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  2. NO CHANGE OF SITE

    Important points concerning the new post office at Brisbane were cleared up by the Postmaster-Gen-eral (Senator McLachlan) to-day. ...

    Article : 236 words
  3. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 344 words
  4. Pay Passengers To Use Trains

    SIR,—How long will the travelling public tolerate the high-handed actions of the Transport Board without, making any effective protest against ...

    Article : 370 words
  5. A LAND OF FERTILITY AND CHARM

    Far back beyond the days of classic Greece, those days in which its legends and folk-lore get inextricably mixed, there was a ...

    Article : 484 words
  6. Gallery Notes

    PARLIAMENT sat around the clock yesterday, an oratorical endurance marathon being staged on the first "double sitting" of the session. ...

    Article : 934 words
  7. SMALL COMPANIES PENALISED

    "The present system of taxation only moderately benefits the wealthy companies, but it harshly penalises small struggling ones," ...

    Article : 581 words
  8. TEMPERATURES RISE

    Temperatures generally were somewhat warmer yesterday, with maximum readings of snore than 90deg. in the West, said the Divisional ...

    Article : 170 words
  9. "SAFE" JOBS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE

    The Public Service Commissioner never fails to provide matter for thought in his annual report. This year he makes some ...

    Article : 373 words
  10. NEW POST OFFICE

    SIR,—I venture to put forward a suggestion in regard to the proposals for a new Post Office and for a public square between Adelaide and Queen ...

    Article : 234 words
  11. A SHIPPING CHALLENGE

    THE Governments of the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand have agreed to co-operate in helping to finance ...

    Article : 738 words
  12. MR. SCOTT McLEOD'S ESTATE

    The will of the late Mr. Scott McLeod, of Terrica station, near Inglewood, was admitted to probate yesterday. He left an estate worth £199,601 ...

    Article : 132 words
  13. RADIO 'PHONES IN STATE FORESTS

    Portable radio two-way transceiver telephones, no larger than a small suitcase, weighing under 30lb, and from small dry batteries on ...

    Article : 245 words
  14. NOT ALL FROM TAXPAYER

    The belief held in some quarters that the pay of every public official comes out of the purse of the taxpayer was dispelled yesterday In the report ...

    Article : 401 words
  15. COSTS OF LAW CASES

    "It is quite true that an, action of this sort is a very severe trial to any one who has to go through it, particularly a man of moderate means," ...

    Article : 144 words
  16. To-day's Garden Hint

    Beds for chrysanthemums should, be prepared now, as next month Is planting time. For ordinary garden blooms any ...

    Article : 109 words
  17. MAJOR PROBLEM OF CIVILISATION

    The recrudescence of cruelty is a major problem of civilisation to-day, Archbishop Wand declares in an article which will be published in the ...

    Article : 168 words
  18. "FAIR CROSS-SECTION OF WORLD EVENTS"

    I am pleased to say that in my experience the cabled summary of news which appears in Australian newspapers gives a very fair cross-section ...

    Article : 148 words
  19. FIFTY YEARS AGO

    A Plasterer's Society was formed In Brisbane yesterday, with a roll of 53 members. A new State school is to be ...

    Article : 119 words
  20. KOALA FARMS PROPOSED

    The inter-State conference, discussing the preservation and protection of native fauna, which concluded at the Chief Secretary's Department to-day. ...

    Article : 130 words
  21. SUN ENTERS SCHNEEVOIGT'S HEART

    "The sun charm Is what I put in my heart to take far away in my memories," Professor Georg Schneevoigt, said last night after ...

    Article : 168 words
  22. FEWER GOLFERS AT VICTORIA PARK

    The number of players at the municipal golf course at Victoria Park may be fewer this year. A report made to the finance ...

    Article : 125 words
  23. FAMILY ENDOWMENT AS SOCIAL SERVICE

    The question of family endowment was raised by the Public Service Commissioner (Mr. J. D. Story) in his report for the year ended June 30, 1937. ...

    Article : 167 words
  24. GUIDE TO THEATRES

    Regent.—"The Prince and the Pauper" and "China Passage" (continuous). Cremorne.—"Rose Marie" and supports (continuous) ...

    Article : 146 words
  25. POLICE MEDICAL BOARD

    Since the appointment of the present Commissioner of Police (Mr. Carroll) 121 members of the police service have been retired on the reccommendation ...

    Article : 115 words
  26. Primary Schools' Body Says City Is Lagging

    Continued agitation by all interested in swimming will need to be made for more public baths for the children, the annual report of the Primary Schools' ...

    Article : 108 words
  27. SUPPORT FOR BREAD COUNCIL'S PLAN

    The plan formulated by the Queensland Bread Council, representing employers, and employees, for the stabilisation of the bread industry, was ...

    Article : 90 words
  28. "RECORD NUMBER NOW AT WORK"

    "As Minister for Labour and Industry, I am well satisfied with the unemployment position in Queensland," said Mr. M. P. Hynes on his way ...

    Article : 88 words
  29. The Weather

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 46 words
  30. TRAM EXTENSION TO DOOMBEN

    The tram extension from Ascot to Nudgee-road, Doomben, will be opened with the first car on Sunday morning. To bring the extension into line ...

    Article : 111 words
  31. Radio Licences Nearing One Million Mark

    During August 16,289 wireless listeners licences were taken out in the Commonwealth, making a total of 367,854. The heavy applications last ...

    Article : 65 words
  32. Penny-a-mile-Flyers To Speed Up In North-west

    Continuing their penny-a-mile flight around Australia, J. Clancy and K. Julius, of Sydney, left Darwin for Katherine soon after daybreak to-day. ...

    Article : 61 words
  33. One Senator Missed All Sittings

    Between June 17 and September 15, the Senate sat on 21 days, for an aggregate of 127 hours, and ten Senators did not miss a sitting. One—Sir Walter ...

    Article : 60 words
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