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  2. PRISONERS DELIGHTED

    WHISTLING, cheering, and shouting to the crowds and waving Japanese swords from the portholes, 8th Division men on the Largs Boy thoroughly enjoyed the grand welcome they ...

    Article : 443 words
  3. HOW BRISBANE GREETED EX-PRISONERS ON LARGS BAY

    HIGHLIGHTS of the arrival of the Largs Bay yesterday with the largest contingent of ex-prisoners of war yet to come to Brisbane. ABOVE LEFT: The first surge of the welcoming crowd, which broke through the gates and thronged the wharf. RIGHT: Private Noel Elliott getting one of "mum's apple pies" handed to him by ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 190 words
  4. MOTHERS PIE AT WHARF

    A BRISBANE prisoner of war (see picture this page), Pte. Noel Elliot, of Teneriffe, has realised "a dream that's kept ...

    Article : 104 words
  5. TRAIN RAN LATE WITH P.O.W. KIN

    There was dismay and confusion at Roma Street station yesterday when the Northern Mail, with 64 relatives of ...

    Article : 281 words
  6. Jobs For Diggers Sure, Says Forde

    CONFIDENCE in Australia's ability to reemploy all Service men and women and war factory workers, and to absorb many immigrants from Britain and Europe, Was expressed by the Army Minister (Mr. Forde) last ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. WHARF JAM RUINED DINNER PLANS

    Confusion at the arrival of P.O.W's of Hamilton in the Large Bay yesterday ruined many welcome parties and specially prepared ...

    Article : 225 words
  8. HANLON PRAISES LATE MR. JONES

    THE Acting Premier (Mr. Hanlon) last night praised Mr. A. J. Jones, former Lord Mayor, who died yesterday as a Labour pioneer. "He helped the Labour ...

    Article : 475 words
  9. AWAS Seeks I Title In Test!

    Cpl. Helen Alicon Upton, A.W, A.S. driver, it to-day's entrant in the "Miss Australia" competition. Cpl Upton lives at Bank Road. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  10. 'Arsenal' In P.O.W. Camp

    SYDNEY, Saturday.—Lieut. G. ' V. Randall, of Rydt, one of 845 A.I.F. ex-p.o.w's aboard the Duntroon, which arrived from ...

    Article : 123 words
  11. £18 Frock Soon Found Buyer

    Peacetime seal was set on spring fashion showings last week by the appearance in a leading salon window of a frock priced at £18. ...

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  12. DUTCH SHIP AT BOWEN HELD UP

    TOWNSVILLE, Sunday.—Holdup of Dutch ships' has extended to North Queensland. The Karsick, bound from ...

    Article : 68 words
  13. REAL DRAMA BEHIND PLAY

    Drama in real life entered into the performance of "The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse" of His Majesty's Theatre on Saturday when Ivor ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 210 words
  14. BISHOP SAYS GAMING OUR BIGGEST TRADE

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—"Gambling is the enemy of all stable and orderly business, and is probably Australia's greatest business," says ...

    Article : 72 words
  15. SERVICEMEN FEELING BITTER ABOUT SCARCITY OF HOMES

    MANY servicemen are finding great difficulty in getting housing accommodation on their return to civil life. Some are already bitter. Letters appealing for help on housing are a regular feature of the Editor's mail. ...

    Article : 828 words
  16. WAR DISPOSAL SALES DEFENDED BY MAKIN

    CANBERRA, Sunday.—Highlight of the closing session of Parliament on Friday was the denial by the Munitions Minister (Mr. Makin) of charges made by the ...

    Article : 605 words
  17. SHYLOCKS SCORED PRISON CAMPS

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Money-lenders among military and civilian prisoners made small fortunes in the Singapore camps, according to A.I.F. men who returned to Sydney on the Arawa yesterday. ...

    Article : 206 words
  18. BEAT JAP AND WON POTATO

    Heavyweight, middleweight, and lightweight champion of the 8th Division, Alf. Lalham, of Townsville, won a Jap snakeskin wallet ...

    Article : 157 words
  19. SIX INJURED IN TRAM COLLISION

    Six people received minor injuries when a Royal Navy truck and a tram collided in Hamilton Road, near Crescent Road ...

    Article : 83 words
  20. "Army Canteen Charges High"

    Two Australian sailors complained to The Courier-Mail last night prices at the army canteen in Adelaide Street were too high. ...

    Article : 95 words
  21. NEWS IN BRIEF

    FALL FROM HORSE.—Jean Olive Sgolander, 28, married, of Breakfast Creek Road, Newstead. fell from a horse in Eagle Farm ...

    Article : 110 words
  22. Duke Tries Hand As Stockman

    CANBERRA. Sunday.—The Duke land Duchess of Gloucester helped ito muster cattle during a fourdays' holiday at Cassilis, central ...

    Article : 148 words
  23. 'BOND BLITZ' DAY; GETS LOAN QUOTA

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—In a spectacular one-day "bond blitz" on Saturday. Sutherland exceeded its Fourth Victory Loan quota of ...

    Article : 93 words
  24. SISTER-IN-LAW OF SINGER KILLED

    SYDNEY. Sunday.—Mrs. Kathleen Dawson. 62, the wife of Mr. William Dawson, of Mt. Druitt, near Blacktown. and the sister-in ...

    Article : 151 words
  25. GOVT. SILENT OVER PORTRAITS

    CANBERRA, Sunday.—Commenting on the rejection of the portraits of Dame Enid Lyons and Senator Dorothy Taneney. ...

    Article : 112 words
  26. MISSION DRIVE IN JAPAN URGED

    CANBERRA, Sunday.—Japanese atrocities against Australian, troops might not have occurred had there been greater support for ...

    Article : 93 words
  27. WHY RELEASED G.I. HAS COME HERE TO SETTLE

    WILLIS G. Kelly, from North Carolina, who came to Australia in the U.S. Signal Corps in October, 1940, has come back "to look round" with a view to settling here. ...

    Article : 256 words
  28. NELSON BURNS SAYS

    I agree with the liberal portion of Brisbane's population, which agrees that a Sunday picnic it good fun. To me it's mostly meat and ...

    Article : 214 words
  29. FORDE TO PROBE DISCHARGE LAG

    A promise to inquire personally into the progress of Army discharges from Redbank while in Brisbane was made by the Army ...

    Article : 72 words
  30. BRISBANE SINGERS IN BALLARAT TESTS

    MELBOURNE. Sunday.—Results at the Ballarat South Street competitions include: Excerpt from light or comic opera: Douglas ...

    Article : 69 words
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