EIGHT hundred tramway men and employees in Brisbane's three depots will cease work for one minute at 4 p.m. to-day as a mark of respect to Colin Butler ...
Article : 442 wordsA CORONER should be given the power to commit a motorist for dangerous driving, the retiring City Coroner (Mr. A. G. Verry) said last night. ...
Article : 506 wordsSYDNEY, Tues.—The Miners' Federation's proposed one-day Australia-wide coalfields ...
Article : 306 wordsDARWIN, Tues.—The long arm of aboriginal tribal law was felt in the Supreme Court to-day ...
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Article : 323 wordsYesterday, Mr. Pearson telephoned his fiancee and completed arrangements for their wedding at 3 p.m. on Saturday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 202 wordsMELBOURNE, Tues.—Mr. Keon, Labour M.L.A., for Richmond, was challenged to-night to ...
Article : 216 wordsQUEENSLAND'S independent plans for the accommodation and treatment of tuberculosis patients have been held up pending discussions by State Premiers of the Federal Government's plans.. ...
Article : 189 wordsMACKAY, Tues.—The 30ft. speed launch, Marlin, which disappeared from its moorings at Cannon Vale jetty, near ...
Article : 62 wordsMELBOURNE, Tues.—Trams are Australia's No. 1 road menace, according to the Australian Road Safety ...
Article : 134 wordsPOSSIBILITY of importing additional tractors to Australia is to be discussed by the Trade and Customs Minister (Senator Courtice) with the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) and the Federal Agriculture ...
Article : 249 wordsTen thousand Queensland shop assistants in the central and southern divisions will receive pay rises. ...
Article : 124 wordsBrisbane seamen decided at their monthly stop-work meeting yesterday to seek a rehearing of rejected claims by ...
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Article : 161 wordsLocal authority officials claimed yesterday that the State Government's tax on but services was "another indirect ...
Article : 123 wordsIn addition to having Wednesday of Show Week (August 11) as a holiday, State public servants are to set an extra ...
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Article : 39 wordsSYDNEY, Tues.—William R. Boyd, taxi-driver, of Potts' Point, told the Police Court to-day that he and two other men ...
Article : 101 wordsSYDNEY, Tues.—Fred Heyes, solicitor, of Castlereagh Street, Sydney, was awarded £600 damages with costs, against the ...
Article : 104 wordsSYDNEY, Tues.—Mr. Arthur McKell, a cousin of the Governor-General, arrived in Sydney from America by plane to-night "boiling mad" at reports that he had been deported for using United ...
Article : 211 wordsSalary increases for post office typists and accounting machinists had been approved by the Commonwealth Public ...
Article : 71 wordsMain Roads Commission expenditure of £4,243,000 in the last financial year was a peace-time record. In wartime ...
Article : 74 wordsBrisbane Gas Co. engineers had discovered a leaking gas service main near the scene of the manhole explosion in ...
Article : 83 wordsTWO bewildered, quietly spoken Samoan missionaries arrived in Brisbane last night with a baby, a heap of gaily coloured leis, and a burning ambition to ...
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Article : 84 wordsThe Shell Company of Australia, Ltd., has sunk nine scout bores in its search for oil in Queensland, and hopes soon. ...
Article : 81 wordsRobert Thornton, 72, married, of Edith Street, Red Hill, was admitted to the General Hospital in a serious condition ...
Article : 71 wordsThere were 1,703,970 broadcast listeners' licences in force in Australia at June 30, the Postmaster-General (Senator ...
Article : 61 wordsTHE Deaf and Dumb Minion had been waiting three months for a State Government permit to convert a ...
Article : 220 wordsThirty Trans-Australia Airlines engineers, coachbuilders, and other ground staff at Eagle Farm will be involved if the ...
Article : 77 wordsSYDNEY, Tues.—A relative has provided the £500 bail for Mrs. Dorothy Leah Mason, 23, who with her husband. Charles ...
Article : 74 wordsA buyer at the Northgate disposal sales yesterday bought 300 pairs of rubber thigh boots for 28/ a pair. Total amount ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Wed 28 Jul 1948, Page 3
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