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  2. RAINS AID MOST DROUGHT AREAS

    END-OF-THE-YEAR rains have given relief to drought areas in almost all parts of Queensland. "They are the best New Year box primary ...

    Article : 416 words
  3. 1949 GRIM FOR HOMESEEKERS?

    HOMES will cost still more this year, according to the Master Builders' Association ...

    Article : 470 words
  4. City crowds greet 1949

    BRISBANE last night celebrated its gayest and rowdiest New Year since before the war. Thousands of young people thronged city ...

    Article : 769 words
  5. He lived to tell the tale

    MAN BITES SNAKE—and doesn't mind a bit! In fact, Mr. E. W. Parker put the head of this diamond snake in his mouth and the amazed reptile didn't even hiss back. The snake arrived at the Sydney Vegetable ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 94 words
  6. Refuses 'grace' to retailers

    THE Acting Premier and Prices Minister (Mr. Gair) yesterday refused to grant retailers a month's postponement of the 7 1/2 per cent. cut in softgoods profit margins. ...

    Article : 432 words
  7. Lonely man

    THIS was Brisbane's loneliest man on New Year's Eve. He is Ken Tennant, a 19 ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 377 words
  8. Profit not so large

    A RETAILER'S actual profit is only a very small percentage of his so-called profit margin. ...

    Article : 169 words
  9. S. A. Judge to inquire on leases

    CANBERRA, Fri.—Mr. Justice G. C. Ligertwood of the Supreme Court of South Australia has been ...

    Article : 194 words
  10. GUNS IN STEAMER SEIZED

    CUSTOMS officers seized in the freighter Empire Mountain yesterday, seven contraband .22 ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 162 words
  11. [?] PROMISE TO LIFE-SAVERS

    THE Local Government Minister (Mr. Power) said last night that he would consider favourably any action proposed to protect life-savers against undue risks. ...

    Article : 392 words
  12. Church service

    A SPECIAL request service, of the trammies, by the trammies, and for the trammies, will be held ...

    Article : 185 words
  13. 200 police hunt maniac

    SYDNEY, Fri.—More than 200 Sydney policemen have been assigned to the hunt for the man who twice outraged a ...

    Article : 205 words
  14. Arm caught in machinery

    Doctors at the General Hospital last night operated on a man whose right hand was badly mutilated when it was ...

    Article : 111 words
  15. To ban lead export

    CANBERRA, Fri.—To present trafficking in second-hand lead and depletion of Australian supplies, the Federal ...

    Article : 27 words
  16. Advertising

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    Advertising : 229 words
  17. Milk rise hopes

    Milk producers hope for price increases early in the New Year. The Queensland Milk ...

    Article : 84 words
  18. Flying doctors kept busy

    The Christmas week-end was no holiday for Queensland's two Flying Doctors, stationed at Charleville and ...

    Article : 147 words
  19. FADDEN PREDICTS 'SLASHING' TAX CUTS

    CANBERRA, Fri.—Slashing tax reductions—both direct and indirect—were forecast for the latter half of 1949 by the Federal Country Party leader (Mr. Fadden) in a New Year message to-day. ...

    Article : 248 words
  20. Advertising

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    Advertising : 80 words
  21. HE'S HAD HIS UPS & DOWNS

    After close contact with political "ups and downs" for the last 21 years, Mr. Maloney retired yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 127 words
  22. "SLAPSIE MAXIE" ON £400 A WEEK

    SYDNEY, Fri.—Former light-heavyweight champion of the world, "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, arrived by ...

    Article : 71 words
  23. "Let us work more in 1949"

    Her New Year wish, the Lady Mayoress told me, was well summarised in a small paragraph she had found when ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 244 words
  24. Plan 36 more sports areas

    Brisbane city Council constructed 18 new playing fields during 1948. In an all-out drive to ...

    Article : 54 words
  25. WEEK-END DOUBTS BY INIGO JONES

    The week-end weather is very uncertain, because of the action of the great southern sunspot group, now at its active ...

    Article : 101 words
  26. Months alone on gold trek

    COEN, Fri.—Jack Gordon [?]old prospector, who disappears into the wild ranges at intervals, and spends months ...

    Article : 100 words
  27. Coal for railways

    SYDNEY, Fri.—The Joint Coal Board will assist the N.S.W. Railway Department by arranging to load 10,000 tons of ...

    Article : 76 words
  28. Call on doctors

    SYDNEY, Fri.—The demand for doctors' services would increase under the Federal Government's national health ...

    Article : 50 words
  29. MOST MEN HELP IN HOUSE

    ALMOST six out of every 10 men (56 per cent.) claim to help frequently with the housework, and their claim is supported by a majority of women (54 per cent.). To find out to what extent ...

    Article : 164 words
  30. Struck by tram

    Otto Neilson, 56, single, of Hope Street, South Brisbane, had a lucky escape last night when he fell in the path of a ...

    Article : 63 words
  31. Jobs for all

    MELBOURNE, Fri.—Full employment should continue this year, according to all economic indications, the Australian ...

    Article : 44 words
  32. Arm torn in smash

    Charles Wernowski, 34, married, of Albert Street, City, had the flesh of his left arm torn to the bone when his car ...

    Article : 56 words
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