THE State Government has a post-war programme for extensive improvements to ports throughout Queensland, to cost hundreds of thousands of pounds. ...
Article : 542 wordsTHIRTY thousand tired, sunburned holiday makers converged on Brisbane yesterday afternoon and last night. They were on their trek home to start work this morning. ...
Article : 335 wordsCOMMONWEALTH income tax was reduced by 12½-per cent, yesterday. Social services tax (now part of ...
Article : 353 wordsMisses Rita (left) and Mary Curtain, of Ashgrove were on tip-toe with excitement during a close finish at the Q.T.C. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 122 wordsCrowds returning from South Coast holiday resorts last night in readiness for the reopening of business to-day after the christmas vacation. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 46 wordsA PRONUNCIATION test given to finalists in the Miss Queensland contest had proved a stumbling block to some of the girls, said Miss Rhoda Felgate, Brisbane ...
Article : 262 wordsBALLINA, Tuesday.—Feminine fancies made a cynic of Ballina's permanent life-saver to-day. No French bathing briefs were ...
Article : 97 words"IT is a Federal matter, I am not commenting," said the Premier (Mr. Cooper) last night, referring to the Federal subsidy and private hospitals. Statement on the point had ...
Article : 539 wordsSHOPS will return to former trading hours to-day, opening at 8.30 a.m., and closing at 5.30 p.m. Saturday trading ...
Article : 94 wordsFORECAST that in 1946 Queensland railways will be speeded up and greater discipline introduced, is welcomed by railwaymen. They insist, however, that ...
Article : 337 wordsHoliday spending caused an increase of £6.2 million in the Commonwealth note issue up to the close of business on Christmas Eve. ...
Article : 115 wordsIt was imperative that all service personnel should seek expert advice before purchasing properties, said Mr. C. S. collins an ...
Article : 155 wordsOnly one of four people was injured when a train from Tweed Heads to Southport crashed into a utility truck at West Burleigh level ...
Article : 320 wordsWee drummer George Marshall, aged 4, cut a fine figure in kilts, and used his drum sticks with the ability of an adult at the Scottish ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 149 wordsAMBULANCE men at seaside resorts said yesterday that the number of sunburn cases treated this year was far below normal. People seemed to have ...
Article : 186 wordsSultry conditions in the metropolis to-day, with a cool change following thunder in the evening, are expected by the Weather ...
Article : 196 wordsPolice highway patrols during the holidays had proved a complete success, and would be continued in future, said the Traffic ...
Article : 92 wordsDOCTORS had been asked for medical certificates for practically everything under the sun, said Dr. H. W. Horn (immediate past president of the British Medical Association) yesterday. ...
Article : 344 wordsADELAIDE, Tuesday.—Wilton Herbert Batten, 26, agent, of Lameroo, was remanded until January 15, in the Lameron Police ...
Article : 77 wordsNAMBOUR, Tuesday.—Reg. Wells, of the R.A.A.F., was fishing for tailor in the surf at Maroochydore late on Saturday night, when ...
Article : 58 wordsQueensland People's Party, which in the Federal sphere in Queensland is the division of the Liberal Party of Australia, is now actively ...
Article : 150 wordsTALK about jollification on New Year's Day (and night). Where I was things were so quiet you could hear a pun drop. Only bright spot was the man who made a resolution to cut his exes—and put his bookie on a ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Advertising : 47 wordsBALLINA, Tuesday.—Work of entrants in The Courier-Mail sand-garden competitions at East Balling was the best seen during the ...
Article : 143 wordsHAT worn by Rhondda Kelly (Miss Australia), in a picture published in The Courier-Mail on December 22, has roused a resident of Bogantungan (227 miles west of Rockhampton). ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 148 wordsMrs. Constance Beven, formerly of Brisbane, and now of Melbourne, has received news of her daughter. Mrs. Cella Oyrzapowska ...
Article : 123 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—A British naval rating who was found lying in a street in Woolloomooloo early this morning, with a large calibre ...
Article : 101 wordsSOUTHPORT, Tuesday.—Two rescues were made with the belt at Main Beach to-day by Southport lifesavers. In one case Dorothy ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Wed 2 Jan 1946, Page 3
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