Remnants of a Burma Thai railway camp life and death
The diary recalls harsh conditions in a Burma Thailand railway camp with scarce medical supplies. It notes worsening food, wage cuts, and brutal guard methods, plus cholera and tropical ulcers causing deaths. A medical officer treated dysentery and amputations under dire limits as troops endured forced labor and occasional lighter contact with regular Japanese troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.c.o's
W.o.'s
Tokyo
Burma-Thailand
Mountein
P.O.W
Seber 13
Coates
Building Homes in Holmes Glen Annexe Proposed
Premier Dunstan announced a plan to use Holmes Glen munition annexe for factory-built homes. A Cabinet sub-committee inspected the annexe and negotiations with the Commonwealth Government are underway. Houses could be erected on individual blocks or shipped by rail to the country. A production time system was contemplated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunstan
Commonwealth
Holmesglen
Wanted to Buy Price and Particulars to Wx 124
C/o United Press Ltd offers a wanted to buy notice for items with price details and specifications. Address listed as Hav Street in Perth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C/o United Press, Ltd
Hav Street
Perth
Education notes on school gardens and two secondary paths
The article reviews the Educational Institute of Scotland urging school gardens partly utilitarian and aesthetic, allowance for hired help, and spare rooms for PT, meals, dental checks. It outlines two secondary school models: an academic commercial track and a rural mechanical track with five year duration and transferral options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Johnson
Scotland
Sydney Smith
Robbie
Parrith
O' Scolia
Shakespeare
Burns
Educational Institute of Scotland
Australia
Road Deaths in Britain Rise During War Years
A wartime report notes road deaths in Britain averaging 20 daily as life in villages and towns adjusts to conflict. The Ministry for War Transport records total road fatalities at 42,556 since the outbreak, including 7,148 involving schoolchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Jdiritor
Ish Ministry For War Transport
A Way To Health And Happiness
Peter Gorman offers a postal course of twelve lessons plus questions and answers plus personal guidance. The program promotes spiritual understanding over material sense to achieve prosperity happiness and freedom. West Australian readers are urged to consider this metaphysical instruction from a reputable teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Gorman
Jesus
Commonwealth
Public health the foundation of national happiness
A quotation attributed to Disraeli emphasizes that public health underpins the welfare of a nation and is the first duty of government, noting the central role of state responsibility in safeguarding communal well being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disraeli
New Mission For Submarines Rescues Across Sakishima Islands
Submarines patrolling near the Sakishima group have been sent on rescue missions for downed air crews. A dramatic incident saw a submarine surface near Miyako Island to pluck a dying Corsair pilot from a reef following an airfield bomb-hole clearance. The rescue included other crews saved aboard the same submarine as it braved coral reefs, minefields, and shore defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saki Shima Islands
Miyako
D. Schute
Heshiro
Behote
Aimericnany
Truk
Tokyo Bay
Thought For the Week Reflection on Silence and Empire
A compact reflection quoting Carlyle on the Great Empire of Silence, noting its vastness beyond stars and the Kingdom of Death, contrasted with the noisy world. The lines evoke meditation on meaningful action versus empty words in a week’s brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle
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Franklin Roosevelt
Bangkok
Leette
Anh
Andard
Finnates
Murray ST
PFRTH
Miller Street
Victoria Park
Flying Angel Club
Fremantle
American Red Cross
Australian Red Cross
Comfgets Fund
WAL Sportsmen's Organising Council For Patriotic Funds
Seafarers’ Education Service
Artillery
Missions 10 Seamen
Eastern Seamen's Club
J. W. Clift
Victoria
Cologne Cathedral
U.S
Cathedral Square
Cologne
Japan
B.H.P
Newcastle
de Witt
British General Electric CO
Pay
Murray Street
Mme
Mira Louise Trinity
Hearne
Hearine
Great Britain
Empire
Western Australia
Pearse Bros
Pearse Bros., Ltd
North Fremantle
Commonwealth Savings Bank OF Australia
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