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  2. Expenditure on War to be More Strictly Controlled

    Tightening up of the control of all defence and war expenditure to prevent any form of waste or extravagance is ...

    Article : 38 words
  3. American Movie Producer Comes to Brisbane on Belated Honeymoon Tour

    Mr. Arthur Greville Collins, Hollywood producer, six years ago married beautiful Rhoda Shepherd, who, although American-born of Australian parents, is pleased to regard herself as an Australian--a Brisbaneite--because she lived ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,301 words
  4. R.A.A.F. STATIONS TO HAVE £1,500,000 SPENT ON THEM EARLY IN 1940

    Five important R.A.A.F. stations will be completed sufficiently for large scale operations in 1940. They ...

    Article : 200 words
  5. AUSTRALIA'S LIMITED IRON ORE DEPOSITS

    A belief that with the normal expansion of the local steel industry Australia's economically worked iron ore deposits will not last more than 25 years is substantiated by a survey at present being undertaken by the ...

    Article : 400 words
  6. Recent Rains May Not Affect Touring Roads In New Year Week-end

    Although the weather during the week has been unsettled and there have been several storm's, the rain which has fallen has not affected the main routes in the southeastern portion of the State, which are likely to be travelled ...

    Article : 1,273 words
  7. Cartage rates To rise 9 p.c. on Monday

    The secretary of the Master Carriers' Association of Queensland (Mr. R. T. Stephens) stated to-day that ...

    Article : 133 words
  8. New Year Appeal By Police Chief For Road Safety

    Expressing appreciation at the response by the road users of Queensland to appeals for safety first during the holiday season, the Commissioner for Police (Mr. ...

    Article : 258 words
  9. Mr. Francis' Views of Amberley Aerodrome

    A denial that Amberley Aerodrome when completed would be unsuitable for use in wet weather was made by Mr. ...

    Article : 429 words
  10. Gold Mine Dividends Up 22 p.c. in 1939

    The dividend aggregate of £3,350,282 in 1939 from gold mining companies employing Australian capital in Australia and elsewhere constitutes a record for ...

    Article : 91 words
  11. Bilinga Whale Attracts Thousands, But Problem for Council

    The dead whale which, ripped by sharks, became stranded on the beach at Bilinga, is now high and dry in the sand about 59 yards north of the ...

    Article : 235 words
  12. Mild Shocks for 20 Firemen from Electrified Hose

    Twenty firemen received mild shocks when their fire hoses became electrified as they were fighting a fire in Devonshire Street to-day. The shocks sent ...

    Article : 50 words
  13. Hornibrooks To Build New Wharf at Darwin

    Acceptance of the tender by Hornibrooks Ltd., of Brisbane, for the construction of a new wharf for boom defences at Darwin was announced ...

    Article : 84 words
  14. FLOODS IN DALBY AREA

    Two days' heavy rain caused flooding in the Daiby area. It held up rail traffic and inundated the line between Dudeen and Dulce. ...

    Article : 124 words
  15. Dearer Potatoes For the Holidays

    Since a few days before Christmas when values cased slightly the wholesale price of potatoes has advanced £3 a ton at the Roma Street farm ...

    Article : 117 words
  16. STOP PRESS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 229 words
  17. N.S.W. Government May Encourage Car Manufacture

    Reduced registration fees for Australian-made cars may be promised by the New South Wales Government to encourage the cstablshment ...

    Article : 91 words
  18. NO HOLIDAYS FOR RED CROSS WORKERS

    In spile of the holidays the receiving and dispatching depot of the Red Cross Society has been carrying on, and ten more eases are packed and ...

    Article : 130 words
  19. FORTY MEMBERS OF 2nd A.I.F. RETURN ON FINAL LEAVE

    On what they believe to be their final leave, 40 members of the Queensland Division of the 2nd A.I.F. arrived in Brisbane to-day on the inter-State mail ...

    Article : 131 words
  20. 75 FIRMS MAKE CLOTHING FOR ARMY, AIR FORCE

    Seventy five firms in Australia are engaged in making various types of clothing for the military and air services and in addition numerous Sydney ...

    Article : 189 words
  21. SEAMEN WILL AGITATE FOR £5 BASIC WAGE

    The Seamen's Union, which has consistently advocated a basic wage claim of £5 a week, is prepared to still agitate for that amount. ...

    Article : 160 words
  22. Two Months' Gaol for Indecent Act

    Laurence Tanguy, 70. retired, was sentenced to two months gaol by Mr. A. H. O'Kelly. Police Magistrate, when he pleaded guilty in the Police Court to-day ...

    Article : 80 words
  23. New York Bund Official Arrested

    The New York Bund secretary, James Wheeler Hill, has been arrested on three counts of perjury, one of which was based on evidence at the trial of ...

    Article : 61 words
  24. Temperature to Noon in Capitals

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 49 words
  25. Five Premises Gutted in Big Oakey Fire

    Damage estimated at several thousand pounds was caused by a fire which broke out with disastrous suddenness in premises in Bridge Street, Oakey, shortly after midnight. The fire gutted three business premises and two empty ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 432 words
  26. Fame for Writer of King's Quotation

    A London message says that Miss M. L. Haskins. the writer of the quotation which the King used in his broadcast, has sprung into fame ...

    Article : 77 words
  27. Personal

    Dr. U. V. Youngman has relumed to Brisbane from London, via America. He is the guest of his mother, Mrs. E. Youngman, ...

    Article : 91 words
  28. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 35 words
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