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P.O.W. TURNED CRIMINAL, GOT GAOL AID
A FORMER P.O.W., who had psychiatric and "shock" treatment in Long Bay Gaol, Sydney, in an attempt to cure his criminal tendencies, was given a chance by Mr. C. B. Buxton ...
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WARDER SAW BROWN ASLEEP AT MIDNIGHT: SUICIDED WITH BELT
REGINALD WINGFIELD SPENCE BROWN, 49, who was found hanging in his cell in Boggo Road Gaol yesterday, was last seen alive by a warder of the second watch at midnight on Wednesday when making his tour of the "lifers'" block. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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A 'Pocket Hercules'
ROBERT PHILLIP SUFFOLK, who is aged 33 months, weighs four stone, height 381 inches, holds tiniest contender in the baby show at All Saints' Hall, Ann Street yesterday. His protege was three months old and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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SOMETHING TO YAP ABOUT NOW
KINGAROY, Thursday. —A month-old blue cattle pup fell 80 feet to the bottom of a six ...
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WORKING HERE ON ATOM ENERGY
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Research into production of industrial power from atomic energy is being undertaken by ...
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Nazi Navy Man On Jew Ship
CANBERRA, Thursday.—A former German naval commander, who once served in the pocket battleship Deutschland ...
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PAINTERS OPPOSE ROCKETS
The Federal conference of the Painters' Union at the Trades Hall yesterday passed a resolution recommending to the union's branches ...
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Big Bookings For Reef
Henry bankings for the, winter season by southern tourists are being made at the Melbourne and Sydney branches of the ...
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Petrol Pool Hearing End
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The present system of petrol distribution by the wartime petrol pool is expected by some oil companies to ...
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Lumbago Gave Him The Idea
AN attack of lumbago has given Mr. E. B. Biden, of Alexander Road, Ascot, an idea for a temporary solution to the Petrie Bight traffic bottleneck. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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£1 MILLION FOR PEANUTS
KINGAROY, Thursday.—The manager and secretary of the Queensland Peanut Marketing Board (Mr. J. S. Nesbitt) received ...
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MORE BRICK WAR HOMES
Ten more brick war homes, to cost £11,352, are to be built on the State Housing Commission's estate at Lloyd Street, Enoggera. ...
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GUINEA PRIZE
TO encourage readers to study and discuss the City Council's plans to avoid traffic congestion at Petrie Bight. The ...
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Talks May Improve Loaf
Improved bread quality in Queensland may result from a conference of cereal chemists to be held in Sydney next Tuesday. ...
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SON FOR TRIAL FOR MURDER
MACKAY, Thursday.—In the Children's Court at Proserpine to-day Thomas Alfred Heywood, 16. of Cannon Valley, was committed ...
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PARTIES' DAIRY POLICY WANTED
The three major political parties in the Queensland election have been asked by the Queensland Dairymen's Organisation to ...
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FIRST TRIP SOUTH IN 60 YRS., BUT STILL PREFERS NORTH
A 79-YEAR-OLD woman pioneer of North Queensland mother of 13—yesterday had her first trip "south" since she landed at Cooktown from England in 1887. She Is Mrs. Sarah Geraghty, of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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DILUTED BEER WILL MEAN £100 FINE
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The maximum penalty for diluting beer is raised from £20 to £100 in amendments to the Beer Excise ...
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JUDGE MANSFIELD NOW S.P.J.
Mr. Justice Alan J. Mansfield has been appointed the Senior Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court. ...
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Career Aid In Country
The Government would give boys and girls in all parts of the State the best advice on choosing a career, said the Labour ...
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PASSED JUNIOR AFTER QUERY
Two months after she believed that she had failed in her junior examination, a 15-year-old Brisbane girl was told yesterday that ...
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MISS AUSTRALIA QUEST
CITY and country organisations can take part financially by nominating candidates in the Miss Australia 1947 quest. Half of the £250 required to enter a contestant can be retained by the organisation. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Took Year To Get Librarian
It has taken a year to appoint a State Librarian for Queensland. Appointment of Mr. J. L. Stapleton, of the staff of the Public ...
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Police Guard On Injured Man
A police guard has been placed at the bedside of a man in the General Hospital who was injured in a struggle in a house at ...
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CAR HITS TREE THREE INJURED
Three people were injured when a car struck a tree in Wickham Terrace, city, last night. They were: Mrs. Doris Bailey ...
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NEW GIFT TO U.K.?
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) said to-day that although he would consider a further gift to Britain ...
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1 FOR 106 IS BAD AVERAGE
AYR, Thursday.—The Ayr Shire Council has decided to lodge a strong protest against the transfer of a teacher from the State ...
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LONG-RANGE PLAN SOON AGAINST T.B.
CANBERRA, Thursday.—An extensive long-range plan to combat tuberculosis in Australia was forecast by the Health Minister ...
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WOMAN FOUND DEAD
COOLANGATTA, Thursday.— Mrs. Lucy Whitby, of Bray Street. Murwillumbah, was found dead on the roadside near Chinderah with ...
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