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  2. AUSTRALIA'S BIG PART IN NEAR EAST

    AUSTRALIA had provided one-sixth of the Imperial forces in the Near East, said the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) in a national broadcast last night. Calling for all-out support for the troops overseas, ...

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  3. Big Cuts Expected In List Of Army Exemptions

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Drastic overhaul of the militia exemptions and the reserved occupation list is being considered by the Federal Government, and action is expected soon. ...

    Article : 451 words
  4. £1000 Raised By War Work

    MORE than £1000 was raised by the exhibition of women's war work, which was sponsored by The Courier-Mail and held in ...

    Article : 57 words
  5. Troops Have "Carpet" For Dinner

    MEMBERS of the fighting forces who had Sunday dinner with city welfare organisations yesterday enjoyed the farm produce carpet ...

    Article : 433 words
  6. Sixth-Form Boy Joins R.A.A.F.

    TOOWOOMBA, Sunday.—R. F. Culliford, 18, a member of the sixth form at the Toowoomba Grammar School, has joined the ...

    Article : 116 words
  7. MILITIA PREPARE TO FIGHT "INVADERS"

    WITH the Home Guard delaying the advance of an imaginary enemy expeditionary force further south, thousands of Queensland home defence troops spent yesterday consolidating their positions in preparation for giving battle to the "invaders" ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 630 words
  8. 100 TOMMY GUNS ORDERED FOR AI.F. TEST

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—A trial order has seen given by the military authorities for 100 Australian Tommy-guns, constructed to a new design prepared by ...

    Article : 213 words
  9. GRAZIERS WANT TO BUY PLANE FOR R.A.A.F.

    WARWICK, Sunday.—The co-operations of other branches of the Graziers' Association of South-Eastern Queensland is being sought ...

    Article : 69 words
  10. Likely Influx Of Doctors Seen as Danger

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—The danger of a considerable influx of foreign doctors into Australia after the war, and the need for acting in ...

    Article : 261 words
  11. CANE-CUTTERS CHOSEN IN NORTHERN AREAS

    CAIRNS, Sunday.—Canecutters in the Babinda and Mulgrave mill areas nave now been signed on, and those for the Hambledon area—the last of ...

    Article : 109 words
  12. CHEAPER EGGS TO-DAY

    Maximum retail prices for eggs in Brisbane to-day have been fixed at:—Hen, 1/9; medium, 1/7; pullet, 1/5; second quality, 1/7. These prices are 3d ...

    Article : 36 words
  13. INTER-STATE TEMPERATURES

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 19 words
  14. Training Tradesmen For Munitions

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—An output of 40,000 skilled tradesmen a year for the munitions industry and the fighting services is expected to result from ...

    Article : 259 words
  15. Advertising

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    Advertising : 55 words
  16. HOME-MADE GUNPOWDER INJURES BOY

    When two boys set a fuse to a quantity of gunpowder they had made at Wilston yesterday, a premature explosion injured one of them. ...

    Article : 151 words
  17. RAIN PREVENTS SHIP'S FIRE BEING PUT OUT

    Heavy rain prevented wharf-labourers removing cargo smouldering in the hold of an Australian liner when it berthed at a Brisbane wharf. ...

    Article : 117 words
  18. STRIKING MOULDERS BACK TO WORK TO-DAY

    Moulders at the Ipswich railway workshops who have been on strike will resume work to-day. The Commissioner of Railways (Mr. ...

    Article : 99 words
  19. BLANKET STOCKS AT LOW LEVEL

    Rush buying of blankets and other woollen articles in the last two weeks has depleted Brisbane stocks. The buying follows the official ...

    Article : 284 words
  20. FEWER TOURISTS GO TO NORTH QUEENSLAND

    Winter tourist trade flourishes at South Queensland resorts, but, because of the war, a slump is being experienced in North Queensland. ...

    Article : 67 words
  21. £3000 GRANTHAM HOTEL DESTROYED

    Damage of £3000 was caused when the 30-roomed Coronation Hotel at Grantham was destroyed by fire last night. A cash register was the only item ...

    Article : 75 words
  22. Townsville Viscount Drives Taxi "For Something To Do"

    TOWNSVILLE, Sunday.—Driver of a taxi in Townsville "simply to have something to do," Mr. A. B. Davidson, is now second Viscount Davidson of Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England, according to letters he has received from Britain. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 412 words
  23. BUTCHERS REPEAT 'NO SATURDAY' PLEA

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—A mass meeting of butchers employed in retail shops met at the Trades Hall to-day and re-affirmed a demand for a five-day ...

    Article : 71 words
  24. R.A.A.F. MEN IN CASUALTY LIST

    LONDON, June 8.—A casualty list issued by the Air Ministry includes the following members of the R.A.A.F.:— Missing, believed killed in action.— ...

    Article : 77 words
  25. TWO INJURED BY CARS

    Eleanor Dorothy Jopling, 21, single, Manchester Terrace, Taringa, received a probable fracture of the left leg and shock when struck by a car in Moggill ...

    Article : 152 words
  26. RECORD FLIGHT FROM NEW GUINEA

    A record flight of 7 hours 50 minutes from New Guinea to Brisbane—more than 1600 miles—was made yesterday by Carpenter Airlines' new ...

    Article : 81 words
  27. MUNITION FACTORIES TO WORK ON HOLIDAY

    Most munitions works in Queensland are expected to continue working on the King's Birthday holiday next Monday. ...

    Article : 72 words
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