ADVISING the miners to go back to work, the Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Labour Party (Mr. Curtin) sent a letter to the Combined Mining Unions last week and a telegram on Tuesday. ...
Article : 1,066 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—Appointment of a committee to investigate Communist activities in Australia, similar to the Dies Committee in America, was urged by Mr. Harrison, formerly Postmaster-General, in the House of Representatives to-day. ...
Article : 1,005 wordsThe retiring Lord Mayor (Mr. A. J. Jones) met at the City Hall yesterday Labour aldermen who had lost their seats, those who had held their seats, and those who had seats in the civic election last Saturday. Left to right: Alderman H. C. E. Taaffe, Mr. Poole, Alderman W. C. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 213 wordsDalby will be the first centre to which the Governor (Sir Leslie Wilson) will travel on his tour of south-west Queensland to ...
Article : 153 wordsDamage estimated at £2000 was caused by a fire which destroyed Weetman and Co's wood wool factory in Randall Road, Meeandah ...
Article : 206 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—Motorists will be asked to pay portion of the new 3d a gallon petrol tax soon, but the full tax will not be passed on for some ...
Article : 502 wordsAUCKLAND (N.Z.), Friday.—Milk, as well as the trams, was running late this morning. Following the example of ...
Article : 140 wordsAlderman T. Moores was elected yesterday as leader of the Labour aldermen in the City Council. Alderman W. C. Coutts was ...
Article : 414 wordsSplendid assistance that the Associated Chambers of Commerce were rendering in the nation's war effort, was disclosed yesterday by the senior ...
Article : 250 wordsMr. Arthur Henry Tucker's appointment as Government Printer was announced after the Executive Council met yesterday. He succeeds Mr. D. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 132 wordsChild endowment is advocated by the Rev. J. H. Brown-Beresford; rector of St. Andrew's Church of combat scanty ...
Article : 144 wordsIPSWICH, Friday.—Twin brothers, Albert and Raymond Bell, 17. labourers, pleaded guilty, in the Ipswich Police Court to-day to having ...
Article : 239 wordsLieutenant J. P. Higgins, who presided at the annual dinner of the 15th Battalion Signals (Militia) last night, said that it was significant that 75 per ...
Article : 82 wordsOn holiday from Sydney, Arthur Reginald Cornwell, 31, machinist, tooK Constable Gilmartin's bicycle early yesterday morning and rode around ...
Article : 72 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—Unsold carryover from this year's record wheat harvest of 215,000,000 bushels would be; at least 60,000.000 bushels, the Minister ...
Article : 188 wordsTo conduct a search for oil over an area of 136,000 square miles of Southern Queensland, at a cost of approximately £60,000 in the first year, a party ...
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Advertising : 9 wordsThe general manager of the Brisbane Tramways (Mr. S. L. Quinn) said last night that the full service of trams on all lines would be restored immediately ...
Article : 46 wordsOnly 5.1 per cent, of the total working population of Queensland were unemployed in the three months ended March 31 last. This was an increase ...
Article : 92 words"I think we are justly entitled to a grant from public patriotic bodies for our work," says the Rev. Win. Hoog, chaplain to the Seamen's Mission in ...
Article : 249 wordsPreliminary details for the rapid and thorough training of Queensland recruits for the 7th Division, A.I.F., were worked out yesterday at a conference ...
Article : 163 wordsWOOLLEN SUPPLIES.—Allocation among States of tHe £1,125,644 contract for the supply of woollen materials is: New South Wales £261,939/16/10 ...
Article : 431 wordsCARLTON THEATRETTE.—Newsreets TIVOLI.—"His Girl Friday": "Missing Evidence." ...
Article : 138 wordsIPSWICH, Friday.—Fearing that the patient's injuries might be aggravated if he were removed before treatment had been given. Ipswich ambulance ...
Article : 145 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—Felt hats for the A.I.F. and R.A.A.F. will be manufactured at the rate of 10,000 a week for the next six months, the Minister ...
Article : 57 wordsMr. C. T. Wood, chief of the State Reporting Bureau, has been appointed to act as Clerk of the Parliament until otherwise determined. Mr. T. ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Sat 4 May 1940, Page 3
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