CHRISTMAS shoppers will make their last and most sustained onslaught on city stores from 8.30 a.m. to 9.30 p.m. to-day—the longest shopping day in the year. The stores are ready to meet it. Staffs. "diluted" with ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,085 wordsEach day for the next three weeks The Courier-Mail is offering a half-guinea prize for the best holiday snapshot sent in by a reader. There also ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 251 wordsTwenty students who sat for the recent Senior Public Examination have been granted open scholarships to the University of ...
Article : 359 wordsMr. Hulsh said that the motto of the battalion was: "Let the enemy beware." "When you men are overseas I know that the motto will be ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 128 wordsTHE Federal Treasurer (Mr. Fadden) denied last night that the Federal war budget was "illiberal and deflationary," and that it bore unfairly on the lower classes of income. Our economic position at the outbreak of war contained some serious weaknesses, said Mr. Faden. There was considerable ...
Article : 1,020 wordsBrokers and buyers described the special Christmas fat stock sale at Cannon Hill yesterday as a farce. ...
Article : 197 wordsDon't bathe outside safety areas. Don's ignore instructions by life saving patrols; they know the local conditions on beaches. ...
Article : 67 wordsMOOLOOLASA, Mondoy.—The authors of petrol rationing forgot all about Christmas campers. Dozens of campers all along the coastline carry small petrol stoves for their cooking. A bottle of petrol is ...
Article : 263 wordsMELBOURNE. Monday.—A lower retiring age for commissioned ranks in the Australian military forces is another step to be taken soon by the ...
Article : 179 wordsCANBERRA, Monday.—Officers of the Prices Commission in New South Wales are investigating allegations that a leading hardware firm in Sydney ...
Article : 169 wordsRoast turkey, roast duck, "old English beef," and plum pudding will be featured to-morrow on Christmas Day menus for men of ...
Article : 271 wordsIN emergencies during the holidays, call the following numbers:— Water supply, B1324. ...
Article : 56 wordsTHE COURIER-MAIL will not be published to-morrow, Christmas Day. Thursday's paper will contain up-to-the-minute war ...
Article : 48 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.—The Minister for the Navy (Mr. Hughes) said to-day that he would bring before the Federal Cabinet soon a proposal by a company ...
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Advertising : 86 wordsPERTH, Monday.—The two Country Party candidates for Swan. Messrs. P. D. Ferguson and T. W. Marwick, increased their combined lead from 722 ...
Article : 251 wordsChristmas may bring joy to others, but to the City Council staff it is just a time oí self-denial. The painful duty of council ...
Article : 213 wordsInspector F. M. O'Driscoll, in charge of the South Coast police district, appealed to holiday motorists yesterday to exercise the ...
Article : 189 wordsPolice had little trouble with their inquiries into the collision between a sedan car and a van last night. It occurred outside the front door of the ...
Article : 82 wordsMany troops, and representatives of the Salvation Army, attended the official opening of a Red Shield Hut at Enoggera camp last night. The hut ...
Article : 201 wordsSYDNEY, Monday.—The Federal Minister for Health (Sir Frederick Stewart) said to-night that arrangements had been made for all ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Tue 24 Dec 1940, Page 3
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