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  2. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 208 words
  3. THEY LEARN QUICKLY

    "it is in the ethical and educational spheres that the native shows such surprising capacities," says Sir John Harris, secretary of the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines' Protection Society, London, in his ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 963 words
  4. POLICEMEN'S READING

    Few of Queensland's detectives read detective stories. They find the novelists' supermen unreal to the point of irritation. ...

    Article : 634 words
  5. COUNCIL STAFF RETIREMENTS

    On a party division the City Council by 10 votes to 7 yesterday defeated a proposal by Alderman E. P. Decker to defer to the end of ...

    Article : 800 words
  6. Log Rafting in the 70's

    SIR,—While listening to the primary school broadcast on lumbering in Canada, by Mr. H. G. Watkins, one was reminded of the early log rafting ...

    Article : 404 words
  7. WARMER PAYS LIKELY

    Warmer conditions are expected to prevail in Brisbane for a few days. Temperatures in Brisbane were less than average yesterday, the maximum ...

    Article : 376 words
  8. GOVERNMENT OF BRISBANE

    THE City Council has had to obtain from the Government the services of two expert advisers to assist it in reorganising its ...

    Article : 904 words
  9. QUEENSLAND'S LARGEST SCHOOL

    Schools will soon be breaking up for the Christmas holidays with the customary ceremony of "speech days." Children will politely listen ...

    Article : 265 words
  10. CARELESS PREFERENCE VOTING

    SIR.—Much has been said about prefference voting, bearing on my brother's defeat in Wide Bay. It is singular that such a system of voting ...

    Article : 216 words
  11. ESTATE OF £48,688

    The late Mr. William McGregor, of Russell-street, clayfield, builder and company promoter, left an estate valued at £48,688 (realtv £9701, personalty ...

    Article : 213 words
  12. DEMOCRACY AS FORMULA FOR PEACE

    SIR,—I think we shall wait a long time for world peace if the Lionel Curtis theory as revealed by Arcbishop Wand in his article in The ...

    Article : 301 words
  13. "ART OF PLUCKING THE GOOSE"

    According to the report of the president of the Taxpayers', Association (Mr. P. T. Grove), presented to members yesterday, the only, advantage of ...

    Article : 157 words
  14. SOYA BEAN CROPS ADVOCATED

    "For more than 10 years the Queens­land Acclimatisation Society has had faith in the soya bean," said Mr. M. P. Campbell, vice-president, at the ...

    Article : 358 words
  15. NO SWIMMING POOL FOR TAMBORINE

    A licence will not be granted for a swimming pool at Tamborine Mountain. This decision has been communicated ...

    Article : 106 words
  16. NO HEAD, BRAIN, BONES, OR HEART

    A wonderful creature is the lancelet. It is only two or three inches long, like a transparent fish, and is found in salt and brackish water in many ...

    Article : 209 words
  17. "ONLY A GOOD BITE FOR SHARK"

    "A surf life-saver and his ski combined would make only one good bite for a shark of the size caught last Sunday," said Mr. F. O. Venning ...

    Article : 184 words
  18. When Bank Deposits Were Insured

    Before his address on population problems at the Teachers' Hall last night. Mr. Colin Clark, of Cambridge University, recalled that his father ...

    Article : 86 words
  19. INTERJECTOR IN PUBLIC GALLERY

    An Interjection from the public gal­lery brought a prompt reprimand from the Vice-Mayor (Alderman A. Laurie) towards the close of yesterday's ...

    Article : 170 words
  20. GUIDE TO THEATRES

    Winter Garden.—"Go West Young Man" and "Murder Goes to College" (continuous). Regent.—"Make a Wish" and "you Can't Beat Love" (continuous). ...

    Article : 145 words
  21. FIFTY YEARS AGO

    The Rocklea Jockey Club was formed yesterday, with Mr. M. Durack as president. The club, which is to be registered under the Q.T.C. ...

    Article : 186 words
  22. VICE-REGAL

    The following arc the Vice-Regal engagements this week:— THURSDAY 11.30 a.m.: His Excellency will ...

    Article : 151 words
  23. Sandgate Shark-proof Fence For Christmas'

    "Can the chairman of the works committee give an assurance that the shark-proof fence at Sandgate will be ready by Christmas?asked Alderman ...

    Article : 94 words
  24. The Weather

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 50 words
  25. To-day's Garden Hint

    The late planted dahlias produce their flowers in the autumn. Dahlias are easy to grow and produce more flowers than any ...

    Article : 96 words
  26. Australian—Japanese Shipping Conference

    Tne. "Chugal Shogyo" says it is ex­pected that the Australian—Japanese shipping conference will not begin before January. This is due to the ...

    Article : 52 words
  27. Death Of Famous Artist

    Phillip de Laszlo, a Hungarian-born portrait painter, who became natural­ised in 1914, died to-day at his home at Hampetead, aged 68. De Laszlo. ...

    Article : 55 words
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