A Mosquito all-wood bomber. Mosquitos, which are claimed to be the fastest bombers in the world, were used for the R.A.F.'s daylight raids on Berlin on Saturday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 32 wordsWASHINGTON, Sunday.—A Navy communique says that U.S. submarines have reported the following results in the Pacific ...
Article : 65 wordsSOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA, Sunday.—Having been repulsed on Friday, the Japanese yesterday attempted to seize the Wau airfield, but were driven back by Australian troops after hard fighting. ...
Article : 1,097 wordsFISHING TRIP. — A party comprising Messrs. B, Scott, J. French, Syd. How. H. Atkinson, D. How, L. How and T. Flowers spent the week-end at Port ...
Article : 200 wordsMEMORIAL SERVICE. — A memonal service in honor of the late Cpl. E. Redman (R.A.A.F.) and the late Rte. S. Duckett (A.I.F.) was held in the ...
Article : 952 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday.—Following a visit to the Bendigo North police station by Charles Mills (60), police called at his home and found his sister, Kate ...
Article : 111 wordsSALVAGE. — A start was made with the collection of waste paper on Saturday when material was gathered from an area in the north-wstern part of ...
Article : 590 wordsDEVONPORT CLUB. — Results of twilight sports meeting on Devonport Oval on Saturday: Mile Handicap: L. Bellchambors, 140 ...
Article : 119 wordsSOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Sunday—Desperate attempts to avoid capture by fleeing across the flooded Kumusi River (Papua) from ...
Article : 224 wordsWASHINGTON, Sunday.— During recent operations in the Solomons, U.S. planes hit two Japanese destroyers, sank a cargo ship, hit another, and scored near hits on a tanker and a cargo ship. When Zeros attacked Guadalcanal, nine are believed to have been shot ...
Article : 628 wordsDEVONPORT CLUB. — Saturday's event, a flag competition, was won by J. Brown, who took the flag to the 19th green. ...
Article : 25 wordsBURNIE CLUB. —Champion fours games were concluded on Saturday, the "A" grade resulting in a tie between S. Melbourne's rink and that under G. ...
Article : 140 wordsMr. and Mrs. W. Hawkes and daughter (Hobart) are spending a holiday as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Harris. Mr. G. Fenner paid a brief visit to ...
Article : 235 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. — A work, stoppage at Millfield Greta colliery between January 12 and January 18 had its sequel in a special ...
Article : 190 wordsCANBERRA, Sunda.—Until we had cleared the Japanc[?]e out of every occupied island in the south-western Pacific we could not say that ...
Article : 373 wordsThe Papuan campaign —was a military nightmare, declared General Robert Eichelberger, of the U.S. Army, who commended the ...
Article : 339 wordsLONDON, Sunday — The R.A.F. is keeping up its offensive in Burma. To-day's Delhi communique states that Blenheims bombed ...
Article : 121 wordsWASHINGTON, Sunday — Discussing with President Roosevelt the continued submarine menace from the Caribbean Sea to the ...
Article : 198 wordsFLAX SALVAGE.—A 'bus will leave Furrier's Hotel at 6.30 this evening to convey volunteer flax pullers to Mr. Rockliffs property, Penguin Hoad. As ...
Article : 338 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—The Director-General of Manpower (Mr, W. C. Wurth) yesterday expressed his determination to provide ...
Article : 213 wordsDAMAGE TO WATER SYSTEM.— An advertisement in Saturday's issue, offers a reward of £2 for information leading to the conviction of the person ...
Article : 38 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday. — There was light trading in a firm market on the Stock Exchange yesterday. The in dustrial section showed two rises, while ...
Article : 71 wordsFLAX PULLING. — On Saturday, afternoon about 35 volunteers carried outllax-pulliugat M'Gee's, Moorleah, when over three acres were pulled. ...
Article : 198 wordsNEW YORK, Sunday.—How the French battleship Jean Batt was hit and destroyed off North Africa by an American battleship from a ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 409 wordsNEW YORK, Sunday.—The New Pork "Post," referring to General Giraud's "bombshell announcement" that unity has not been ...
Article : 184 wordsSAN FRANCISCO, Sunday — Capt. Henry Nelson, captain of the transport President Coolidge, which was sunk by mines in the South Pacific, said in an ...
Article : 193 wordsCANBERRA, Sunday—The Minister for War Organisation of Industry (Mr. Dediman) expects to get a large and important pool ...
Article : 139 wordsThe Carnival.—Members of the Upper Burnie branches of the A.D.P. and Red Cross and other residents interested in the big carnival next Saturday ...
Article : 270 wordsCANBERRA, Sunday.—The time was with us now when it was our duty to require urgently and insistently that the proper needs of the South-Wesjern Pacific area in relation to the total strategy of the war were met, the Minister for External Affairs (Dr. Evatt) declared this evening. ...
Article : 364 wordsBITTEN BY SNAKE.—John Watson, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Watson, Sprent schoolhouse, was bitten by a snake in the schoolground at the ...
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Advertising : 80 wordsCANBERRA, Sunday.—"There is absolutely no foundation for the rumor that members of the crew of H.M.A.S. Sydney are being held by the ...
Article : 84 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday.—Two men, one of whom went to assist his wife, were drowned at Lorne to-day. The woman was rescucd by others on the ...
Article : 79 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday.—At the Victorian Amateur Athletic Association's meeting yesterday, F. L. Stampfi (U.S.A.), a former Australian jevelin ...
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Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), Mon 1 Feb 1943, Page 3
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