Port Moresby was raided by Japanese bombers shortly after noon yesterday. This was announced in a war ...
Article : 272 wordsThere are more ears floating around Canberra than in Perth, with its much greater population, said Mr. T. W. Marwick, in the House of ...
Article : 206 wordsThe Government is considering a proposal that A.R.P. work should be made compulsory. The Government, it is understood, ...
Article : 165 wordsThe United Kingdom Chamber of Shipping annual report, estimates that the world's losses of merchant shipping due to the war to the end ...
Article : 89 wordsWASHINGTON, Wednesday.— The Navy announced that the 8,000 ton tanker Cities Service Empire was torpedoed and sunk off the Atlantic Coast ...
Article : 65 wordsNEW YORK, Wednesday.— The Tokyo radio sco[?]ngly described Roosevelt's speech yesterday as [?] fireside disappointment and an [?] ...
Article : 28 wordsWASHINGTON, Tuesday.—Mr. Fay Hunter, Chief Emplacement Officer asserted to-day that it might be necessary to draft school children, to meet ...
Article : 48 wordsHitler was unable to attend the anniversary of the Nazi Party but sent a message in which he said "Now that the p[?]ercing cold has passed ...
Article : 113 wordsWASHINGTON, Tuesday.— Mr. Wendell Willkie welcomed the postwar economic agreement between America and Britain and declared it ...
Article : 44 wordsThe construction of trenches for hospital patients wan "too silly for words," stated the Minister for the Interior (Senator Collings) in the ...
Article : 114 wordsLife in Darwin has returned to normal the Minister for the Interior (Senator Collings announced yesterday. Shops and other businesses have ...
Article : 53 wordsThe A.C.T. Trades and Labour Council at a meeting last night decided that a deputation should interview the Minister for the Army ...
Article : 288 wordsThe Minister for Supply (Mr. Beasley) said yesterday that sites for power alcohol distilleries in Victoria were being inspected. When this was ...
Article : 33 wordsJudge O'Mara in the Arbitration Court to-day, made an important annouhcemcnt concerning the procedure to be adopted in dealing with claims ...
Article : 178 wordsHow she and four companons escaped Japanese bombs by taking to an open boat with a sick trader, who died on the first day at sea, has been ...
Article : 154 wordsSugar [?]n Australia may have to be rationed and may become dearer the Minister for Supply (Mr. Beasley) indicated yesterday because of ...
Article : 32 wordsThe Postmaster-General Senator Ashley) announced yesterday that a direct phototelegram service had been established between Australia and the ...
Article : 23 wordsBomb disposal squads will be operating all over Australia shortly under the direction of the Army. This was announced last night by the ...
Article : 135 wordsCanadian war pasioners in Australia whose pension cheques have been delayed owing to the disruption of trans[?]pacific mail services will ...
Article : 54 wordsObservance of Anzac Day will be the subject of consultation between the Commonwealth Government and the Returned Soldiers[?] League. ...
Article : 60 wordsApplications for exemption from military service, according to Army authorities, have dropped off considerably in recent months. ...
Article : 73 wordsThe American destroyer Tauxton and a cargo ship Pulluk were driven ashore on the coast of Newfoundland during a heavy gale; 189 officers and ...
Article : 49 wordsEvery precaution has been taken to ensure that there shall be no leakage of information to the enemy through the Japanese Embassy in ...
Article : 104 wordsAddressing th e Legislative Assembly today the Premier (Mr. McKell) strongly hinted that the State Government was now footing an ...
Article : 84 wordsVoluntary enlistments by aliens in the fighting forces has been substantial but the majority of those who have registered have not offered their ...
Article : 172 wordsIt was announced that General Chiang Kai-shek had returned from India by air, which foreshadowed the establishment of regular air transport ...
Article : 94 wordsAustralia's war aims axe (1) to defeat the enemy (2) to rebuild on the mistakes of the old era; and (3) to create a new Australia where all ...
Article : 72 wordsAccusing the Sydney City Council of [?]axity in its administration of the N.E.S. building code the Minister (Mr, Heffron) said to-day that many ...
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Advertising : 461 wordsThe report of the Commonwealth Auditor General (Mr. Aberc[?]bie) tabled in the House of Representatives yesterday states that heavy ...
Article : 169 wordsA drect radio link has been established between Australia and India with the charges for telegrams sent over the new[?] service the same as for ...
Article : 103 wordsThe Council of the Horticultural Society of Canberra will meet tonight to consider plans for the annual Autumn Exhibition of flowers. ...
Article : 78 wordsA sensation was caused to-day when the Premier (Mr. Playford) announced that as from March 1 all racing and betting in South Australia would be ...
Article : 37 wordsAn extension of National Emergency Services to country centres has been expedited by the Minister (Mr. Heffron) who has decided to ...
Article : 112 wordsIt is suggested that when forwarding a parcel to the boys overseas you include a bottle of Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills. A good plan also is for ...
Article : 119 wordsThe steamer Strouma carrying 750 Jewish refugees from Roumanla sank to the north of Bosphorus It is not known whether any were saved[?] ...
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The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Thu 26 Feb 1942, Page 3
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