Ihe Government has three ways of cutting down civilian production: (a) It can forbid it; (b) it can stop supplies of both wool and labour to mills engaged on ...
Article : 1,431 wordsSpeaking at a social gathering held last evening under the auspices of the Queensland Women's Recruiting Committee the Hon. A. J. Thynne congratulated the ...
Article : 166 wordsThe death in action of Sergeant Eric Hobson, a young Queensland soldier, was recorded this week. By last Wednesday's mail one of his office mates in Messrs. ...
Article : 474 wordsPrivate Charles A. Moore, of the A.M.C., writes to his mother, Mrs. A. Moore, Ling-street, Burnside Estate, Toowoomba, from "Somewhere in France": ...
Article : 169 wordsFrom time to time troop trains, unannounced, steam through Brisbane bearing fresh contingents of khaki-clad men for Southern camps or en route to ...
Article : 848 wordsBRISBANE.—Brisbane Tramways, preference, 67/6. MELBOURNE.—B.H. Junction, 7/4, 7/1; Junction North, 9/11; North B.H., 51/6, 51/4½, ...
Article : 195 wordsA message has been received by Mr. J. M'Grath, of the Railway Department, from the military authorities, Melbourne, stating that Private J. C. M'Grath, who ...
Article : 1,016 wordsThe result of the formation of war savings groups throughout business houses amongst the employees should make an appreciable increase in the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 479 wordsPrivate J. D. Burke, who, prior to leaving for the Front, resided at Gibb-street, Wynnum, writes to his father: "We left Egypt on March 28, l916, bound for ...
Article : 961 wordsAn honour board will be unveiled at the Yeerongpilly Shire Council, Rocklea, to-morrow, at 3 p.m. The board will be unveiled by Councillor J. Tuckett ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 108 wordsMrs. John Harrison, Wanasea, Moray-street, New Farm, asks that any returned soldier who can give any information regarding 2nd Lieutenant Ralph Irving ...
Article : 81 wordsLONDON, Wednesday. The following were to-day's quotations:—Broken Hill Pty., 46/6—17/6. ...
Article : 17 wordsThe Australian Metal Exchange reports that the London closing mean metal quotations on June 27 were as follows:- Copper, standard, spot, £130/5/ per ton ...
Article : 106 wordsThe Sub-committee of Hospitals appeals on behalf of a returned soldier —a patient in the Diamantina Hospital, who is interested in photography—for a ...
Article : 95 wordsSergeant H. S. Corbett writes to his father (Mr. J. Corbett, of Nundah), stating that the boys spent a lonely Christmas, and on Christmas Day only had one ...
Article : 234 wordsVulcan Mine, June 20.—Since the last report this winze has been discontinued, as we got through the ore body and struck country rock. The men from here are now cleaning out the ...
Article : 298 wordsThe interest taken by the head mistress, staff, and pupils of the Kangaroo Point Girls' State School in Red Cross work was demonstrated in a practical manner ...
Article : 312 wordsAn interesting souvenir of the celebration of Anzac Day "somewhere in France" has been received from Private Mercer Hicks, brother of Mrs. H. J. ...
Article : 298 wordsAt a recruiting meeting last night Dr. Davidson delivered a telling speech in an endeavour to get recruits. In the course of his remarks he referred to the strike ...
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Advertising : 571 wordsPrivate Winton Dickerson, who left Brisbane about l8 months ago, in a letter to a friend from the Grove Military Hospital, of which he was an inmate, ...
Article : 256 wordsSome conception of the great work that is being done in Britain in the making of munitions was obtained by the large gathering which assembled in the Public ...
Article : 219 wordsScratchings for the Grand National Meeting are as follows:- All engagements: Nympie and Lord Capulet. ...
Article : 140 wordsThe Minister for Lands stated yesterday that he had received a letter from Mr. A. M. Hertzberg, handing over to him the deeds of 16 allotments, situated ...
Article : 141 wordsPrivate V. H. Hewitt writes, to his mother, Mrs. H. Hewitt, Beaulion, Mount Mee, from Salisbury Plain: "You have no need to worry about me, as I have two ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Fri 29 Jun 1917, Page 8
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