FEDERAL Cabinet decided in Canberra yesterday that Australian railway gauges should be standardised on the 4ft. 8 1/2in. basis. This is the gauge of all New South Wales tracks. ...
Article : 435 wordsTHE racket of "ambulance chasers" would be prohibited when the Bill to amend the Motor Vehicles Insurance Acts was passed, said the Treasurer (Mr. Hanlon) in Parliament yesterday. ...
Article : 468 wordsU.S. Army trucks load up with water form a purification depot set up in Germany. Rain and heavy traffic stirred up the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 81 wordsTaken from a German newsreel, these are the last photographs received of Hitler, whose whereabouts and continued silence ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 110 wordsMEMBERS of the R.A.A.F. in North-Wett Australia subscribed £35,000 to the Second Victory Loan. ...
Article : 94 wordsLEYTE, Friday.—Allied heavy bombers have scored more successes in continued neutralisation raids on Jap bases in the Central ...
Article : 190 wordsSTRICT enforcement of State potato quality standards has become necessary as a result of a glut of supplies to the Brisbane market. The Agriculture Minister (Mr. ...
Article : 360 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—Housing legislation to give effect to the agreement with the States at the recent Premiers' Conference wilt be ...
Article : 207 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) is suffering from heart strain. He is not expected to be able to ...
Article : 183 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday. — With fine weather and a fair track predicted for Melbourne Cup day to-morrow, this sixth wartime ...
Article : 138 wordsAn insurance pool to compensate victims of hit and run motorists who could not be subsequently identified was ...
Article : 397 wordsVETERAN Lancaster bomber, "G for George," will be on public view at Archerfield aerodrome to-morrow afternoon and all day Monday. The bomber will arrive at ...
Article : 231 wordsMany stockowners had abandoned breeding in dingo-affected areas, and others were being forced out of sheep breeding, the United ...
Article : 287 wordsDo you think I put up a good defence? By arrangement with London Punch ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 28 wordsADELAIDE, Friday.—A resolution requesting the Commonwealth to give the War Service Homes Commission money and material to ...
Article : 295 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—Captain H. J. Scaly, of Walgert (N.S.W.), has been commended by the King far his action in ...
Article : 105 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.—The wool surplus in Australia had increased to more than 4,750,000 bales, compared with 4.393,022 bales at ...
Article : 146 wordsLISMORE, Friday.—Pilfering of goods on the railways has reached such proportions that £700 worth of tobacco, consigned to Lismore ...
Article : 58 wordsTOOWOOMBA, Friday.—The Downs Co-operative Dairy Association, Ltd., had suffered through Federal Government interference, Godfrey Morgan, grazier and shareholder, said to-day. ...
Article : 368 wordsPeople who live in scrub areas or in places where there are big paddocks of dry grass were warned yesterday by the Chief Officer of ...
Article : 123 wordsManpower authorities were "doing their damnedest" to meet the staffing position in hospitals, the Health and Home Affairs ...
Article : 148 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday. — Brisbane to Melbourne in 37 days—and without a puncture—is the latest cycling achievement ...
Article : 142 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—In spite of the fact that he fell heavily while stepping ashore from a pinnace at Garden Island this morning. ...
Article : 152 wordsTHE Commonwealth Tariff Board is to inquire into the need for continuing to assist raw cotton production in Australia after the Raw ...
Article : 378 wordsA recommendation for the establishment of City Council offices at Wynnum and Sandgate has been made by the co-ordination ...
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Advertising : 327 wordsCANBERRA, Friday. — Ex-soldiers were being placed in "dead-end jobs by rehabilitation authorities lacking industrial ...
Article : 129 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—The Commonwealth oats production goal has been fixed by the Production Executive at 4,77 million acres ...
Article : 197 wordsMr. Francis, M.H.R., said yesterday that he had asked the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Forde) to make an early statement on ...
Article : 79 wordsImprovements to State highways to cost £10,771 have received Executive approval. On the Miriam Vale-Gladstone ...
Article : 55 wordsTOOWOOMBA, Friday. — Employees of the Downs Dairy Association decided by secret ballot to return to work forthwith. ...
Article : 127 wordsROCKHAMPTON Harbour Board owned a tug boat which the Navy requisitioned, and a legal content followed over ...
Article : 429 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—It was untrue that only six berths were allotted to each ship for brides of Australian servicemen wishing to ...
Article : 88 wordsExpenditure on the new University at St. Lucia to September 30 was £514,353, the Treasurer (Mr. Hanion) told Mr. Luckins (Q.P.P. ...
Article : 54 wordsMr. Oliver Clifton Williams, who died at his home in Arthur Terrace, Red Hill, yesterday, had done journalistic work on the ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Sat 11 Nov 1944, Page 3
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