NEW measures are proposed to combat Queensland's bushfire menace. ...
Article : 372 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—The Opposition Deputy Leader (Dr. Evatt) attacked the Government's secret ballot bill to-day as "a further example of the Government's determination to legislate against the will of the trade ...
Article : 419 wordsA PLEA to employers to encourage employees to join the Citizen Military Force or service reserves was made in Brisbane yesterday by the Director-General of Recruiting (Sir Edmund Herring). ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 491 wordsINCREASED Police pensions will range from £156 per year to £476 per year for rank ...
Article : 358 wordsHIDING behind a king-size beer mug is "Two-Ton" Tony Galento, who arrived in London from the United States last week for a wrestling engagement with Jack Doyle. Tony once fought Joe Louis, but ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 204 wordsSTUDENTS of some Toowoomba colleges may not be allowed home for Easter because of ...
Article : 232 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—The Government will be able to go ahead with its plan to enlist 18-year-old youths for compulsory military training. The National Service Bill passed the Senate ...
Article : 244 wordsTHE West Indies, South Africa, and several foreign countries have joined Australia in ...
Article : 242 wordsQueensland miners voted yesterday to end one-day-a-week stoppages. Only 136 of 1400 miners in ...
Article : 234 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday. — A woman — Senator Annabelle Rankin, of Queensland —was in charge of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 132 wordsThe Labour Minister (Mr. Jones) will leave Brisbane by air this morning for Charters Towers, where he will officially ...
Article : 50 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday. — The Australian Council of Trade Unions' interstate executive to-day decided to ...
Article : 121 wordsA bill allowing all Queensland local authorities, not yet revalued, to increase rates to a maximum of 2/6 in the £ passed ...
Article : 31 wordsBrisbane petrol retailers said yesterday that motorists "hadn't blinked an eyelid" over the 1d. a gallon price ...
Article : 161 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday. —Queensland will receive an extra £2 million from the Federal ...
Article : 184 wordsPRICKLY pear is growing on a piece of Government property in Turbot Street, within a few hundred yards of the City Hall. Yesterday an observant ...
Article : 184 wordsThe Bulimba and Kedron State by-elections will be held on Saturday, April 14. The Speaker (Mr. Mann) ...
Article : 158 wordsKINGAROY, Thursday.—The South Burnett Regional Electricity Board has dismissed its manager (Mr. A. H. Wright). ...
Article : 80 wordsTOOWOOMBA, Thursday.—Mr. George Wallace Forgan Smith died suddenly here today, aged 35. He is understood ...
Article : 114 wordsAn Order-in-Council was made yesterday authorising the Brisbane City Council to borrow £1,260,800. ...
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Advertising : 406 wordsIF improved wool prices established this week hold until the end of June, Queensland's wool cheque for 1950-51 will exceed £100 million. This is more than the whole of Australia ...
Article : 279 wordsADELAIDE, Thursday.—Police yesterday interviewed several University students who took part in a fatal rag last night ...
Article : 36 wordsHearing of evidence on a charge against Queensland's Principal Electoral Officer, Bernard Joseph Maguire, 53, may ...
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Article : 40 wordsDARWIN, Thursday. — The chartering of a special plane last week led to the marriage of "Claudet ...
Article : 94 wordsA new State Housing Commission estate will be established south-west of Kuraby and north of Compton Road. ...
Article : 47 wordsDisabled freighter Palana resumed her Mackay-Sydney tow from Moreton Bay at dawn to-day. She had been ...
Article : 26 wordsValley police wish to interview a motor cyclist who knocked down and injured Harriette Bagnall, 73, widow, of ...
Article : 52 wordsIF police permission can be obtained, a Brisbane importing firm will place on the market a small "gas tun" which women can carry in their handbags for protection. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 167 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—The Opposition-inspired Bill providing for a referendum seeking power for Commonwealth ...
Article : 33 wordsLast month 738 babies were born in the Brisbane Women's and Intermediate Hospitals, and 134 patients died in the ...
Article : 55 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday. — The Waterside Workers' Federation to-day applied to the Federal Arbitration Court for a review ...
Article : 24 wordsThe coal handling dispute which has delayed two dredges and a barge in Brisbane for two days is expected to be ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Fri 16 Mar 1951, Page 3
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