Humorous War Snippets and Aussie Anecdotes in Odd Verse
A collection of frontier wartime jests and jungle tales from New Guinea and Australian stations. The items include a Yank nearly ambushed by a mistaken Jap outpost, a millaround between an abo and a half caste on Milleroo Station, a San Francisco waiter scar tale, and a tale about a bottle of whiskey hidden with a pistol in Townsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Allasics
Milleroo
Charcoal Joe
Sugarbog Harry
Darwin
Joe
Sugarbag
Minervo
Harry
Scarface
Issus
San Francisco
Middle-East
Stop Smoking in 3 Days Promises and Free Booklet
An advertisement offers a three day stop smoking plan with a guaranteed success and a free booklet. It claims thousands of satisfied users and provides a mailing address in Sydney for the booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Elwood
GPO
Sydney
Roll of Honour Flores R W killed at El Alamein in 1942
Private R W Flores of the 2nd Alf. th. Division is listed as killed in action during the El Alamein battle on October 2 1942. The notice is placed by his mother, father, sister and brother.
Fruit prices flash in a simple market listing
A short price list shows pineapples at £1 banana price 28 shillings, apples 32 shillings, and mixed fruits at a discount marked DM. The row reflects a vintage style market notice with basic fruit品 labels.
Wanted Wailtreeses and Gook's Help for Blackheath College
Help wanted at Charters Towers for Blackheath College with good wages and conditions. Apply Mistress in Charge or National Service Officer at Charters Towers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackheath College
Charters Towers
Dreaming of a Churchill Wire About Hitler
A quotation recalls a fictitious telegram to Mr. Churchill asking how to treat Hitler after death. Churchill supposedly answers to take no risks by performing tremation burial and embalming. The anecdote, attributed to Nana Bundgate, plays on wartime bravado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churchill
Hitler
Winston
Nana
Bundgate
Correspondent Answers from Mount Isa Columns
A batch of reader queries and notes from Mount Isa columns cover Bacon Shakespeare debates, Rhotes Scholarship at Oxford, nautical Azores base, Len ingrad composers, Longfellow poetry, Great Barrier Reef lore, Yungaburra and Lakes Barrine, cattle station claims, and Pilot Officer Hubert Opperman cycling records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Isa
Oxford University
Commonwealth
Great Barrier Reef
West Street
Mt. Isa
Hubert Opperman
R.a.af
Perth
Paris
Brest
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edkins Marsh & Co. Ltd
Robins Marsh
Edkins Marsh & Company Ltd
Julia Creek
Carrar, Ilfracombe
Amd
Efse
Parra
Darra
Red Cross
Queensland
Hin
Red Crow
Apeal Committee
Queen St., Brisbane
A. A. G. Trenfield
Cloncurry
Townsville
J. R. Halstead
Carter
Imr
Fred Butt
J. and
W. Drury
Butt
Hecagus
Boniface
Gordon
Edward Street
Brisbane
Queen Bt
Gunga Din
Meggo
Bacon
Bernard Hall
Melbourne
National Gallery
Hall
Dallkes
Shakespeare
Lee
Shakes- Peare
S. Bacon
Isa Mines
Dick Holt
Australia
Bulletin
N. @. Register
Bil Bowyang
Om the
Wallaby
D. B. O'Connor
Bill Bowyang
Nautical
Mimint Isalaa
Azores Islands
mid-Atlantic
Ireland
Anges
Terceira
Tsa
Leningrad
Dmitri Shaste
Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninoff
Len Figrad
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Thureday
Pitaroy
Rockhampton
Pbef
Yungaburra
Lakes Barrine
Machath
Peeramon
Malanda
Mount Ise
Victoria River
Northern Territory
Wave Bill
Alexandria
Ibatte
Mount Im
Tennarit Creek
T.ds
Mount Is
Cairns
Port Douglas
Williame H
Snow Palm
Jon
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