NEW GUINEA, Thursday. — The story of an amazing escape from Japanese hands at Wewak last April of two Roman Catholic ...
Article : 453 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—A meeting of the United Australia Party by an overwhelming majority to-night instructed its representatives to withdraw from the Advisory War Council. The Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Menzies) informed the ...
Article : 385 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—By 44 votes to 2d, the House of Representatives to-day defeated thc motion of censure moved by the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Menzies).. Thc Government curtailed thc debate after only four speeches on the motion by applying the gag. ...
Article : 1,867 wordsA blazing tree in the Haunted Hills near Yallourn (Vic)—a grim beacon of warning to the countryside—throws millions of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 21 wordsWASHINGTON, Thursday.—A Pacific Fleer communique says Army Liberators on Monday attacked the large enemy base of Ponape, in the Carolines, in considerable force. They dropped over 55 tons of bombs, principally on shore installations and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 845 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—Saying it was one of the worst forms of black marketing to have come before the court, Mr. Atkinson, S.M., in the ...
Article : 158 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—After settlement proposals by the Commonwealth Coal Commissioner (Mr. Mighell) and the miners had been ...
Article : 112 wordsCANBERRA, Tsursday. —Australia's meat production target for this year is approximately [?]000,000 tons, but production is ...
Article : 232 wordsMrs. Dowe, of Harvey, West Australia, has sent the following letter to the secretary, Australian Prisoners of War Relatives' Association, which ...
Article : 216 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—There is little likelihood of another one-day transport strike in Sydney and Newcastle next Wednesday. A meeting of 'bus and ...
Article : 95 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Volunteer Air Observers Corps, the organisation which reported and tracked aircraft movements for ...
Article : 203 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—A Tasmanian was one of two ground staff members—a cook and a fitter—of an All[?] Australian fighter-bomber squadron in ...
Article : 91 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—The British United Press correspondent with the Fifth Army says General Sir Harold Alexander, at the ...
Article : 341 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday. — Federal Cabinet is at present considering an offer by the Tasmanian Government to share in the proposed aluminium ...
Article : 193 wordsGUADALCANAL, Thursday. — Admiral Halsey's chief of staff (Bear-Admiral Carney) described the landing on Green Island as ...
Article : 122 wordsHOBART, Thursday. — In the past month bush nurses received 681 visits aud paid 510 visits to patients in Tasmania. They covered 3052 miles. ...
Article : 29 wordsHOBART, Thursday.—"The mere fact that you have received notification, from Victoria concerning a writ does not prevent us from functioning. We will proceed in the ordinary performance of our duty until some power tells us to stop," declared Judge Foster, chairman of the Women's Employment ...
Article : 1,088 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday.—Every ton of waste paper salvaged from householders would provide at least 48 cwt. of new cardboard for ...
Article : 178 wordsHOBART, Thursday.—The Deputy Director-General of Manpower (Mr. B. O. Plummer) said to-day that arrangements were in hand for the provision ...
Article : 42 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday.—Thirteen settlements in the Grand Ridge between Traralgon and Sale, have been virtually wiped out, with the loss of at least 30 more homes, as a result of Monday's fires. Many persons suffered burns, but there were no fatalities. The loss of stock, however, is ...
Article : 587 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday.—A man who appeared in the Wangaratta court to-day on three charges is alleged to have mado a statement in connection ...
Article : 133 wordsInternational Red Cross delegates engaged in prisoner of war camps in Japan proper, and in Shanghai and Hong Kong, include Dr. Fritz ...
Article : 178 wordsWASHINGTON, Thursday.—Mr. Norman Winder, president of the National Woolgrowcrs' Association, told the House of Representatives ...
Article : 104 wordsLAUNCESTON, Thursday. — A verdict that he was unable to say whether death was accidental or otherwise was given by the Coroner (Mr. R. K. ...
Article : 200 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—A preliminary conference, between high officials is to be held next week to make arrangements for the forthcoming Empire ...
Article : 42 words"Nothing in the records of this war can surpass the feats of the Australians, whether on sea, land or in the air." This is the opinion of the ...
Article : 156 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—The Berlin Radio says General Kesselring has issued an official statement denying that there were any German ...
Article : 76 wordsADELAIDE, Thursday.—Police have charged a man with murder, following the shooting of Lance Brown, finance company director, at the office of the ...
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Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), Fri 18 Feb 1944, Page 5
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