Application was made to-day to the Industrial Commissioner (Mr. A. B. Piddington) on behalf of the Graziers' Association for the suspension of the ...
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Article : 122 wordsMiss Mary K. Browne, former national champion and captain of the American team that visited England and France this season, has announced her intention to ...
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Article : 274 wordsTramway extensions and improvements were dealt with in a report of the Transit Committee, which was presented at yesterday's meeting of the Brisbane City ...
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Article : 962 wordsA team, representing the Maleny Club played a match against a combined Wootha-Reesville side on Saturday, and won by 79 games to 65. The following ...
Article : 890 wordsThe steamer Marsina, which arrived tp-day from Port Moresby, brought further news of the gold rush, at Edie Creek. It was stated that all varieties of small ...
Article : 105 wordsMuch interest is being shown by mining men in a new find of gold which has boen made at Niangala, about 40 miles from Tamworth. Mr. C. Morris is the ...
Article : 222 wordsIncreased rates of pay covering al[?] members of the Boot Trade Employees Federation throughout the Commonwealth will come into operation on ...
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Article : 280 wordsAt a meeting of the Brisbane City Council held on July 1 approval was given to a recommendation that the council should co-operate with other local ...
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Article : 397 wordsAt the 14th annual meeting of the Southport Chamber of Commerce the annual report and balance-sheet was adopted, on the motion of Mr. M. J. Sullivan, ...
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Article : 172 wordsA goods train ran into a horse grazing on the line near Mendooran on Saturday night. The engine was derailed, and ran for 100 yards, and then toppled over ...
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Article : 598 wordsEmployees at the works of the Colonial Sugar Refining Co., Pyrmont, who went on strike during the week-end, have agreed to resume work to-morrow ...
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Article : 620 wordsShowing for the last times at the Tivoli Theatre to-day will be the Jewel Special, "His People, ' featuring an allstar cast. This is a story which tells of ...
Article : 179 wordsA meeting was held in Pettinger's Cafe on Thursday night to re[?]form the Crow's Net Cricket Club. Mr. F. C. Jefferson presided over a good attendance. The ...
Article : 425 wordsThe Western mail train was delayed for over half an hour at Ipswich this afternoon, owing to the breaking of a slide bar bolt The engine was uncoupled, and ...
Article : 59 wordsAustralian grape shippers will be interested to learn that a heat wave has destroyed two-thirds of the grape crop of Almeria. Consequently exports ftom there ...
Article : 56 wordsMany proposals for the establishment of new rubber mills have been talked of, but nothing definite happened until action was taken for the flotation of the Rapson ...
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Article : 62 wordsThe monthly meeting of the Wynnum and Manly Sailing Club was held in Major's Cafe on Monday. Commodore W Battershill presided over a full ...
Article : 222 words"Under Fire," a picture version of General Charles King's popular story of Indian warfare, will be screened at the Majestic Theatre to-day for the last time, ...
Article : 162 wordsAt the monthly meeting of the Queens land Advertising Institute, held last night, the president (Mr. W. Sullivan) in the chair, Major J. Craven gave a lecture ...
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Article : 129 wordsAn official statement has been issued showing that German reperations payments amount to 1,060,000,000 gold marks (£53,000,000), of which Britain received ...
Article : 41 words"Behind the Front," Paramount's laughing success, will be shown at the Valley Theatre for positively the last times to-day and to-night. The [?] includes ...
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Article : 86 wordsDuring Saturday night the store of Mrs. E. Cox, Duke-street, was entered, and goods and money to the amount of £5/5/ stolen. Entrance was effected through a ...
Article : 74 wordsThree thousand musicians and theatre orchestras have gone on strike, with the result that 400 cinema theatres and all vaudeville shows are without music. The ...
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Article : 25 wordsThe bright performance submitted by the Snapshots of 1926 at Cremorne Theatre offers a most enjoyable evening's entertainment. The company provides a ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Wed 8 Sep 1926, Page 19
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