Funny man blamed for harm and mischief in Melbourne letters
A reader laments a prankster who teased staff by bumping into people, pilfering lunches for a cat, and misplacing goods, then notes his move to another state where he entered Parliament but later lost his seat. The piece also questions why professions use different room names and recalls a Melbourne bus platform exchange about domestic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bourke Street
George McCartney
Postal Department
Melbourne
Howard's
Philia
Thrush
Howards
Australes
Zealand
Tasmania
Inside Japan today the doubts begin to rise
The article recounts Morris’s view from Tokyo on wartime Japan. It notes damage from the Doolittle raid, weak air raid defenses, and Tokyo’s wooden housing. It surveys Japan’s war gains, food rationing, and public mood, with emphasis on shortages and anxieties about future bombing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Morris
Pearl Harbour
Tokyo
Rare Mineral Tantalum Aids Allied War Effort In Australia
An article notes Australia as a key source of tantalum used in Allied radio location equipment and life saving reconstructive surgeries on fronts. It contrasts wartime mobilization, Japanese manpower strain, and shifts in education, with reflections on Japan’s strategy and Allied resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.O
Elizabeth Street
Spencer St
Surburban
Australia
Allied Pool
Japan
Germany
Toe
Egg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cobram Courier
Hints Crosby
Dorothy Lamour
Morocco
Bob Hope
Richard Arlen
Arline Judge
Wildcat
Hol Kd
Preston
Ellen
William Bosd
A. Clyde
Criterion Cafe
Cobram
Andorenchy
Wit
Cpp
Is Septs Ry Trash Leafs
Coop Reducan
Wiperiall
Cobram & District
Ray Eaton
Poone Cobram
Katharine R. Lyons
Cobram Pharmacy
Gox
Sara
A. McGauchie
Wain Street
Cobran
GPO
the Post Office
Inside
By John Morris
A.R.P
Europe
Britain
America
Kouréa
Manchuria
China
Philippines
East Indies
Burma
Ree Ile Ne
T. N. Harris
Bank Street
Gale’s
Vnict
Murray
Muncrayl
Mureey Valley
N.S.W
Siourne Pri
Cal
Turraid
Bethunes
Blue Bird Cafe
Telephone
Ine
Iroet
Wool Growers & Others
Howard Correspondence College
Darling
Franklin Street
Adelaide
W. S. Kimpton & Sons
Collins Street
Liu
A Muller
A. Muller
Bethune’s
Residents
Bethune's
Blue Bird Cafe and
Melray” Grocery Store
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