CANBERRA, Fri.—It was felt that, under present conditions, Australia's best interests lay in retaining the present exchange rate of 25/ to the £ sterling, the ...
Article : 373 wordsA demonstration of folk dancing, skating, physical exercises, vaulting, and hand-balancing ...
Article : 243 wordsNEW £950,000 Norwegian freighter Tournai, which reached Brisbane yesterday on its ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 148 wordsTHESE 20 Queensland Air Training Corps Cadets studied navigation on a flight to Sydney last night in a R.A.A.F. Dakota. The plane brought up 20 lads from Sydney in the first inter-State ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 95 wordsMELBOURNE, Fri.—Rebuffs had not affected the apparently insatiable desire of the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) and Attorney-General (Dr. Evatt) to ...
Article : 482 wordsIf Australia's currency were brought to par with sterling, the sugar industry would lose more ...
Article : 228 wordsCANBERRA, Fri.—Five positive steps which might be taken to increase national production will be ...
Article : 141 wordsLONDON, Aug. 20 (A.A.P.).—The London Times financial editor, commenting on the New ...
Article : 65 wordsFORMATION of a House-wives' Board to deal with wives and mothers' problems was suggested ...
Article : 312 wordsWELLINGTON, (N.Z.), Fri. (A.A.P.-Reuters).—New Zealand's return to sterling parity would substantially ...
Article : 170 wordsFURTHER complaints on the allocation of seats by post for the Brisbane season of the Old Vic Company were received at The Courier-Mail office yesterday. ...
Article : 298 wordsTimber shortage is delaying the Brisbane City Council's £4 million works programme so seriously that ...
Article : 128 wordsA 45 m.p.h. gale, which struck across Bribie Island at 2.30 p.m. yesterday, levelled trees. snapped telephone ...
Article : 173 wordsThe State Housing Minister (Mr. Power) said yesterday, that it was hoped to obtain contract supplies of hardwood ...
Article : 88 wordsPERTH, Fri.—A national association to fight T.B. was formed at a public meeting this afternoon. ...
Article : 102 wordsPetrol ration tickets for September will be issued from Monday, August 30, at all issuing offices. Issue of tickets for ...
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Advertising : 106 wordsFirst sign of recovery in Queensland's gold production is given in July returns released by the Mines Minister (Mr. ...
Article : 112 wordsAlteration in the Australian exchange rate was advocated at the annual meeting of the Commercial Banking Company of ...
Article : 127 wordsCANBERRA, Fri.—An increase of 4.7 per cent, in 1947-48 in the number of persons in employment was announced ...
Article : 79 wordsADELAIDE, Fri.—Resolutions from the R.S.L. Queensland branch, urging the State and Commonwealth Governments to take drastic steps in the ban on communism, will be submitted to the ...
Article : 112 wordsCANBERRA, Fri.—Although the British Government had promised 30,000 berths for free and assisted migrants this year ...
Article : 124 wordsCRUISER H.M.A.S. Australia was diverted from manoeuvres in northern waters yesterday to go to the aid of ...
Article : 121 wordsSYDNEY, Fri—Two-year-old Keith Crawford, of cessnock, died in hospital to-day, a few hours after having ...
Article : 41 wordsCANBERRA, Fri.—Capital issues control by the Federal Government was sure to continue at least until the end of ...
Article : 33 wordsMELBOURNE, Fri.—A 26-year-old tile-maker was acquitted by a Criminal Court jury to-day of a charge of ...
Article : 65 words"CYNICS say that war is inevitable, but peace can be brought about by education," said the Director-General of Education (Mr. L. D. Edwards) at the City Congregational Church hall last night. ...
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Advertising : 325 wordsA determined bid to oust, communist officials and members will be made by northern delegates to the annual ...
Article : 190 wordsHOBART, Fri.—The Tasmanian general election takes place to-morrow, and it is generally expected that Labour ...
Article : 61 wordsMELBOURNE, Fri.—Electoral authorities in Melbourne to-day got this excuse from a man who failed to ...
Article : 76 wordsTwo elderly men died suddenly in Brisbane last night. They were: Andrew Ramage, 64, of Prospect Terrace Bowen ...
Article : 57 wordsSYDNEY, Fri.—About 170 million tons of "pillar" coal in New South Wales mines could be safely extracted, a team of ...
Article : 93 wordsCONTRASTING hair-styles were favoured by Misses Mary Robinson (Chelmer) and Valda McKay (Chelmer) at the National Bank staff ball at Lennons last night. Miss Robinson wore a plaid ribbon band to match her frock ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 92 wordsA Queen Street store which displayed a 142-piece dinner service costing £254/8/ this week, has had a number of inquiries ...
Article : 73 wordsCANBERRA, Fri.—Although new electors' names might not appear on the printed electoral rolls they were listed on official ...
Article : 93 wordsMELBOURNE, Fri.—The law suit over the alleged "mix-up" of two babies born at Kyneton District Hospital within three ...
Article : 82 wordsMACKAY, Fri.—Proserpine Shire Council has decided that it will not support moves for a separate State for North ...
Article : 68 wordsADELAIDE, Fri.—Leslie Herald Weiss, 25, woodcarter, of Mount Mary, was sentenced to death to-day for the ...
Article : 51 wordsSYDNEY, Fri.—The Federal Conciliation Commissioner (Mr. F. D. Kelly) to-night conferred with the A.M.I.E.U. in an ...
Article : 57 wordsCANBERRA, Fri.—An officer of the property and survey branch of the Commonwealth Department of the Interior in ...
Article : 47 wordsCANBERRA, Fri.—Bacon and ham have been withdrawn from price control at the request of State Governments. The ...
Article : 51 wordsHOBART, Fri.—The Lord Mayor (Mr. Harris) announced to-day that he could receive no further dripping for the Food ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Sat 21 Aug 1948, Page 3
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