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  2. SECRET POLL URGENT NEED

    CANBERRA, Friday.—The secret ballot should w be part of the registered union rules of every registered trade union, the Federal Opposition Leader (Mr. Menzies) said to-night. ...

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  3. THEY HANDLE MILLIONS

    TEEN-AGERS, but they sort cheques representing about £600 million a year. This picture was taken yesterday of the Brisbane Banks Clearing House where these representatives of all city ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 73 words
  4. BIG PORK LOSS IN RAIL PIG TRANSPORT

    WASTAGE of pigs in rail transit in Queensland is costing farmers much money and Britain a big annual loss in pork. ...

    Article : 296 words
  5. Valuable plant at 10 M.P.H.

    TELEVISION equipment worth £25,000 will arrive in Brisbane this morning by road, at 10 ...

    Article : 288 words
  6. HOSPITAL CLOSURE WARNING

    Private hospitals would have to increase charges or close down if domestic employees' claims were ...

    Article : 253 words
  7. Liberals' poster challenge

    THE Queensland Liberal Party is prepared for a costly High Court battle to defend the erection of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 301 words
  8. Seek rail link to Callide

    GLADSTONE, Friday.-Residents decided to-night to form a special committee to urge State ...

    Article : 231 words
  9. Want all petrol tax to States

    ALL petrol tax proceeds ought to be given to the States, the Queensland Country Party ...

    Article : 170 words
  10. AT PEAK PRICES

    VEGETABLES will cut a bigger hole in the Brisbane housewife's budget this week-end than they ...

    Article : 193 words
  11. GETS 'HUMP' ON 55 RECITATIONS

    MR. FRANK D. CLEWLOW, verse-speaking adjudicator, heard a poem 55 times yesterday but he still does not know it. Mr. Clewlow patiently judged 55 under-14 ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 566 words
  12. Federal recess

    CANBERRA, Friday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) has received no request for an urgent session of Federal ...

    Article : 72 words
  13. Gave poison, mercy bond

    MELBOURNE, Friday.—A woman who gave her sister-in-law a box of poisoned chocolates to eat on a voyage ...

    Article : 147 words
  14. Urges new test poems

    Mr. Frank D. Clewlow, verse-speaking adjudicator at the City of Brisbane eisteddfod, said last night that ...

    Article : 322 words
  15. Haul of T.N.T.

    SYDNEY, Friday.—A fisherman hauled up 451b. of T.N.T. when fishing near Point Piper to-day. ...

    Article : 40 words
  16. 8 Arrests on "Duke"

    MELBOURNE, Friday.—Eight seamen from the Holigonian Duke were arrested to-day and charged with ...

    Article : 243 words
  17. 2 hurt in smash

    Two men were injured when a utility truck and a car collided in Tribune Street, South Brisbane, at 8.15 last night. ...

    Article : 61 words
  18. Man who beat "pear" dead

    Mr. William Purcell, 73, of Racecourse Road, Ascot, a former Queensland Prickly Pear Commission chief warden. ...

    Article : 121 words
  19. Hut in Hong Kong for Bulimba girl

    MRS. Tony Ang, a former Brisbane girl who has chosen to live in a hut in Hong Kong so that she can be with her Chinese husband, will "grin and bear it," according to her father. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 367 words
  20. NO PAY INCREASES FOR TRAM AND BUS WORKERS

    CLAIMS for increased wages by Brisbane tramway employees (other than construction workers) and bus driven and conductors have been refused by the Industrial Court. The application for increases ...

    Article : 170 words
  21. Residents don't want water

    Pine Rivers Shire residents are objecting to their council's scheme to lay water from Pine River on to their homes. They ...

    Article : 112 words
  22. Writ over horse

    A Supreme Court writ, concerning the racehorse Sir Rodley, was issued yesterday by Mrs. Gladys May Pollard, of ...

    Article : 61 words
  23. Advertising

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    Advertising : 408 words
  24. To be re-named

    Upper Mt. Gravatt will change its name to Southdown, Highlands, Southgate, or Wirridale. A postal ballot will be ...

    Article : 34 words
  25. Menzies, Fadden on same dais

    The Federal Opposition Leader (Mr. Menzies) and the Country Party Parliamentary Leader (Mr. A. W. Padden) will ...

    Article : 140 words
  26. 'Drunk's luck'

    SYDNEY, Friday.—Joyce Mary Binns, 22, of Broken Hill, told the Divorce Court to-day that her husband twice jumped ...

    Article : 60 words
  27. 2nd union quits

    Another union, the Electrical Trades, has decided to discontinue affiliation with the communist Queensland Trades and ...

    Article : 67 words
  28. Calwell v. Reds

    SYDNEY, Friday.—The Immigration Minister (Mr. Calwell) will be the main speaker at an Australian ...

    Article : 42 words
  29. 'Cut down hops'

    CANBERRA, Friday.—Beer may be much scarcer in the next few months after Federal Cabinet's next dollar review on ...

    Article : 51 words
  30. Liberal talks

    CANBERRA, Friday.—The Liberal Party Federal Council will meet in Canberra about August 15 to elect officers and ...

    Article : 32 words
  31. Coal truck fire

    GLADSTONE, Friday.—A 10-ton diesel truck bought with money obtained from the sale of the homes of Messrs. ...

    Article : 64 words
  32. Brickworks fire

    MELBOURNE, Friday.—Victoria's building programme received a severe setback to-day when a fire destroyed the main ...

    Article : 47 words
  33. Left £46,000

    An estate of £46,000 gross was left to relatives by Mr. Alfred Atherton Griffiths, grazier and engineer, of ...

    Article : 38 words
  34. Dead baby found

    BOWEN, Friday.—The body af a newly-born male child was found this morning in a lavatory at Bowen railway station. ...

    Article : 27 words
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