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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 34 words
  3. Influenza Waning in South

    Six new cases of influenza occurred in the metropolitan area during the 24 hours ended 2 p.m. yesterday. Influenza is waning in Lithgow. It ...

    Article : 111 words
  4. Social and Personal.

    Mr. Justice Lukin travelled by the mall train this morning to Toowoomba, where his honour will preside at the circuit sittings of the Supremo Court. ...

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  5. Sir Harry Lauder.

    Brisbane royally welcomed Sir Harry Lauder on his arrival from Sydney last night. It was a dual Sir Harry Lauder that the people in the streets cheered and ...

    Article : 318 words
  6. Motor Smash.

    Arriving with his English bride by one of the transports, Arthur Leslie Ransom, a returned soldier, was met by his aged, mother, Mrs. Elizabeth ...

    Article : 247 words
  7. Domestic Tragedy.

    A domestic tragedy involving the death of a husband and the serious wounding of the wife occurred at Auburn yesterday morning. It is ...

    Article : 148 words
  8. Advertising

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    Advertising : 112 words
  9. COMMONWEALTH SHIPS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 371 words
  10. Personal Notes.

    Sergeant Frederick B. Woolnough, son of the late Mr. T. Woolnough, Hagley, Tasmania, and nephew of Mr. G. Woolnough, of New Farm, who enlisted in Brisbane four years ago, is ...

    Article : 232 words
  11. Weather Forecast.

    The divisional office of the Commonwealth bureau of meteorology this morning issued the following forecast tor the metropolitan area to-day:-- ...

    Article : 75 words
  12. Advertising

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    Advertising : 17 words
  13. ENTERTAINMENTS.

    Five years ago Harry Lauder sang In Brisbane. War has come and gone, and last night Sir Harry Lauder, knighted by virtue of devoted service in the Empire's cause, again sang in ...

    Article : 907 words
  14. Chamber of Manufactures.

    The Chamber of Manufactures Council held its monthly meeting yesterday. Mr. J. E. Burnard (president) occupied the chair. ...

    Article : 411 words
  15. Action for Divorce.

    The Lovekin divorce case was brought near to its conclusion in the Supreme Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Real and a jury. ...

    Article : 185 words
  16. To-day's Parliament

    The Legislative Council will to-day further consider Mr. Fowles's motion, for the granting of the desires of the fishermen of the State as expressed in a ...

    Article : 103 words
  17. 35,000 RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    During the last six months more than 100 troopships have arrived, and nearly 35,000 returned soldiers have passed through the Anzac buffet. The ...

    Article : 90 words
  18. OIL STRUCK AT LAST.

    For a long time there has been talk of the possibility of oil being obtainable in paying quantities, like coal, from the underground of this old ...

    Article : 812 words
  19. WOOL STILL UNSHIPPED.

    On 30th June last, 1,338,693 bales of Australian wool remained unshipped in the Commonwealth. Of this aggregate, 127,266 bales were of the 1917-18 clip, ...

    Article : 38 words
  20. Shire of Coorparoo.

    The meeting of the Coorparoo Shire Council was held last evening. There were present Crs. W. H. Barnes (deputy chairman), A. Barrie, A. C. ...

    Article : 853 words
  21. INDARRA FOR ORIENT LINE.

    The troopship Indarra has been chartered by the Orient Steam Navigation Company and will trade between Australia and England. During her war service, the ...

    Article : 73 words
  22. ALBION PARK RACES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 211 words
  23. WHY PRICES ARE HIGH.

    The reason of the prevailing high prices, said Professor Meredith Atkinson, to the members of the Housewives' Association, in Melbourne, was not to ...

    Article : 601 words
  24. COST OF LIVING.

    The Progress report of the royal commission on the cost, of living was presented to the Victorian Cabinet yesterday. The Premier (Mr. Lawson) ...

    Article : 71 words
  25. VICTORIAN RAILWAYS.

    The Victorian Government intends to ask Parliament to increase the salary of the Chief Railway Commissioner from £2,500 to £5,000 a year, so that the ...

    Article : 84 words
  26. Peace Loan Campaign.

    Gladstone has made a splendid response to the appeal for the peace loan, no less than £12,000 being subscribed during Corporal Boyd's stay ...

    Article : 92 words
  27. RETURNED SOLDIER KILLED.

    ROCKHAMPTON September 9. A young returned soldier named Ernest Lone met his death under tragic circumstances, at Parson's Point, Gladstone, on ...

    Article : 151 words
  28. ALLEGED THEFT OF WHISKY.

    David Mulcahy and John Patrick Mulcahy, his son of the Railway Hotel, Swan street, Richmond, were committed for trial at the City Court, on a ...

    Article : 75 words
  29. FLIGHT TO THE DOWNS.

    Despite the heavy westerly wind blowing this morning, Captain Francis Smith was seen flying over the city at about 10.30 on his way to Toowoomba ...

    Article : 40 words
  30. EMPIRE THEATRE.

    Harry Burgess, the elongated comedian and his revue company, are catching on at the Empire. They make things go with a good swing and the fun is of the bustling type that one ...

    Article : 73 words
  31. SOUTHERN NEWS.

    Professor Collin, of the Sydney University, who inspected the outbreak of fire in the cliffs, near inspiration Point, Leura, has stated that the fire was not of volcanic ...

    Article : 139 words
  32. COMMERCIAL PRESENTATION.

    A pleasant function took place at the offices of the Castlemaine Brewery, and Quinlan, Gray, and Co., Brisbane, on Saturday last, 6th September, the ...

    Article : 153 words
  33. THE MAJESTIC.

    Featuring Mrs. Charlie Chaplin, "For Husbands Only." is the attraction at the Majestic all the week. A very fine film, indeed is this Jewel production, admirably staged by Lois ...

    Article : 92 words
  34. TEMPORARY CLERKS NOT PAID.

    Commonwealth temporary clerks employed in the quarantine and commerce branches of the Customs Department, Sydney, did not receive their usual ...

    Article : 94 words
  35. STRAND THEATRE.

    Two very fine films, "When a Man Sees Red." a Fox Standard production, featuring William Farnum ; and "The Venus Model," a Goldwyn attraction, starring Mabel Normand, are screened ...

    Article : 55 words
  36. COAL WORKERS' PLEBISCITE.

    Mr. J. Morris, secretary of the waterside Federation, announced in the Arbitration Court yesterday that the Melbourne wharf labourers had taken a ...

    Article : 103 words
  37. "A LITTLE LARRIKIN."

    The Lilliputians will give "A Little Larrikin" on Saturday evening, at the Albert Hall, a miscellaneous part being provided by Mr. A. H. Taylor's Choral Society. ...

    Article : 32 words
  38. DISC SYSTEM OPPOSED.

    Transport workers are opposed to the existing disc system for employing labour on the water front, and they support the objections of the ...

    Article : 138 words
  39. TOWN TOPICS.

    The "Roseland" feature at Cremorne is a dream of prettiness. Everyone is talking about it, The programme has other good things on a doll scena, a burlesque of "Madame X." and a ...

    Article : 50 words
  40. BRIDES OF SOLDIERS.

    The brides of Australian soldiers married overseas numbered 10,800 up to June last, according to an estimate by the Defence Department. The only ...

    Article : 85 words
  41. TIVOLI THEATRE.

    The Tivoli, is showing two very fine features in "The False Faces" and "Luck and Pluck," The former is a war drama dealing with spies, and is full of excitement. The introduction of ...

    Article : 88 words
  42. WORLD'S ONLY AMBER MINES.

    The world's supply of amber is obtained from mines on the coast of Samland, in the Eastern Prussian peninsula, between the towns of Burstrot and ...

    Article : 149 words
  43. RADIUM INDICATORS.

    Among the latest noyelties in the electrical equipment field are the luminous pendants, buttons, and thumb tacks for indicating the position of a switch for ...

    Article : 139 words
  44. THE PAVILION.

    "Sylvia on a Spree" featuring Emmy Wehlen, and "The Captain's Captain," featuring Alice Joyce, are being shown at the Pavilion until Saturday. In "Sylvia on a Spree," Sylvia ...

    Article : 145 words
  45. AUSTRALIAN ARMY RESERVE.

    Colonel Kenneth Mackay, who, as director general of the Australian army reserve, has been largely responsible for establishing the reserve ...

    Article : 95 words
  46. WHALE FAT FOR MARGARINE.

    It is stated that in 1914 Denmark used 20,000 barrels of hardened whale fat in the margarine industry. Preparations are under way in Norway for utilising ...

    Article : 87 words
  47. TRAGEDY IN NEW ZEALAND.

    A tragedy occurred at a Wairarapa farm. James Reside, a returned soldier, fatally shot a man named Christopher Carr, and subsequently was found ...

    Article : 76 words
  48. TURKISH FRUITS.

    Now that the war is over, trade with Turkey is being resumed, and, according to advice from Messrs. Macdonald, Hamilton, and Co., agents for the B.I.S.N. ...

    Article : 52 words
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