BRISBANE branch of the Waterside Workers' Union yesterday banned midnight shift work. The branch secretary (Mr. Englart) ...
Article : 341 wordsCANBERRA, Thurs.—V There had been a very serious drain of population away from country ...
Article : 262 wordsPLUCKING A FOWL is only a 10-second job at the Paxton Poultry Abattoir, at Slacks Creek, with this whirling high-speed machine, fitted with rubber fingers. It plucks more than 1000 fowls a day for export to Britain. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 77 wordsIT'S ON—both bottled beer and the rush for it at a city hotel yesterday. Here some of the 200 men who queued up push their way into the bottle department. Some men waited nearly two hours ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 85 wordsSIX girls were among the 25 winners of open scholarships to the University this year, and none of them was below 16th place. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 313 wordsAustralia was virtually a pagan country and most people were only "four-wheel" Christians, ...
Article : 331 wordsRailway workshops employees will bo given an opportunity to qualify for the Bachelor of Engineering ...
Article : 207 wordsROCKHAMPTON, Thurs.—A scathing attack on party' politics in public life was made by Rockhampton's ...
Article : 154 wordsTOWNSVILLE, Thurs.—Townsville butchers decided to-day to pool supplies until January 6, and then to close down indefinitely, unless more meat is ...
Article : 281 wordsTHESE "CHOOKS" will grace Brisbane tables over the holdidays. A thousand of them were sold yesterday at the Paxton Depot in Roma Street. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 46 wordsCANBERRA, Thurs.—During July, August, and September indirection deprived Australian industry ...
Article : 191 wordsOn Monday night and on New Year's Eve night, ships' captains, for once in their lives, will ignore distress ...
Article : 190 wordsA motor car, valued at £1040, major prize in the Incapacitated and Wounded Sailors' and Soldiers' Association art ...
Article : 75 wordsSYDNEY, Thurs.—In a last-minute spurt New South Wales coal miners have exceeded last year's ...
Article : 179 wordsThere will be stricter control over the exhibition of films when the Censorship of Films Act comes into force ...
Article : 140 wordsA record number of promotions, transfers, and appointments of clerks of petty sessions was announced by the ...
Article : 102 wordsSYDNEY, Thurs.—Officials of the N.S.W. Trades and Labour Council are planning a State-wide chain of holiday camps for workers. Employers will be asked ...
Article : 288 wordsOf 975 items checked at Redcliffe, Southport, and Coolangatta, prices of 967 were in order, the Acting Premier (Mr ...
Article : 86 wordsOil companies revealed last night that an increase of ½d. a gallon had been allowed yesterday by the Prices ...
Article : 70 wordsQueensland's housing programme was proceeding satisfactorily because little cement or steel was used in ...
Article : 178 wordsFORMATION of opera societies in many of Queensland's country centres was forecast last night by the State Opera Director (Mr. George (English). ...
Article : 226 wordsA former deaconess of St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church. Toowoomba has obtained the degree of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 107 wordsMURWILLUMBAH. Thurs.—A pet tabby cat last night saved a woman and her 21-year-old son from being ...
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Advertising : 149 wordsSYDNEY, Thurs.—Harold James Kearney. 27, who escaped from Bathurst Gaol yesterday, was captured ...
Article : 59 wordsGas users in the Sandgate, Wynnum and Manly areas will have to pay approximately 20 per cent more from the next ...
Article : 101 wordsTo-day is the last day for the lodging of entries in the Overseas Mail World Youth Forum. ...
Article : 86 wordsAmbulance men yesterday issued a warning to mothers not to lift young children by one arm when ass[?]sting them over ...
Article : 75 wordsDirectors at a dinner last night expressed tangible appreciation of the loyal services of the staffs of the Queensland ...
Article : 94 wordsA high tribute to the State Public Service was paid by the Acting Premier (Mr. Gair) yesterday. ...
Article : 107 wordsLEARNING how to handle the reel and belt is fun for there 11-year-olds from Church of England Enoggera Home for Orphan Boys. Under the tutelage of Mr. Tony Craig, a member of the Palm Beach Lifesavers Club, the boys are practising at the National Fitness camp at Tallebudgera Creek, where they are holidaying. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 106 wordsA contract for £23,956 had been approved for the erection of 22 State rental timber houses, including fencing and ...
Article : 57 wordsREDCLIFFE, Thurs.—"The old message—'Peace on earth goodwill towards men"—is still the answer to the problems ...
Article : 101 wordsCAIRNS, Thurs.—Mrs. Francis Mary McLean. 56, of Beryl Street died in the Cairns Base Hospital early to-day from ...
Article : 65 wordsSYDNEY, Thurs.—The Weather Bureau to-night issued a bushfire warning for the whole of New South Wales. It ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Fri 24 Dec 1948, Page 3
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