HOUSEWIVES were to blame for much of the blackmarketing in Queensland, a high official in the ...
Article : 275 wordsArrangement under the Geneva world pact to admit butter to the United States is a notable achievement. ...
Article : 310 wordsA NEW Government education policy, based on well-equipped central schools for each district, and extensive use of transport to carry children to them, was suggested in Parliament ...
Article : 346 wordsACTION is expected to be taken against some Australian Railways Union officials for having defied the State Industrial Court's order which was to restrain the union from holding ...
Article : 617 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Australian £1 had internal purchasing power 40 per cent. greater than that of sterling, and 60 per cent. greater than the dollar, the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) said ...
Article : 576 wordsMiss Erica Drake-Brockman, grey-eyed brunette, who has been selected to represent Western Australia in the Miss Australia ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 48 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Prime Minister, Treasurer, acting Minister for External Affairs and Defence, and ...
Article : 76 wordsA FORTNIGHT ago John Roberts, 9, of Goondiwindi, couldn't swim a stroke. Then he made his temporary home in Brisbane and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 119 wordsTHE amended Arbitration Act of the Labour and Industry Minister (Air. Gair) was a disgrace to any Labour ...
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Article : 244 wordsMELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Every school child in Victoria will be tested for tuberculosis as part of the State ...
Article : 163 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Sydney wool market to-day showed no material change from yesterday's auctions, all wools of merit ...
Article : 63 wordsGYMPIE, Tuesday.—The Crown alleged in the Circuit Court to-day that the head-on collision between the Townsville mail train and ...
Article : 402 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Speaker (Mr. Rosevear) was to-night accused in the House of Representatives of organising Labour rank and file to stab the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) in the back. ...
Article : 227 wordsFor hundreds of orphaned, poor, and sick Brisbane children, Christmas this year could mean "just another day." ...
Article : 230 wordsThe efficiency drive in the State Public Works Department, promised by the new Minister (Mr. Power) in Parliament last week, has ...
Article : 155 wordsRecord realisation of £2,765,604 it the third series of Brisbane wool sales, which concluded on November 6, brings the State's total for ...
Article : 88 wordsTOOWOOMBA, Tuesday.—"I want to be known to you as Elaine—your own Elaine," said Miss Queensland (Elaine Herrick) ...
Article : 159 wordsWind gusts which swept through the city yesterday afternoon attained a maximum speed of 40 m.p.h. at 3.16 p.m. ...
Article : 57 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday.—Nationalisation of insurance has been shelved, at least temporarily, by the Australian Labour movement. ...
Article : 105 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—Sir William Webb, who has been president of the Far East War Crimes Tribunal, was sworn in to-day to the ...
Article : 65 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday.—The conference of Australian airline operators on passenger fares and freight rates probably will be reassembled next Thursday. This follows the refusal by Ansett Airways to ...
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Advertising : 173 wordsTHIS month's switch-over of telephones in five suburbs to new exchanges is making subscribers tear their hair, and lose ...
Article : 143 wordsIntroduction of legislation to make a roadworthiness certificate compulsory before a motor vehicle can be registered is being ...
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Article : 139 wordsThe Townsville Gas Company was accused in Parliament last night of regularly holding Townsville people "to ransom" by ...
Article : 169 wordsILL-FITTING uniforms issued by the army authorities threatened the existence of the cadet corps in some Queensland schools, the ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Wed 19 Nov 1947, Page 3
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