Following are some of the points in the Budget Speech, delivered yesterday in the Legisative Assembly by the Treasurer:- The estimated revenue for the year is ...
Article : 419 wordsIn the Legislative Council. Mr. Hawthorn reported that the free conference between the two Houses had been abortive. ...
Article : 182 wordsThe question of flying the red flag in Australia was considered by the Federal Cabinet to-day, and subsequently the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Watt) ...
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Family Notices : 208 wordsAug. 20.—FLINDERS, 521 tons, Capt. W. W. Robinson, for Bundaberg direct Passenger: Mr. R. H. Kendall. Wm. Collin and sons, Ltd., agents. ...
Article : 353 wordsThe Premier, for the Minister for Mines, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, informed Mr. Gunn that the total cost of the Warra State coal mine, including ...
Article : 95 wordsRailway car 5[?]4 is usually reserved for the use of Cabinet Minister or distinguished visitors. It has sleeping berths, easy chairs, lounges, and other facilities ...
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Advertising : 294 wordsA matter of considerable importance, to the Red Cross Society was dealt with in on interview with the Minister for Public Instruction yesterday afternoon, when a ...
Article : 585 wordsA shortage of linseed oil is seriously affecting the painting and allied trades. No supplies are coming from England, and stocks of Australian manufacture ...
Article : 118 wordsParliament resumed its sittings yesterday, after a week's holiday, and the afternoon, in the Legislative Assembly, was the red-letter day in the Parliamentary ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 52 wordsThe Premier, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, announced that the and Mr. Theodore, as managers of the the Legislative Assembly at the free conference ...
Article : 668 wordsOn Saturday a lad at Cooroy picked up a case containing detonator caps, and he gave one to another lad named Albert Secley, who pricked it with a pin. The ...
Article : 85 wordsNorthern Mails.—Friday, 8 p.m. Parcels, 5 p.m. Western Australia.—August 21, 7.5 a.m. New Zealand.—Augusat 23, 7.[?] a.m. ...
Article : 82 wordsThomas Kennedy expired suddenly at the Belmore Arms Hotel, Mackay, on Monday. He had been working at The Leap, and came into town a little over ...
Article : 54 wordsNo responsibility can be accepted by the Editor for MS., nor can he undertake to return it. No replies to questions will be conveyed by ...
Article : 214 wordsA Bill was introduced yesterday in the Legislative Assembly to abolish the Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Hoard and the Water Board of Ipswich, ...
Article : 431 wordsIn the Central Summons Court, yesterday, before Mr. A. Dean, P.M., John M'Donald, editor of the "Dally Standard," was proceeded against on a ...
Article : 443 wordsMails for the Expeditionary Forces abroad will close at the G.P.O. as follows:—England and France: Parcels, to-day, noon; newspapers (specially ...
Article : 63 wordsOpportunity to menace the German lines o[?] the A[?]sne is given by the capture by General Mangin of the important ridge south of Audignicourt. ...
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Family Notices : 669 wordsThe Postmaster-General's Department advises that mails from the United Kingdom and America were due by train, last night, and will be delivered by postmen ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Postmaster-General's Department announces that the packet post arrangements with Great Britain do not permit of the transmission of articles having a ...
Article : 73 wordsIn the Legislative Council yesterday Mr. Hawthorn reported that a free conference of both Houses on the Council's amendments to money Bills had proved to be ...
Article : 316 wordsA well-known timber merchant, in the course of conversation to-day, supplied pome interesting information on the timber trade. He pointed out that, in ...
Article : 464 wordsA small fishing expedition at Cleveland on Wednesday night last is belived to have had a tragic ending. The party, consisting of a labourer named Louis Woods, ...
Article : 144 wordsAll the Federal Ministers now in Australia were present this afternoon at a Cabinet meeting, which lasted for over four hours. With the reopening of Parliament ...
Article : 62 wordsDescriptive reviews of the brave deeds performed by our lads are frequently published, and Australians at home should [?]bow that they appreciate the ...
Article : 286 wordsA further stage has been reached in regard to the proposed erection of a garbage destructor at Milton. At a meeting of the Toowong Town Council ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 49 wordsThe Premier, when moving the adjournment of the Legislative Assembly last night said that the business next day would be the continuation in Committee ...
Article : 60 wordsThe Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Watt) wghn asked to-night whether the Cabinet decided to abolish penny postage and raise the present rate of postage ...
Article : 53 wordsRumours were current yesterday in the Legislative Assembly that the Premier would be leaving for England at an early date. Prior to the ...
Article : 76 wordsA" strange but not uncommon featute of times of faction and difference is the advocacy of unity by those whose influence and set work render ...
Article : 732 wordsAt a combined meeting of the men's and women's executive of the Citizens Sir o'Clock Closing League, held yesterday afternoon in the league rooms, the ...
Article : 103 wordsMr. Swayne, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, asked the Minister for Railways what was the cause of the long delay in restoring the Sandy Creel bridge on the ...
Article : 80 wordsThe question of appointing a Minister in London was discussed by the Cabinet to-day, and, later, the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Watt) said that nothing ...
Article : 111 wordsThe policy of the Government with regard to the finances of the State may best be described as one of drifting with the tide. All attempt to ...
Article : 1,174 wordsAt a meeting of the University Council to-day the Chancellor (Sir George Murray) announced the receipt of a gift of £500 from Mrs A. M. Simpson ...
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Advertising : 104 wordsIn a return issued by the Closer Settlement Board to-day it was stated that the total area of land purchased by the State for soldiers' settlement in Victor[?] up ...
Article : 47 wordsMr. Morgan, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, usked the Assistant Minister for Justice if it was a fact that the name of Mr. Justice M'Cawley had been ...
Article : 98 wordsMen between the ages of 21 and 50, if unfit for service oveiseas, can now be enrolled for from 16 to 24 days' annual training for home service. Particulars ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Wed 21 Aug 1918, Page 6
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