LONDON, April 24.—"If Australia does not secede from the Empire of its own accord it should be expelled and readmitted only when it produces conclusive evidence that it has attained at least the basic minimum of civilisation," says Mr. W. ...
Article : 407 wordsThe Durston triplets—Geoffrey, George, and Garth—celebrated their first birthday at their parents' home at Nundah yesterday. A year ago they had the distinction of being the first set of triplets born in the new Brisbane Women's Hospital. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 87 wordsA municipal bowling green will be laid down on the site of the City Council electricity department depot in Victoria Park ...
Article : 366 wordsUNDERTAKING by the Queensland Government to modernise cotton farming methods animated the decision of the Federal Government to extend the bounty on the production of raw cotton for five years from December 1, as announced by the ...
Article : 907 words"Subject to shipping, which is the crux of the position, we are assured this year of a market for 500,000 tons of sugar," said the ...
Article : 296 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday. — Many promotions and new administrative appointments to the Royal Australian Air Force as a ...
Article : 484 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—Judge Hill, in Quarter Sessions to-day, in sentencing Mary Victoria Sawdon, 45, to four years' imprisonment for false ...
Article : 214 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. Thomas M. Wilson, who is about to leave Sydney for Washington, after completing 2 1/2 years as Consul-General for the ...
Article : 182 wordsEric James Stutz, 18, labourer, pleaded guilty in the Police Court yesterday before Mr. P. G. Knyvett, P.M., to a charge of having obtained £3/9/6 ...
Article : 90 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Federal Government did not propose to make any increase in postal or telegraph charges on the lines contained ...
Article : 146 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday. — The Minister for Air (Mr. Fairbairn) said to-night that he was hopeful the trans-Tasman air service would start on ...
Article : 128 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday. — Jonathan Heaton, of Campbell Parade, Bondi better known as "Brother Jonathan," the American wrestler, was plaintiff ...
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Advertising : 406 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday. — Federal Cabinet would await a report from the Director of Economic Co-ordination (Sir Ernest Fisk) before adopting any ...
Article : 121 wordsA coping carved of Queensland freestone to represent a flame, symbolical of the Flame of Remembrance, has replaced the figure of an angel, wilfully ...
Article : 125 wordsThe Commissioner of Police (Mr. C. J. Carroll) has refused to grant permission to the Queensland Amateur Cyclists' Union to hold the Duce ...
Article : 226 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Believing that the Arbitration Court had not been treated as a court of industrial arbitration by striking railwaymen in ...
Article : 273 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday. — Airline pilots who volunteered for service with the Air Force when the Douglas DC3 machines were commandeered at the ...
Article : 103 wordsGRAFTON, Wednesday.—When the steering column of a four-ton motor timber truck became disabled when rounding a bend at the foot of Black ...
Article : 87 words"Two Sisters" with a donation of 10/, promptly answered the appeal to bring the Flying Doctor Fund to £1500 before it closes on May 31. This ...
Article : 157 wordsAppointment of a Government Printer may be expected soon. The position has been vacant since Mr. David Whyte died last August. Applications ...
Article : 136 wordsOfficers of the Amalgamated Foodstuffs Union think that flour mill employers may seek a Federal award embracing Queensland mill workers. ...
Article : 163 wordsLEGION OF ANZACS.—The Gallipoli Legion of Anzacs (Queensland branch) will meet at the Queensland Railway Institute, Edward Street, on ...
Article : 320 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday.—"What happened?" asked John Banks, 30, of Lara, when extricated from the wreckage of his car to-day after it had been ...
Article : 83 wordsBecause of seasonal conditions there has been a temporary lull in the general delivery of beans, peas, and cabbages to the Brisbane markets this ...
Article : 89 wordsWhile Robert William Wilson, of the 2nd A.I.F., was sleeping in a room at a George Street residential, £2/9/ was stolen from the pocket of his tunic. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 183 wordsThe first talkie firm ever screened in St. Stephen's Cathedral was seen last night by nearly 2000 people. Hundreds stood at the back and sides of ...
Article : 104 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—Subscriptions to the recent Commonwealth war loan were mainly responsible for a drop of £1,003,000 in deposits in ...
Article : 103 wordsThe 5000 militia of the 7th Infantry Brigade broke camp yesterday. First of the three months' camps to finish was the 1st Cavalry Brigade ...
Article : 140 wordsFew persons have any conception of the vast mass of emergency and extraordinary legislation that has become law in Australia since the outbreak of ...
Article : 140 wordsIn the absence of the president Mrs. H. Mathams presided at a meeting of the committee of the Charity Organisation Society on Tuesday. The ...
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Advertising : 52 wordsMaximum temperature in Brisbane yesterday was 76.5deg., at 1.10 p.m., when the humidity was 60 per cent. The maximum was 2.4deg. below the ...
Article : 130 wordsJobs for which men will be selected by roll call at the Labour Bureau at 2.30 p.m. to-morrow are:— Brisbane City Council, Water Supply ...
Article : 166 wordsWHEN spreading manure on the surface of a bed as a mulch, keep it away from the stems of the plants until the heat has gone. ...
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