Mossman News Highlights Local Bandmaster and Social Events
Mossman welcomes new bandmaster Mossman M J Denovan aims to enrol local lads as permanent residents to ensure steady practice and homegrown bands. Miss Alf competition boosts funds for the Douglas Shire Patriotic Fund with four contenders already chosen. Miss Hospital Isabel Estador led hospital events on September 11 with treasure hunt won by Nurse Det Evans and Mr W Mackay. Card afternoon at RL Hearn residence featured prizes to Mrs M Harper and A B Powell. Pastime Club hosted a gathering at Lunns Hall with Mrs A Scott as hostess and attendees including Mrs J Crees, J Mulla, R Lunn, and H Dean. Mrs J Mingley and daughter Nurse G Hingley returned from Magnetic Island. Visitors include Miss V Blain of Brisbane, Sister Greenhalgh in Cairns, and Miss Margaret Row with Miss June Morris visiting Mossman.
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Mossman
M. J B. Denovan
F Reed
Wes
Miss Hospital
Isabel Estador
Det. Evans
W. Mackay
Thelme ‘Y
E Cripps
Jack ‘Ashwell
RL. Hearn
M. Harper
J. Mingley
G Hingley
Magnetic Island
V Blain
Brisbane
Sister Greenhalch
Cairns
Margaret Row
June Morris
Mowman
Miss Simmonds
Mina Mavis Simmonds
Answers to What Do You Think
A compact listing of literary and historical names and items: Mrs Malaprop, Sheridan, Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Shakespeare, Topsy and Eva, Mrs Stowe, Sergeant Buzfuz, Charles Dickens, Candie Dinmont, Sir Walter Scott, Tony Lumpkin, Goldsmith. The Pacific Ocean, Rear Admiral, mountain goat, submarines.
Difficulties to Be Faced in Aeroplane Making
Britain seeks American help to bolster fighter and bomber output amid stalled standardisation. Aircraft firms report mass production limits, with models begun before blueprints complete and parts delayed by design and costings. Overwork rarely allowed, overtime seen as necessary to meet bomber needs.
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Britain
Indust
Sehamahtin
Ceuse
Ecre
Hollywood
America
Itn Costa
Yell
Lockheed
Australia
Lockheed Company
Makeopi
Sin Con
Inside the Makers of a War Bomber Holey Production Lines
A detailed account describes the lengthy process to design and build a first experimental bomber. Engineers, draftsmen, and purchase authorities collaborate across stages from mock-ups to tooling, lofting, and sheet metal work, with government alterations shaping dies and blocks. The piece notes high costs per unit, the risk of mistakes, and the shift toward mass production despite delays and the need for outside factories.
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de Qoligsee
Bombara
Ncct
America
Loftamas
Loftaman
Honda
Trade agreement with New Zealand extended to 1941
Ottawa reports an Order-in-Council extended the trade agreement with New Zealand until December 96, 1941.
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Ottawa
New Zealand
The Torpedo Inventions Make Deadly Weapon
A historical survey traces torpedo origins from the spar and locomotive devices to Whitehead and Luppis collaboration. It details the modern torpedo’s anatomy, propulsion, buoyancy, war heads, and guidance gear, noting costs, air combustion, and the shift to submarine and aircraft deployment.
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Robert Whitehead
Victoria’s ancient volcanoes shaped our landscape today
Victorian volcanoes built the land we know, with Mt Macedon and the Dandenongs forming highlands. The piece explains craters, calderas, and lava flows from Devonian times, noting Lake Ercilmabete, Tower Hill, and Shipton tunnels as relics. It highlights Tr. EF Sherborn Hills’s Physiography of Victoria and praises the work for teachers while reflecting on geologic time.
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Victoria
Maller
Melbourne
Mt. Macedon
Dandenong Ranges
Healesville
Warburton
Margeville
J. Macedon
Dandenong
Rome
Ercilambete
Terang
Bullemmerri
Pempersten
Mt. Franklin
Daylesford
Mt Warrenheip
Ballarat
Eplderma
Walla
Tower Hill
Warrnambool
Poseemes
Keilambete
Gnotuk
Bullenmerri
Mises
Corangamite
Shipton
Pembernell
Bradek
EF. Sherborn Hills
University of Melbourne
Physiography of
Whitcombe and Tombs
Billa
A.H.C
Government fixes cotton prices in London market
The Australian Associated Press reports that on October 1 the Government set maximum prices for American and Egyptian cotton for both future and spot sales. It states that prices of other growths will not be controlled while levels stay normal relative to Egypt and America.
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London
Heg
Egypt
America
Queensland
Sydney
Torpedo Power and Limits in Naval Warfare
The text describes torpedo range, speed, and tactical use across ship classes from destroyers to submarines. It notes slow early torpedoes at long reach, faster short range torpedoes for fast craft, and the decisive impact of submarines using surprise, with reference to Royal Oak and Courageous as examples, highlighting torpedoes as a major threat to British sea power along with aircraft and motor torpedo boats.
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Hitler
Fulton
Luppis
Robert Whitehead
Fiume
Brotherhood
Ludwig Olry
T.N.T
Great Britain
Royal Oak
Courageous
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