Pre-sessional meetings of the Nationalist members of the Opposition, and, later, of the full Opposition, were held yesterday. At these meetings there were developments ...
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Advertising : 774 wordsAugust 17.—CANBERRA, 7707 tons (Capt. W. Hurford), from Townsville, via ports. Passengers: Mesdames W. R[?], Malaner, E[?], Harston, A. Aldworth, Hopkins, [?], Hutchinson, J. ...
Article : 1,048 wordsThere is excellent ground for the state ment that Mr. Lennon, if he becomes the new President of the Legislative Council, will receive his appointment in very ...
Article : 866 wordsSome weeks ago an Order in Council, issued under the Workers' Compensation Act of 1916, added the following provision to the schedule of the Act:—"There shall ...
Article : 125 wordsLieutenants R. J. Parer and J. C. M'Intosh, who flew in a de Havilland bombing machine from England to Australia, arrived in Brisbane yesterday from ...
Article : 729 wordsPlay in the Queensland Draughts Championship was continued in the rooms of the Brisbane Draughts Club last evening. In the winners' section C. ...
Article : 109 wordsThe acute shortage of cement which threatens, to interfere seriously with the progress of the sewerage scheme, was referred to at a meeting of the Metropolitan ...
Article : 199 wordsDuring the war the Imperial Army Council supplied for the battalions of the A.I.F. silk Union flags, to represent the King's colours. It was not possible for ...
Article : 484 wordsWhile an application by the Australian Union of Architects for an award covering professional employees of the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board was ...
Article : 102 wordsThe cotton expert (Mr. Daniel Jones) has returned to Brisbane from the Lockyer district, where he visited two returned soldiers, who, he said, had ...
Article : 197 wordsNothing in the glorious page of aerial triumphs excels, for dogged courage and endurance, that wonderful flight across the world by Lieutenant Parer and ...
Article : 251 wordsAmong the passengers on board the Mataram, which berthed at Pinkenba yesterday afternoon, were a number from Darwin, at which port the vessel called ...
Article : 208 wordsDetails of the work of graves registration on Gallipoli is contained in a memorandum by Lieut.-Colonel Hughes (Australian Officer in Charge of War Graves ...
Article : 607 wordsEvidence of the value of the seed maize improvement work carried out by officers of the Department of Agriculture has been received by the department from ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 62 wordsThere is a good deal of speculation locally as to the possibility of an early election because of the fact that the police are carrying out a second canvass ...
Article : 75 wordsIt is stated by the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) that no decision has yet been arrived at in regard to the representation of Australia at Geneva Mr. Hughes ...
Article : 49 wordsThough the Oppostion has been divided unfortunately into two sections, under dull leadership, there is no reason, if the two sections work together, why they ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 106 wordsThough the opening of Parliament to-day will arouse some passing interest in public affairs, mostly from the point of view of party politics, it is undeniable ...
Article : 1,100 wordsA well-attended meeting of Enoggera electors representative of the National Democratic Council, Queensland Women's Electoral League, National Labour Party, ...
Article : 137 wordsA tannery at Botany, belonging to Selawar, Ltd., was destroyed by fire last night. The damage is estimated at £20,000. A cottage adjoining the tannery ...
Article : 44 wordsA few days ago the Commissioner of Police was advised that a man named Foston, who had left Brooklyn for Mount Mulligan, was lost, and that the police ...
Article : 89 wordsAll letters, news items, and other contributions intended for publication should be addressed to the Editor. Every letter must be accompanied by the name ...
Article : 376 wordsThe Commissioner of Prices (Mr. Ferry) said yesterday that it was likely that he would shortly take action to reduce the prices of fertilisers in Queensland. He ...
Article : 210 wordsApplications for the position of general manager of State stations were received by the Government up to last Saturday. It is stated that 180 applications have ...
Article : 49 wordsAt the annual meeting of the Kurilpa branch of the N.D.C., held in the West End School of Arts on Monday, Mr. W. J. Afflect presiding, the treasurer's ...
Article : 161 wordsThe fund in aid of ex-Digger Ryan, who lost his eyesight and right hand by a blasting accident at the Beerburrum Soldiers' Settlement, now stands:— ...
Article : 103 wordsMr. Mark Harrison, of Toowoomba, who is now on a visit to America, confesses in a letter from New York that he has been sadly disillusioned, and that the ...
Article : 336 wordsSteps are to be taken at once by the Commonwealth Government to restore the former system of administration in the Northern Territory. The office of ...
Article : 129 wordsA speeial meeting of the N.D.C. and the Q.W.E.L. will be held in the School of Arts, Wynnum South, to-morrow evening. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Franklin and Denison divisional councils of the National Federation, at a meeting hell last evening, unanimously carried a motion disapproving of the ...
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Family Notices : 863 wordsThe British cruiser Vindictive, which was sunk in Ostend Harbour during the war, has now been refloated. ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Wed 18 Aug 1920, Page 6
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