SURVEY made by officials shows that one-third of Queensland is in a bad condition as a result of drought. Area mainly affected is south and south-west Queensland. Brisbane has had its lowest ...
Article : 277 wordsRESTRICTIONS on the sale of unrationed meat in Australia will be discussed at a meeting of the Commonwealth Meat Advisory Committee in Sydney this week. ...
Article : 358 wordsALL the Garrett locomotives made available to the Queensland Railways by the Commonwealth some time ago ...
Article : 238 wordsMother and baby platypus in the hands of the curator of the Healesville Sanctury (Victoria). On the left is Jill, the mother, and on the right Corrie, the baby. Almost the same size, the mother weights 2lb. and Corrie 1¾lb. Their daily diet is nearly 2000 worms. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 100 wordsFourteen men, including five Italian prisoners of war, have been made available to cut mulga for starving sheep and cattle in the ...
Article : 354 wordsINSTEAD of having one Minister to deal with food and the necessary manpower for its production, there were six Ministers, numerous authorities, and a variety of associated ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 408 wordsCANBERRA, Sunday.—Machinery preparations for taking the referendum on wider powers for the Commonwealth are virtually in suspense. The final word to go ahead ...
Article : 608 wordsADELAIDE, Sunday.—Co. Sergt. Wilfred John Arthur Roberts, of the Australian Army Postal Service, appeared before a ...
Article : 293 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—Mrs. Amelia Laura Winnell, 29, whose body and those of her five children, were recovered from Gulpa Creek ...
Article : 210 wordsADELAIDE, Sunday.—The Playford Liberal Government has been returned to power in South Australia as a result of Saturday's poll. ...
Article : 392 wordsTHE Federal Government's scheme to relieve the housing shortage in Queensland is now operating. The sum of £10,000 has been made available to assist Brisbane homeowners to provide accommodation for additional families ...
Article : 312 wordsCLONCURRY, Sunday.—Petrol and manpower shortages in this shire of 20,000 square miles made it hard for people to leave ...
Article : 104 wordsBrisbane's nine months' famine in fish is likely to turn into a feast for at least six weeks—if fishermen can get cases for their catches. ...
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Advertising : 836 wordsA parade of R.A.A.F. personnel and W.A.A.F. units, with floats displaying Air Force activities, will march through the city at 1.10 p.m. ...
Article : 136 wordsA.I.F. men at a test camp near Brisbane hove complained to The Courier-Mail that they are prohibited from travelling on trains ...
Article : 234 wordsCANBERRA, Sunday.—An alleged attempt by the Canberra branch of the A.L.P. to force Canberra Hospital nurses, against ...
Article : 103 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—The New Education Fellowship conference to-day urged that Australia should support the immigration of ...
Article : 114 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday.—Trapped in the blazing bedroom of their East Brunswick home late last night, a taxi driver and his wife ...
Article : 278 wordsA great-grandmother of 72 is among latest contributors to the Mothercraft Association's appeal to finance its new hostel at ...
Article : 146 wordsCAIRNS, Sunday.—In an attempt to prevent five furlong races being conducted at Cannon Park races on Saturday, some person ...
Article : 95 wordsThe new Home Affairs Minister (Mr. Foley) will consider changing the time of testing raid sirens in Brisbane from 11 a.m. each ...
Article : 117 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—Two children each had both legs broken when a competing midget car skidded at a carnival at the Sports ...
Article : 118 wordsCOAL miners were unemployed in the Ipswich district while the Commonwealth Government was appealing for more production, the secretary of the Queensland Colliery Employees' Union (Mr. Jim Donald) said lost night. ...
Article : 324 wordsStandardisation of railway gauges had already been agreed upon by the Commonwealth Government, which was awaiting a report on ...
Article : 109 wordsWINTER will be bitterly cold and cheerless for many men, women, and children in this State unless the generous people of Queensland come to the aid of the Social Service League, as they have done in previous winters. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Mon 1 May 1944, Page 3
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