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  2. ELECTRICITY, WATER, SEWERAGE & TRANSPORT TO GET 92% OF LOAN MONEY THIS YEAR

    It is often asked why the Brisbane City Council needs so much loan money. The answer is quite simple: Brisbane has growing pains. It is the fastest growing Capital City in Australia. The population has doubled since the incorporation of Greater Brisbane in 1925. Its industrial capacity has doubled over and over again, particularly in the post war years. Brisbane ...

    Article : 392 words
  3. 4 3/4 MILLIONS needed this year

    The original estimates for essential works called for a Loan programme of £8 1/2 million. Limitations of the Loan ...

    Article : 131 words
  4. Brisbane: shop window of Queensland

    Behind Brisbane lies the great undeveloped potential of Queensland—the pastoral and agricultural lands still to be ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 138 words
  5. BRISBANE'S GROWTH

    When the Brisbane City Council took over, in 1925, the population was 253,000. To-day it is nearly ...

    Article : 216 words
  6. Every new house built in Brisbane costs City Council £428!

    Every time a new house is built in Brisbane, it is estimated that the City Council is up for the equivalent to a capital ...

    Article : 79 words
  7. OFF TO THE MOON?

    No...it's a new 100 foot high water tank to boost water pressure to 3,000 Manly and Wynnum North residents. The tank is filled from an adjacent reservoir at Rolfe's Hill, Manly, by automatic pumps operated by rise and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 82 words
  8. How Rate Money is spent

    The Council obtains its revenue from: (a) The rates paid by property owners. ...

    Article : 133 words
  9. INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION DEPENDS ON POWER

    CONSUMPTION of electricity in the Greater Brisbane area has doubled since the end of the war ...

    Article : 134 words
  10. CITY COUNCIL LOANS ARE IDEAL INVESTMENT FOR SAVINGS

    Brisbane City Council Loans are as safe as the Bank of England. Repayment in hill on due date ...

    Article : 260 words
  11. BEST IN AUSTRALIA!

    Visiting transport experts acclaim the Brisbane City, Council's trams, buses, and trolley buses the best in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 100 words
  12. Advertising

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    Advertising : 361 words
  13. More Transport urgently needed

    Passenger traffic carried by the City Council Transport system has increased phenomenally in late years. Routes have been extended and the fleet of trams, buses and trolley buses increased ...

    Article : 117 words
  14. Child Health

    Immunisation of children and the preservation of public health are cares of the City Council. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 113 words
  15. WHY LOANS ARE NECESSARY

    For a city growing at the rate that Brisbane is, it is quite impossible to try to finance the developmental works out of ...

    Article : 257 words
  16. SEWERAGE:

    For several years, first priority has been put on the construction of principal mains. A major project has been the construction of large Sewerage mains on the south side of the River and a Syphon ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 256 words
  17. Big Factory increase

    The growth of industry in Brisbane, particularly since the war has been phenomenal. When Greater Brisbane was ...

    Article : 90 words
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