THREE weeks ago the Commissioner of Prices (Mr. E. H. Lindsey) announced that maximum prices for beef had been pegged 1d. below the rates ruling at the beginning of the last month pending further investigation with a view ultimately to fixing specific prices ...
Article : 603 wordsFour members of the staff of the State Meteorological Bureau—Messrs. H. E. Whittingham, T. A. Griffith, J. M. Elkerton, and T. J. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 248 wordsPERTH, Thursday. — Chriss Sioldas, 3 1/2, who had been missing since Saturday, died in his father's arms three minutes after he was ...
Article : 195 wordsAPPLICATION may be made to the Industrial Court to extend the restriction on hours for the sale of petrol to several of the ...
Article : 397 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday. — An official shortage of butter has been declared for New South Wales as from April 16. The Commonwealth Dairy ...
Article : 217 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—Three letters written by George Boss, a former employee of the Abbco Co. to the Department of the Army containing ...
Article : 366 wordsTHOUSANDS of workers are affected by strikes and threats of strikes in many industries in Victoria and New South Wales. A strike at the Geelong (V.) Gas Works and three other strike threats from railwaymen, yeast workers, and totalisator clerks ...
Article : 520 wordsROMA, Thursday.—Every "bale" from Roma Blocks No. 4 bore to-day produced good oil showings, but Government and company officials remain ...
Article : 142 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—Suspension for the duration of the war of the Federal Public Service Act provisions compelling officers to retire at 65 will ...
Article : 202 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—After a steady rise over the last few months the first decline for some time in the cost of food and groceries was ...
Article : 151 wordsA former alderman of the Brisbane City Council, James Sharpe, of Main Avenue, Rainworth, was fined £3, with 6/ costs, in the Summons Court ...
Article : 156 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday.—Plans for the erection of a new short-wave broadcasting station at an estimated cost of £250,000 will be taken a step further ...
Article : 134 wordsA plan for improving conditions for white lepers at Peel Island will be put into operation by the Minister for Health and Home Affairs (Mr. ...
Article : 245 wordsCAIRNS, Thursday.—After Francis James Steen, a former articled clerk, had been refused an adjournment and had been found guilty to-day on a ...
Article : 124 wordsExpenditure by the State Advances Corporation on workers' housing schemes in the nine months ended March 31 was £229,000. To the end of ...
Article : 86 wordsRed Cross week in Brisbane will begin on Sunday, May 11. The Governor (Sir Leslie Wilson) announced at a meeting of the Red Cross ...
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Advertising : 46 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—Victims of air [?] in Britain were receiving direct relief from the £800,000 raised in Australia, said Mr. A. W. Coles, M.H.R. ...
Article : 211 wordsCabled thanks of the Prime Minister of Greece (M. Korizis) for Queensland's contributions to the Greek Relief Appeal have been received by the Lord ...
Article : 236 wordsThe Railway Commissioner (Mr. Wills) had refused to allow a representative of the Australian Federation of Locomotive Enginemen to attend the ...
Article : 230 wordsPlans which he and his wife had made for retiring shortly to his wife's property at North Tamborine would be ruined if a bauxite mining lease of ...
Article : 434 wordsThe new Royal Australian Air Force Station formed on reclaimed land at Sandgate, near the Hornibrook Highly, will be opened to-day. Units ...
Article : 182 wordsSOMEONE in Brisbane to-day or to-morrow is expected to drive or ride the one millionth vehicle over the Story Bridge since its opening in July 6—but it is a million-to-one chance that he (or she) will be aware of the distinction. ...
Article : 328 wordsMr. Peter Tascon, of Cleveland, known to many Queensland fishermen, died yesterday. He was born in France, and became a sailor. Subsequently he ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Fri 18 Apr 1941, Page 5
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