THE Commonwealth obtained, by indirect taxation during the war years, increased revenue amounting to more than £40 million, of which excise accounted for more than £29 million. Excise, alone, increased by 177.4 per cent., and ...
Article : 435 words"BRISBANE'S housing crisis warranted the State Government sending motor trucks to Sydney for building materials, the City Council's works chairman (Ald. Lanham) said last night. ...
Article : 275 wordsWHEN Ken Archer, 18-year-old University student, of Yeerongpilly, crashed from the scooter which he was racing in ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 246 wordsA former W.A.A.A.F., this 20-year-old girl is on her way to Shanghai with 11 U.N.R.R.A. men. Her chief worry is that she might ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 136 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—Disciplinary powers are provided in the new draft Bill to establish a joint ...
Article : 543 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Fines totalling £97 were imposed to-day on three men for the theft from an R.A.A.F. ...
Article : 192 wordsThe Education Minister (Mr. Williams) has refused to allow schools to be used as collecting agencies for the Commonwealth loans. ...
Article : 191 wordsPolice have issued a warnings and all schools in the area are urging the children concerned to state where they have hidden the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 149 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—Every communist official of the Sydney branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation has been defeated at ...
Article : 38 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—The number of petrol ration tickets now being issued was in excess of the amount of petrol being consumed. ...
Article : 140 wordsTHREE more mines have been washed on to the Queensland coast in the past seven days at Cape Grafton, near Cairns, at Goode Island, near Thursday Island, and at Fitzroy Island, near Cairns. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 220 wordsMr. George Healy, who has been acting, chief officer of the Fire Brigade since the resignation of Mr. J. E. C. Stephens, was ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 154 wordsThe Rev. A. Butler, of the Baptist City Tabernacle, was last night elected president of the Queensland Council of Churches. ...
Article : 230 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—No shipping will be provided to bring to Australia relatives of Italians residing here. ...
Article : 75 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—Transport of Australian fiancees of American servicemen to the United Slates will begin on August 21 ...
Article : 40 wordsThe police at Rangoon raided the Burma communist party's offices and seized books and pamphlets. ...
Article : 20 wordsTOWNSVILLE, Wednesday.—Sugar mills will close before the end of the season unless the sugar can be loaded more ...
Article : 224 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Service Party of Australia; with a Commonwealth membership of 50,000 and about 200 branches, has ...
Article : 107 wordsSuburban fruit retailers were not making excessive profits on fruit or vegetables, the Brisbane Suburban Shopkeepers' Association ...
Article : 84 wordsLEADING Queensland educationists are advocating sweeping reforms to the State schooling system. They support the headmaster ...
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Article : 395 wordsTOWNSVILLE, Wednesday.—Loading of nine ships with export commodities was delayed to-day when watersiders ceased work to listen to an Industrial Court hearing of a waterfront dispute. ...
Article : 163 wordsThe commonwealth Small Arms Factory at Lithgow, N.S.W., will shortly begin production of sewing machines, states the ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Thu 18 Jul 1946, Page 3
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