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  2. ITEMS OF CURRENT INTEREST.

    Mr. Gillies left Cairns on Friday morning for Babinda and Innisfail, after spending only one night in the Northern city. Chief interest was centred in the official ...

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  3. INTERNAL CANCER

    Four glass tubes, a sixteenth of an inch in thickness, containing emanations of the secondary ray of radium, were placed in the centre of a cancerous growth ...

    Article : 108 words
  4. MEAT PRICES.

    Amid the welter of the meat prices controversy, the fact is generally emerging that the present enhancement of values is largely seasonal, arising from ...

    Article : 371 words
  5. AUSTRALIA BETTER.

    Mr. J. G. Bayley, M.H.R., on his arrival in Brisbane last night, made some interesting comments on his recent visit to South Africa, where he spent eight weeks as a ...

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  6. DEFENCE ISSUE.

    The Free State Nationalist Congress at Bethlehem has been marked by outspoken criticisms of Colonel Creswell (Labourite), the Minister for Defence, particularly ...

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  7. NEW LINES.

    The termini and exact distances of most of the eight new tram lines, which, as announced in the "Courier" yesterday, the Brisbane Tram Trust proposes to ...

    Article : 429 words
  8. SLIDING PANEL.

    When the inquiiy into the ballot box scandals was resumed to-day, Mr. Grayndler[?] said he had searched the records for the original letter by P. J. ...

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  9. NEW AWARD.

    Sir John Quick, in the second Arbitration Court to-day, delivered provisional judgment in the plaint of the Federated Society of Boilermakers and Iron ...

    Article : 633 words
  10. ANZAC DAY COMMEMORATION COMMITTEE.

    At a meeting of the Anzac Day Commemoration Committee, held recently, the joint hon. secretaries (Canon D. J. Garland and Captain E. R. B. Pike) reported ...

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  11. POSTAL EXTENSIONS.

    The Prime Ministerd with Mrs. Bruce, and accompanied by Senators Cox and Duncan, visited Wagga yesterday. Mr. Bruce delivered three speeches. He ...

    Article : 392 words
  12. STATE HIGH SCHOOL.

    Pupils of the Brisbane State High School will next week be housed in a new building. The school, which has had a varied career, occupied a ...

    Article : 169 words
  13. PLAYGROUND FOR CHILDREN.

    A well-attended meeting of delegates from the various public bodies, churches, and sporting clubs was held in the Shire Hall, Nundah, last evening. The meeting ...

    Article : 307 words
  14. GERMAN GENERAL.

    The German General, von Nathusius, who was arrested on November 3 on entering Alsace, on the occasion of the feast of All Saints to visit the grave of ...

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  15. SUDDEN DEATH IN TOWNSVILLE.

    An old Townsville resident named Ned Wren. waterside worker, dropped dead, in Perkins-street on Friday morning whilst on his way to work. ...

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  16. ENGINEER'S DEATH.

    Raymond Edwards, an engineer, and a widower with three children, residing at corner of Junction-street and Fern-street. Thompson Estate, was ...

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  17. NEW CHURCH DEDICATED.

    At Rosedale, on the North Coast line, between Bundaberg and Gladstone, Bishop Crick, of Rockhampton, on Friday dedicated a new Church of England, donated ...

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  18. SHIPPING CHARGES.

    At the second annual meeting of the Australian Meat Council, over which Mr. J. B. Cramsie presided, every member present expressed his deep regret at the ...

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  19. DEATH FROM BURNS.

    Miss Martha Williams (17), a cook employed at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital, South Brisbane, who sustained serious burns and shock last Saturday, ...

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  20. GIRL'S PATHETIC END.

    Gwenyth Emily Riley, aged 16, the daughter of the Rev. H. M. Riley, of Wollongong (New South Wales), died under pathetic circumstances. ...

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  21. MILK SUPPLIERS' GRIEVANCE.

    At a combined meeting of the Rosewood Producers' Association and the Rosewood Dairymen's Association the chairman (Mr. A. W. Johnston) drew attention to ...

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  22. PROPOSED MILK STANDARD.

    Following on the deputation comprising representatives of the Health Association, the Rotary Club, the British Medical Association, and the National Council of ...

    Article : 138 words
  23. MAWSON WOMEN.

    Mrs. "Wolfram" Brown, who explains that her Christian name is derived from her association with the valuable wolfram deposits at Pine Creek, and who has been ...

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  24. INTERSTATE.

    According to a return issued by the Police Traffic Department, Sydney, between January 1 and September 30, this year, there were 4888 motor accidents in ...

    Article : 42 words
  25. £65,000 WANTED.

    The Tweed Shire Council has decided to apply for a grant of £65,000 from the Commonwealth loan for the States. The vote is to be for the purpose of ...

    Article : 153 words
  26. WEST AUSTRALIAN LEGISLATION

    In the Legislative Assembly the Minister for Works (Mr. A. M'Callum) moved the second reading of a Bill to amend the Traffic Act of 1919. Control will be ...

    Article : 255 words
  27. TO PROCEED.

    Judgment was given to-day by the Full Court of the Supreme Court of New South Wales on the application made on behalf of Alderman Walker for ...

    Article : 157 words
  28. A STRIKE THREAT.

    A compulsory conference concerning the matter of an impending dispute between the Federated Engine-drivers' Association of Australia (Queensland branch) ...

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  29. INTERNATIONAL.

    At the Postage Stamp, Congress at Christchurch (N.Z.) Romney Gibbons, of Sydney, won the championship trophy for his essay on philately. The next ...

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  30. APPRECIATION OF DR. SWEET.

    The following letter has been received by Captain E. R. B. Pike (honorary secrertary of the Queensland branch) from Sir James Barrett, the President of the Health ...

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  31. FEMALE MIGRANTS.

    Convinced that the authorities at Australia House would achieve better results by employing women to engage female migrants for this country, and that the ...

    Article : 178 words
  32. MURDER CHARGE.

    Harry Keys (35, a bannan) was arrested by Sergeant Brandon and Constable Bottrell at Tyalgum yesterday on a charge of having feloniously slain ...

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  33. HEAVY BANANA YIELDS

    The consignments of bananas from Gympie have advanced by leaps and bounds during recent months, and some growers have had some heavy cuttings, ...

    Article : 89 words
  34. A SETTLEMENT.

    After a meeting of the cold storage section of the Transport Union, Mr. Thompson, the docks group secretary, said that the strike ...

    Article : 92 words
  35. STATE DIRECTORS.

    The Director of Education (Mr. Cecil Andrews), referring to the work of the annual conference of State directors, which concluded yesterday, said it ...

    Article : 285 words
  36. NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.

    The Prime Minister's Department has received a communication relative to candidature for the Nobel Peace Prize for 1925. The communication states that all ...

    Article : 272 words
  37. APPEAL DISMISSED.

    Medi Doran, a Hindon, who was convicted at the Sydney Central Criminal Court and sentenced to death for the murder of John Jacob, a coloured fireman ...

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  38. BORDER RAILWAY.

    Captain Alcock, one of the official's of the Grafton to the Queensland Border Railway League, has received definite advice from the New South Wales ...

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  39. MOHAMMEDANISM.

    Dr. Maloney, M.H.R., who expects to leave for Australia in the middle of December, when interviewed, said: "Speaking for Australia, what we saw here ...

    Article : 114 words
  40. MAY DISSOLVE.

    The Legislative Council has refused to sanction the increases to the salaries of public officers in receipt of salaries over £300 per annum, despite the fact that ...

    Article : 78 words
  41. FELL OVERBOARD.

    While the ferryboat Bronzewing was proceeding along the Parramatta River at full speed yesterday a passenger who was near the gangway suddenly ...

    Article : 107 words
  42. "PROPER" RETAIL RATES.

    The London Corporation Markets Committee to-day, for the guidance of the public, issued its first list of "proper retail meat prices," in which it is stated ...

    Article : 149 words
  43. Advertising

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  44. BY AIR TO INDIA.

    The Director of Civil Aviation (Major[?] General Sir W. Brancker) left by air to-day for Paris, en route to India, where he will discuss the question of an air ...

    Article : 111 words
  45. BANDITS IN MOTORS.

    A modus operandi by bandits which recently is becoming common that of driving up in a motor car, smashing a window of a jeweller's shop, and driving off ...

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  46. AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT.

    Dr. Rudolf Ramek has accepted the Chancellorship. The Cabinet is a coalition one, comprising Pan-Germans and Christian Socialists. ...

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  47. MONEY UNAVAILABLE.

    A deputation from south-western towns waited on the Premier (Mr. P. Collier) to-day and requested that the Government should consider a schem for the ...

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  48. GREATER BRISBANE ELECTION.

    Representatives of the Toowong branches of the United Party and Q.W.E.L. last night selected Alderman A. Watson (Mayor of Toowong) to ...

    Article : 111 words
  49. MATER HOSPITAL APPEAL.

    An earnest appeal was made in the streets of Brisbane yesterday for contributions, towards the upkeep of the Mater Miscricoidiae Public Hospital. The ...

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  50. United Metal Industries Ltd.

    The United Metal Industries, Ltd., advises that the whole of the plant has now been removed from the old J. R. works at Woolloongabba, to the new ...

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  51. POLICE PROTEST.

    At a meeting of members of the Townsville branch of the Police Union to-night, the following motion was carried:—"That we members of the Queensland Police ...

    Article : 140 words
  52. NEW ZEALAND SHIP.

    Sir Halford Mackinder (chairman of the Imperial Shipping Committee), in a message broadcast from London, said the Aorangi, the 23,000-ton motor ship, just ...

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  53. Squire Patch Estate.

    The sale of the Squire Pat[?] estate, Wellington Point, will take place on the ground, Wellington Point, at 3 o'clock this ...

    Article : 66 words
  54. BRADFORD TOPS FIRM.

    Wool tops have a good market. Both crossbreds and merinos are firmly held[?] and quotations are one pe[?]y dearer all round. ...

    Article : 36 words
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