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Newspaper
Charleville Times
Location
Charleville, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 01, 1940
Page
8
Repel White Leghens 7 per 100. Anconat 90: White Wrandottes 18 pardos. Light freder Crokernia. 2 per 1. Available from June oak early. Kerpoait with order. AL Mengel. 181 Campbell Street Toowoomaba QLD. Anne 1263.
The piece argues petrol as a decisive war factor with Britain’s command of the sea and Allied access to safety in supply, while Germany seeks Romanian oil. It notes high consumption by bombers and fighters, the need for aviation spirit, and recalls Drake’s 1859 oil discovery and the growth of U.S. deep wells to record depths.
Two youths admitted setting fire to a bale of paper on the first floor, triggering a blaze that destroyed comic papers and led to the collapse of four hundred lives and forty houses in the Pyrenees region. Torrential rains sent rivers in Catalonia rising nine to twelve feet, threatening more damage.
Governor Lord Wakehurst urged Australian aircrews departing for combat to uphold training standards and discipline. He said the Empire air scheme sends pilots and air gunners from Australia to join the war, stressing that their example will prove the scheme is working and relieve serving members who have carried the burden for over a year.
The group includes station managers, clerks, accountants, students, a surgeon, and a former warrant officer. They travel aboard a contingent that unites Australian manhood across professions. A New Zealand comrade forms a bridge of friendship, while shared experiences of training and service strengthen bonds among RA AF personnel and their allies.
Reported cases of twins sharing identical ailments and actions across vast distances. Instances include sisters Helga and Dorothy Pridin separated by 12 000 miles, two gymnasiums accident twins John and Eileen Sha with similar injuries, and other coincidental events such as deaths and theft charges. Medical observers term such coincidences twisties and note perplexing identical responses to events and questions across different regions.
An early report notes equipment to shrink wool for Australian manufacture and potential use by RAAF. The piece highlights government orders to implement shrinking technology and mentions civil and military industrial applications.
A fragmented report describes a contingent presenting officers with a large pewter tank inscribed with verse demanding the mug be drained. The log records the draughts taken to complete the vessel, reflecting a ceremonial or symbolic act by members aged around 1 years 9b mandhs.
A fragmentary timetable lists services from Dalby and Kingaroy with a 230 pm departure to Dalby, 445 pm arrival at Kingaroy, and connections for Murgen, Wendal, Gympie. It notes returns from Kingaroy at 230 am and a connection at Woalern Mall via Johnson's Garage and related locations including Moura and Kinguray, with unclear spellings and repeats.
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