8.—Rangoon reports Lieutenant-General Hutton, after a tour of the Salween front with General Wavall said "We are in a ...
Article : 391 wordsSYDNEY, February 9.—Because of its importance in the general defence plan, it was essential that the Volunteer Defence Corps should be ...
Article : 242 wordsBATAVIA, February 8.—Sunday's East Indies communique states "this morning a number of Japanese bombers again attacked Sourabaya. Only ...
Article : 228 wordsLONDON, February 8.—The "Times" Tangier correspondent says: "After the proclamation of martial law, a British-owned cafe and hotel ...
Article : 179 wordsBRISBANE, February 9.—Mr. Arthur Jones, member for Charters Towers, was to-day selected to fill the vacancy in the State Cabinet caused ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 179 wordsDARWIN, February 9.—The third air raid alarm here yesterday afternoon lasted an hour and three-quarters. Fighter 'planes went up and ...
Article : 313 wordsCANBERRA, February 9—Japanese bombers were heard aver Port Moresby to-day, but bad weather prevented further bombing of the ...
Article : 85 wordsWASHINGTON, February 8.—A war communique issued at 1 p.m., stated artillery hombardment of the American forts at the entrance of Manila Bay ...
Article : 292 wordsLONDON, February 8.—A Hangoon communique states General Wavell, in the last few days, has toured the Burma front with ...
Article : 101 wordsWith only a matter of 80 minutes to spare before the Japanese bombed the settlement, Pilol M. Blackman, of Guinea Airways, and Mr. Bernard ...
Article : 213 wordsBRISBANE, February 9.—Thirty-two soldiers, invalided home from the Middle East, received a cold reception from the public as they drove through ...
Article : 257 wordsRANGOON, February 8.—Major Dorman Smith, Governor of Burma, in a message to the populace, assured them the Government will remain in ...
Article : 57 wordsNEW YORK, February 8.—Tokio Radio reports imperial Headquarters claims Japanese bombers, when mass raiding Migaladon aerodrome in ...
Article : 154 wordsA recent arrival from Salamaua, stated, on reaching an Australian destination, that in the air raids on that town the Japanese had used a ...
Article : 122 wordsSYDNEY, February 9.—The Army Minister (Mr. Forde), stated to-day the final date for the lodgment of registration forms by aliens, under the ...
Article : 145 wordsBRISBANE February 9.—Strong representations have been made by Mr. Forgan Smith to both the War Cabinet end the chiefs of the fighting ...
Article : 207 wordsNEW YORK, February 8.—The "Herald-Tribune's" military expert, Major George Fielding, asserts the British and Americans cannot ...
Article : 99 wordsLOS ANGELES, February 8.—Dr. Van Mook declared that Java offers many advantages as a starting point for an Allied advance which will ...
Article : 62 wordsLONDON, February 8.—The Berlin radio says a message from the Tokio Foreign Minister (Mr. Togo) reports that the Japanese are considering the ...
Article : 142 wordsSYDNEY, February 9.—Doctors are fighting for the life of Private S. Plumb, 25, of the A.I.F., who was who through the abdomen by a sentry on a ...
Article : 114 wordsLONDON, February 8.—It is officially stated that naval torpedo bombers on Friday night torpedoed in the Central Mediterranean, tow fully ...
Article : 150 wordsLONDON, February 7.—The Tokio official radio says that the Japanese Vice-Foreign Minister (Nishi) told a committee of the House of ...
Article : 55 wordsBRISBANE, February 9.—The Meteorological Bureau this afternoon reported the flooding of streams in the south-eastern divisions of the State. ...
Article : 75 wordsWASHINGTON, February 8.—The Navy has announced the American 8400 ton tanker China Arrow was torpedoed and sunk on the Atlantic ...
Article : 64 wordsBRISBANE, February 9.—Egg prices have been advanced one penny par dozen by the Queensland Egg Board. The wholesale rates now are ...
Article : 45 wordsLONDON, February 8.—The Admiralty announces His Majesty's Matebele (Commander A. C. Stanford), has been sunk, with some casualties ...
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The Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld. : 1907 - 1909 ; 1912 - 1966), Tue 10 Feb 1942, Page 3
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