Declaring that political influence and interference had in the past been the bugbear of the Railways Department, the Minister for Railways and Main ...
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Article : 139 wordsFour hundred and eighty bodies of British and Dominion soldiers, including 128 Australians, and 35 New Zealanders, have been removed from ...
Article : 134 wordsA well-known figure in the shipping community of Brisbane has been removed by the death of Mr. Harold C. Kingsbury, manager of the ...
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The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), Mon 10 Mar 1930, Page 9
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