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Article : 84 wordsThe "Courier" Patriotic Funds yesterday were added to by £5/17/6, of which sum £4/2/6 was for sock, and £1/15/ for the Armenians. The latter is a fresh ...
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Article : 67 wordsThe committee for "Sailors' Day" will meet to-morrow evening, at 8 o'clock, in the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce rooms, first floor Courier Building, instead of at ...
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Article : 140 wordsA novelty in the way of strikes occurred at St. George's Hospital for returned soldiers yesterday. Discontent has existed at the hospital for some time past, the men ...
Article : 209 wordsThe Amalgamated Society of Engineers, in a ballot, have rejected the Government's man power proposals by 121,017 votes against 27,470. The vote ...
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Article : 279 wordsSpeaking at a luncheon appeal to-day, Captain Burkett, Inspector of Recruiting, said that he wanted to do things, but saw our politicians and so-called ...
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Article : 95 wordsAt the annual meeting of the Toombul Shire Council yesterday Councillor P. Sapsford was re-elected chairman. The chairman's allowance was fixed at £50. The clerk, assistant clerk, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 61 wordsA regulation under the War P[?]ecautions Act, gazetted, to-day, provides that the Minister for Defence, or any officer authorised by him, may, by order, ...
Article : 112 wordsSome time ago an appeal for socks, made on behalf of soldiers of the 25tl. Battalion by Private A. T. ("Jack") Edwards, was published in the "Courier," ...
Article : 82 wordsH.R.H. Prince Edward Albert, Prince of Wales, subscribed the oath of allegiance and took a seat in the House of Lords to-day. There was an imposing ...
Article : 57 wordsAfter shooting a wild swan on the water at one of the South Richmond quarry holes on Tuesday evening, Henry Cousins swam in the water to recover it. ...
Article : 48 wordsYesterday afternoon the police went out to the Wodonga for the purpose of bringing in a man who had died on the journey down from Cairns to Brisbane. ...
Article : 55 wordsIt is officially announced that a decree has been issued annulling all loans, except those of Russians who hold Government bonds of under 10,000 roublea (about ...
Article : 77 wordsThe Railway Board—Messrs. F. C. Pemberton, R. E. Sexton, and J. W. Davidson—who have been appointed to investigate the question of flood damages ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Thu 21 Feb 1918, Page 7
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