When an allegation that hotel-keepers were making excess profits because of the shape of glasses in bars was made in the ...
Article : 582 wordsSergeant H. St. John Wood, of the A.L.F., demonstrating at Australian-made Bren gun yesterday in the sand-bagged machine-gun nest erected outside the Treasury Building. Queen Street. Hundreds watched the demonstration, which aimed at creating interest in army training and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 133 wordsA JOINT meeting of the Government parties at Canberra, which will devote itself almost exclusively to the question of the leadership, is expected as soon as the Supply Bill is disposed of and Parliament is ready to adjourn. ...
Article : 1,349 wordsTHE pilot and two passengers—both defence officers—were killed when an Airlines of Australia Puss Moth plane crashed and was burned near Coen, North Queensland, just before midday yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 410 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—A general hold-up in the textile industry, which produces clothing and other materials for the armed services in Australia ...
Article : 367 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Government was criticised by Mr. Rosevear (Labour, N.S.W.) in the House of Representatives to-night for having ...
Article : 455 wordsGradual decline of private medical practice with the entire nationalisation of the medical profession in Australia was forecast yesterday by the Director-General of Health and Medical Services (Sir Raphael Cilento). ...
Article : 574 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Advisory War Council had discussed the remark made in Melbourne by the Minister to China ...
Article : 85 wordsBrian Mee, of High Street, Highgate Hill, an electrician employed by the Brisbane City Council, fell from an electric light pole at Frank Street. ...
Article : 74 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The new deputy chief of the general staff in Australia (Brigadier F. S. Rowell) supported ...
Article : 376 wordsADELAIDE, Wednesday.—A serious shortage of olive oil in South Australia was reported by manufacturers to-day. Crops from local plantations ...
Article : 65 wordsA.R.P. experts and the Hospital Board are planning to black-out the Brisbane Hospital. A preliminary lost will be held ...
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Advertising : 183 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—The bodies of Noel Cameron and James Young, who had been crushed and entombed by a fail of coal at Renown Colliery. ...
Article : 186 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—The price of tea in Australia was under close supervision, the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) said in the House of ...
Article : 171 wordsCity Council transport, electricity, and power house works are not expected to suffer to any great extent because the council's loan allocation is ...
Article : 122 wordsRATS IN NORTH-WEST.—Some centres in the north-west of Queensland report a second plague of rats in the present season. They are ...
Article : 598 wordsMILES, Wednesday.—Herbert Moy. 8. son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Moy, was suffocated yesterday, when portion of the wall of a trench 2ft. 6in. deep fell in ...
Article : 76 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—Political tension is making members of the House of Representatives camera-conscious. There was a flutter in the House ...
Article : 123 wordsNews of his promotion to lieutenant in the Royal Navy was contained in a letter received by Mrs. J. A. Parker (Tweed Heads) from her son. Chester ...
Article : 112 wordsDetails of the Taxation Instalment Bill were explained to the Government caucus after State Parliament rose yesterday. The measure will come before ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 22 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Supply Bill passed the House of Representatives at 10.30 to-night, and will be discussed by the Senate at 2 p.m. to-morrow. ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Thu 28 Aug 1941, Page 3
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