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  2. CHRISTMAS MAIL RUSH STARTS IN EARNEST

    CLIMAX in the sorting of Christmas parcels at the G.P.O. will be reached to-day. Picture shows Brisbane sorters in top gear dealing with a late rush of parcels—a legacy from those who failed to heed the G.P.O. slogan: "Post early." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. HOUSE FULL SIGN UP AT SEASIDE RESORTS

    THOUSANDS of holiday-makers have missed out in the late rush for seaside accommodation at Christmas, north and south coast agents said yesterday. ...

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  4. PRISON FOR MAID-BEATER

    MRS. PATRICIA CAULFIELD, of Dublin, who received a sentence sf four months' imprisonment for assoulting and ill-treating an ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. 'Books' Bet On 2 nil Test In Grandstand

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Test cricket in Sydney last week was changed from an international game into a betting orgy by big-money wagering which equalled that of the football Tests ...

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  6. Clergymen Expect Big Attendance

    Clergymen at seaside resorts are expecting record congregations on Christmas Day. The Methodist minister at ...

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  7. No Surprise In Triplets

    PERTH, Sunday.—The parents of triplets born at Beaconsfield were not taken by surprise. They knew three babies could ...

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  8. PROBE ON LEAVE IN GOVT. SERVICE URGED BY UNION

    THE Government should probe the question of cleaning up extended leave accumulated during the war, said the State Service Union secretary (Mr. T. Bolger) last night. ...

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  9. IT'S IDEAL

    A HE you still wondering about the ideal gift for a small piece or nephew? The Courier-Mail has solved ...

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  10. SHOWMEN EJECTED BY POLICE

    TRAVELLING showmen invaded the police yard at Tweed Heads last week, and were preparing stalls for ...

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  11. WHO'D BE A MILKMAN?

    SPARE o kindly thought for the milkman when you toddle blearily out to the front steps on Christmas morn to ...

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  12. NO TRACE OF TRAVIS' HIDE-OUT

    Bundaberg police reported late last night that no (race had been found of the escaped Bourn Road Gaol gunman. ...

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  13. N.Q. BATHS INVITATION TO SHARKS

    TOWNSVILLE. Sunday.—Roots were bring rtnccd through gaping holes in the "sharkproof" defence enclosing the open sea ...

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  14. GANG ATTACK ON BARMAID

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—A single woman, aged 27, employed as a barmaid at a Burwood hotel, told police early to-day she had been ...

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  15. DISPENSATION GRANTED

    Because fish supplies will be difficult to obtain, Archbishop Duhig has granted a dispensation from the law of abstinence to all ...

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  16. RISES IN PRICES "URGENT NEED"

    CANBERRA, Sunday.—Industries allowed to Increase prices' automatically to offset the recent rises were those in most ...

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  17. 600 FINISH FIRST FLYING TEST

    Six hundred candidates already have been tested in the air for The Courier-Mail £150 Flying Scholarship, the winner of which receives ...

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  18. HOMESTEAD FIRE NEAR HUGHENDEN

    HUGHENDEN. Sunday.—Malakoff Downs homestead, 40 miles south-west of Hughenden, on the Winton line was burnt to the ...

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    SETTLED IN: "Squatters" at Victoria Park settled in and enjoying their evening meal yesterday. From left: Mr. E. C. Osmond, Mrs. T. J. Trinkoon, Mrs. E. C. Osmond, and Mr. Trinkoon ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  20. £12,000 LOANS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES

    The Executive Council has authorised local bodies to borrow £12 000 for works and improvements. ...

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  21. Baby Dies After Accidental Fall

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Police to-day investigated the death of a baby which was dropped by its mother. It was horn in a ...

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  22. Santa Sure To Visit Kiddies

    To-morrow night hundreds of children in Brisbane institutions will hang up their Christmas stockinas confident that their cherished ...

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  23. STATE RETURNING OFFICERS NAMED

    The Acting Attorney-General (Mr. Larcombe) said yesterday that the following had been appointed returning officers:— ...

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  24. SOLO FLYER HAS PASSED RANGOON

    Group Captain A. P. Bandidt, Australian R.A.P. officer, who is flying a light plane from England to see his family at Goomeri. still ...

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  26. JUDGES FACE 79 CASE LAG IN 1947

    Judges have just struggled out of the worst maze of law cases known in the history of the southern district of Queensland. ...

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  27. BUTCHER COULD MAKE SQUATTERS' LOT IDEAL

    THIRTY-FIVE people "squatting" at Victoria Park need only the butcher to call, to make the old American Army camp they seized on Friday night "home." The milkman, baker, and ...

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  28. SUGAR LANDS FOR DIGGERS

    Openings for about 400 more sugar cane farmers, who will be exservicemen, will result from the War Service (Sugar Industry) Land ...

    Article : 164 words
  29. NUFFIELD HERE AGAIN

    PERTH, Sunday.—Lord Nuffield who arrived at Fremantle on the Nestor yesterday on his ninth visit to Australia, said that, as far as ...

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  30. UNWANTED BOY OF 3 SET LOOSE TO FIND SHELTER

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—A three-year-old boy wandered into a boarding school near Parramatta yesterday with a note pinned to his clothes Written in pencil on the back ...

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  31. ALLEGEDLY THREW HOT MILK ON MAN

    SYDNEY. Sunday.—After Simon Sanko, of Manly, had been admitted to the Manly hospital yesterday with severe scalds on the ...

    Article : 63 words
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