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  2. Likes Our Civil Service—Not Our Civilisation

    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. ...

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  3. TRIPLETS' FIRST BIRTHDAY

    The 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 words
  4. City Bowling Green At Victoria Park

    A municipal bowling green will be laid down on the site of the City Council electricity department depot in Victoria Park ...

    Article : 366 words
  5. BOUNTY GIVES BIG PUSH TO COTTON INDUSTRY

    UNDERTAKING 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
  6. SUGAR SALE DEPENDS

    "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 words
  7. Many Air Force Promotions Appointments

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — Many promotions and new administrative appointments to the Royal Australian Air Force as a ...

    Article : 484 words
  8. WOMAN ABUSES WITNESSES

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Judge Hill, in Quarter Sessions to-day, in sentencing Mary Victoria Sawdon, 45, to four years' imprisonment for false ...

    Article : 214 words
  9. "Travel Comfort Is Scarce In Australia"

    SYDNEY, 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 words
  10. False Pretence Over Cheque

    Eric 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 words
  11. No Postal Rise In Big War Budget

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Federal Government did not propose to make any increase in postal or telegraph charges on the lines contained ...

    Article : 146 words
  12. Trans Tasman Air Service on Tuesday

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — The Minister for Air (Mr. Fairbairn) said to-night that he was hopeful the trans-Tasman air service would start on ...

    Article : 128 words
  13. WRESTLER WINS £113 CLAIM

    SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Jonathan Heaton, of Campbell Parade, Bondi better known as "Brother Jonathan," the American wrestler, was plaintiff ...

    Article : 248 words
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  15. Petrol Restrictions 'As Just As Possible'

    CANBERRA, Wednesday. — Federal Cabinet would await a report from the Director of Economic Co-ordination (Sir Ernest Fisk) before adopting any ...

    Article : 121 words
  16. Yeronga Memorial Carving Replaced

    A 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 words
  17. POLICE BAN ROAD CYCLE RACE

    The Commissioner of Police (Mr. C. J. Carroll) has refused to grant permission to the Queensland Amateur Cyclists' Union to hold the Duce ...

    Article : 226 words
  18. N.S.W. Pressing For Rail Deregistration

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Believing that the Arbitration Court had not been treated as a court of industrial arbitration by striking railwaymen in ...

    Article : 273 words
  19. Airline Pilots' Complaint

    CANBERRA, Wednesday. — Airline pilots who volunteered for service with the Air Force when the Douglas DC3 machines were commandeered at the ...

    Article : 103 words
  20. Truck Crashes 300ft.

    GRAFTON, 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
  21. Big Final Drive For Flying Doctor Fund

    "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 words
  22. New Government Printer

    Appointment of a Government Printer may be expected soon. The position has been vacant since Mr. David Whyte died last August. Applications ...

    Article : 136 words
  23. Flour Workers Oppose Federal Award

    Officers of the Amalgamated Foodstuffs Union think that flour mill employers may seek a Federal award embracing Queensland mill workers. ...

    Article : 163 words
  24. NEWS IN BRIEF

    LEGION OF ANZACS.—The Gallipoli Legion of Anzacs (Queensland branch) will meet at the Queensland Railway Institute, Edward Street, on ...

    Article : 320 words
  25. Driver Badly Injured In Crossing Smash

    MELBOURNE, 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 words
  26. Green Vegetables Dearer

    Because 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 words
  27. Money, Bicycle Stolen

    While 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 words
  28. Talkie At St. Stephen's

    The 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 words
  29. War Loan Affects Savings

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Subscriptions to the recent Commonwealth war loan were mainly responsible for a drop of £1,003,000 in deposits in ...

    Article : 103 words
  30. Militia Camps Break Up

    The 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 words
  31. War Legislation Digest

    Few 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 words
  32. Charity Organisation

    In the absence of the president Mrs. H. Mathams presided at a meeting of the committee of the Charity Organisation Society on Tuesday. The ...

    Article : 132 words
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  34. Another Cloudy Day

    Maximum 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 words
  35. Jobs At Labour Bureau

    Jobs 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 words
  36. TO-DAY'S GARDEN HINT

    WHEN 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. ...

    Article : 75 words
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