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  2. BIG INCREASE.

    As month succeeds month the Customs and Excise revenue continues to show a substantial increase The estimate for the six months ended ...

    Article : 235 words
  3. SHARK CAUGHT.

    Exciting scenes were witnessed at Burieigh Heads to-day, when a grey nurse shark nearly 12ft. in length was landed on the beach after a ...

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  4. NEWSPAPER TAX.

    As a result of the writ which has been issued by John Fairfax, Ltd., S, Bennett, Ltd., Sydney "Dally Telegraph" Ltd., and Sydney "Sun" ...

    Article : 532 words
  5. BAY SENSATION.

    During a blinding rainstorm at Cleveland yesterday the Bulong, a 44ft motor launch, belonging to the South Coast Oyster Company, was ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 758 words
  6. WIFE KILLED.

    A shocking domestic tragedy occurred near Donny brook, about 110 miles south of Perth, early this morning, when it is alleged a well-known farmer, John ...

    Article : 256 words
  7. TORRENTIAL RAIN.

    Torrential rain fell in Brisbane yesterday afternoon as the result of a severe thunderstorm, the registration being Approximately 2in. Low-lying ...

    Article : 599 words
  8. TRAGEDY FEARED.

    Tidings of what is feared to be a yachting tragedy reached here yesterday afternoon, when the fishing smack Seagull brought ashore Leslie Neaves and Albert ...

    Article : 334 words
  9. FIGHT IN DARK.

    Coming unexpectedly upon an intruder in the office of Swallow and Aricll's Ice cream factory at South Melbourne, about 3 o'clock this ...

    Article : 219 words
  10. UNCANNY SPEED.

    Modern business methods demand a degree ot hustle that was undreamt of a year or so ago. In this respect the "Courier" may claim to be in the front ...

    Article : 537 words
  11. PEACE SYSTEM.

    M. Briand, in a statement to the newspapers reviewing the events of 1926, says that the principal merit of the Locarno Pact is that it is confirmed by an ...

    Article : 298 words
  12. TO END.

    The allowance to shippers of 9d. per bale on wool carried from Australian ports to the United Kingdom, via the Cape, has been discontinued in the ...

    Article : 174 words
  13. "SLOW" STRIKE.

    The "half speed" strike by the Government tramway employees was continued to-day, with the result that the public was poorly served with transport between ...

    Article : 162 words
  14. BURLEIGH WHALE.

    The final curtain was rung down on the Burleigh whale this afternoon when the huge head and trunk were lowered into the pit prepared for their reception, ...

    Article : 210 words
  15. AIR LINER.

    The Cairo-Karachi air liner, conveying Sir Samuel and Lady Maud Hoare, has arrived here. ...

    Article : 26 words
  16. FIRES.

    The premises occupied by Forresters', robe and fur specialists, at 430 George-street, were severely damaged by fire last evening. The outbreak occuried at the ...

    Article : 117 words
  17. OVER 300 DEAD.

    The bloodiest battle of the present war, fought at Pearl Lagoon, and lasting three days, ended at the week-end in victory for the Liberals, who ...

    Article : 132 words
  18. STORMS IN THE COUNTRY.

    TOOGOOLAWAH, January 4. Another storm occurred last night, and the following were the registrations up to 9 a.m. to-day:—Toogoolawah, 30 ...

    Article : 454 words
  19. SAVING IN TIME.

    The Postmaster-General announces that the fortnightly air mail service between Cairo and Bagdad is to be extended to Basra, and a further extension to Karach[?] ...

    Article : 179 words
  20. BOAT CAPSIZES.

    Three boys—Rex Dictruck (17), of Arton-road, Roseville, William Wright (14), of Alexander-road, Ascot, and Thomas Nash (11), of Clayfield—had a ...

    Article : 152 words
  21. HOUSE DESTROYED.

    The school residence at Gillett's Ridge, near Ulmarra, together with the contents, was totally destroved by fire yesterday. The house was of weatherboard and was ...

    Article : 131 words
  22. NARROW ESCAPE.

    A telegram from Busselton says that three boys and the Rev. Brother Moore, who has charge of the Anglican Church Mission at Margaret River, had a narrow ...

    Article : 97 words
  23. RECORD SALES AT COOLANGATTA.

    A record in "Courier" sales was established in Coolangatta this morning, when copies were placed on sale at the various newsagents' exactly three and a half ...

    Article : 97 words
  24. TOUR BY AEROPLANE.

    Following the example of a number of other Ministers, the Minister for Markets and Migration (Mr. Patterson) will avail himself of aerial transport to make a ...

    Article : 89 words
  25. FAMOUS CASTLE BURNED.

    A fire gutted the famous Eisenburg Castle, at Augsburg, where the Lutheran Confession of Faith was signed in 1530. Most of the irreplaceable works of art ...

    Article : 43 words
  26. DOOM SEALED.

    The Congress of the Labour Party unanimously passed a motion calling upon Labour Parliamentarians to oppose the Sedition Bill, proposed by the ...

    Article : 112 words
  27. BOY KILLED.

    Herbert Ronald Jenkins (aged 15 years) was killed at Lithgow, is the result of being struck by a large stone, which came down the mountain side, and Leslie ...

    Article : 124 words
  28. EARLY DELIVERY APPRECIATED AT SOUTHPORT.

    The delivery of the "Brisbane Courier" at Southport long before breakfast every morning during the holidays is greatly appreciated by the townspeople and ...

    Article : 109 words
  29. LOST FOR EIGHT DAYS.

    Chas. White, who was lost for eight days, reached Murrumbah woolshed, whero he was found by Mr. H. O. Campbell on Monday. The unfortunate ...

    Article : 184 words
  30. CHRISTMAS DINNER.

    As guests of New Zealand children and farmers, 1150 London children were given Christmas dinners, entertained and presented with gifts at the Guildhall ...

    Article : 51 words
  31. MEN INCENSED.

    Further trouble is threatened at the brown coal deposits and generating station of the Victorian Electricity Commission at Yallourn, in consequence of ...

    Article : 198 words
  32. REDCLIFFE COUNCIL'S CONGRATULATIONS.

    At the monthly meeting of the Redcliffe Town Council, held in the Council Chambers to-day, the Mayor (Alderman J. B. Dunn) moved, and the aldermen ...

    Article : 74 words
  33. THE "MOTHS."

    The aviators, Stack and Leete, in their "Moth" aeroplanes, have arrived at Bunderabbas. ...

    Article : 27 words
  34. EMPIRE MARKETING.

    Mr. William Graham, Labour member of the House of Commons, has joined the Research Committee of the Empire Marketing Board. ...

    Article : 34 words
  35. FIGHTING CRAFT.

    A naval Appropriation Bill carrying 324,394,680 dollars, which is nearly 10,000,ooo dollars (£2,000,000) below the present appropriations, has been reported to the ...

    Article : 135 words
  36. HEAD SEVERED.

    A sensation was caused to-day, when it was [?]rned that the body of Alderman M. Stapleton, of Mullumbimby, had been found on the railway line near the ...

    Article : 132 words
  37. GROWING POPULAR.

    The growing use of cheques for financial transactions is mentioned in the usual review of baukers' clearing houses. This is despite the fact that the cheque ...

    Article : 115 words
  38. ESCAPE FROM LOCKUP.

    Police headquarters was advised last night that, during the day, a prisoner named Bob Skelton, alias James Alexander Warren (aged 43 years), who had ...

    Article : 71 words
  39. AFTER FOUR DAYS.

    Michael Joseph Detzel (56), a bookbinder, was found dead in his room in Leichhardt-street, Spring Hill, last night. Detzel, who was last seen alive on ...

    Article : 70 words
  40. NORTH-WEST CHINA.

    M. Sven Hedin, in collaboration with Chinese scientific societies, is arranging to explore North-west China with a staff of scientists, including one Swedish ...

    Article : 43 words
  41. PROPOSED STATION AT REDCLIFFE.

    The Redcliffe Town Council has evidently realised the wonderful possibilities opened up as the result of the "Courier" aeropline service, as the Miyor ...

    Article : 60 words
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