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  2. JAPAN WANTS SURPLUS WHEAT

    AS a basis for the suggested new trade agreement with the British Empire, Japan proposes to purchase large quantities of Australian wheat. She wishes to take wool also, but it was pointed out in ...

    Article : 854 words
  3. MEAT WORKS MEETING POSTPONED

    Mass meetings of meatworkers which were to have been held in Brisbane to-day have been postponed until to-morrow. ...

    Article : 275 words
  4. FOOD STORAGE CONFERENCE

    Members of the central committee and representatives from Kockhumpton and Mackay who conferred with the Minister in charge of Food Conservation (Mr. Bulcock) yesterday on the storing of essential foods in the State. From left: Messrs. H. P. Rasmussen (Mnckay), H. S. Beaney ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 136 words
  5. Prospects Bright For Sugar Dispute Settlement

    PROSPECTS are bright for a settlement in the labour dispute in the Babinda, Mulgrave, and Hambledon sugar mill areas. It is expected that it will be possible to proceed with the Babinda sign-on to-day and with the Mulgrave sign-on to-morrow. ...

    Article : 545 words
  6. PRISONER FOOLED ITALIANS

    Able Seaman Huffen has returned to Brisbane after eight months of privations as a prisoner of war. A suntanned skin, the sabre, and an abiding ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 999 words
  7. Wrong Girl Got Proposal; But All's Well Now

    STANTHORPE. Wednesday.—Sequel to an A.I.F. mail mix-up in which a hombardiar's proposal of marriage went by mistake ...

    Article : 133 words
  8. "STATE'S UNEMPLOYED 10,000 TO 15,000"

    THE true unemployment figure for Queensland is stated by the Acting Premier (Mr. Cooper) to be between 10,000 and 15,000, or from 8 to 4 per cent, of the working population. The total included from 5000 to 10,000 incapable, or unwilling, to ...

    Article : 386 words
  9. MEAT PRICE DROP EXPECTED SOON

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Minister for Customs (Mr. Harrison) said to-day that he expected an early drop in the prices of all meat. Wholesale meat ...

    Article : 104 words
  10. Defence Troops Start Big Test Tomorrow

    Thousands of home defence troops from Northern Command camps will fight a highly mechanised "invading enemy" on the ...

    Article : 182 words
  11. Outback Children Help War Funds

    CHILDREN in outback districts are doing their bit to help the war funds. Instances of the come from Gunnnwarrs, Mt. Garnet, and ...

    Article : 203 words
  12. £852,000 IN STRAIGHT OUT GIFTS FOR WAR

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Gifts by people of Australia should become a major source of war finance, said the Federal Treasurer (Mr. Fadden) ...

    Article : 111 words
  13. IPSWICH BEEF PRICES DOWN A PENNY

    Retail prices for beer at Ipswich have been fixed tentatively at 1d per [?] less than the prices charged by butchers on May 19. The new prices will operate ...

    Article : 106 words
  14. 43 AUSTRALIAN AIRMEN AWARDED D.F.C.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Forty-three Australian airmen have beer awarded the D.F.C. since the outbreak of war, said the Minister for Air (Mr ...

    Article : 69 words
  15. £40,000 A WEEK WANTED IN DRIVE FOR SAVINGS

    To help obtain £40,000 a week in war savings certificates sales needed during June to fill the State's quota, an intensive drive has been launched ...

    Article : 217 words
  16. INTER-STATE TEMPERATURES

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 26 words
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  18. "Costs Justify Clothing Rises"

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Although there have been appreciable rises in many kinds of clothing since the war began the ...

    Article : 242 words
  19. NO BALLOT BY STATE SERVICE ON A.R.P. PAY

    The council of the state service Union on Tuesday night refused to have a ballot of members on the question of overtime pay for Crown ...

    Article : 120 words
  20. "SPECIAL MERIT" WON IN PEACE AND WAR

    "Considering that it is about 16 years since you told me to wash my hands before doing my exercise book, you must have a pretty good system of tracking your past pupils," writes ...

    Article : 250 words
  21. WOODEN MOVABLE HANGARS

    Australia is following Britain's read in the use of wooden Belman hangars for the Air Force, and tenders are being called for the supply and ...

    Article : 147 words
  22. IN A NUTSHELL

    DREDGE SALVAGE.—Tenders will be called for the salvage of the Mary River Gold Co.'s dredge and equipment, which sank in the flooded Mary ...

    Article : 364 words
  23. Tobacco Shortage May Cut Station Labour

    RATIONING of "nigger twist" tobacco has displeased aboriginal stockmen in North Western stations. A Townsville report says that if the men and their gins do not get their daily plug of "trade"—low grade tobacco—the labour shortage problem may ...

    Article : 314 words
  24. TOUR BY GOVERNOR NEXT WEEK

    The Governor (Sir Leslie Wilson) and Lady Wilson will leave Brisbane by train next Sunday at 8 p.m., on a tour of North and Central-west ...

    Article : 109 words
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    Advertising : 136 words
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