The gathering at the Gresham Hotel yesterday, on the occasion of a reception tendered the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress (Alderman and Mrs. J. W. Greene) by members of the Queensland Press Institute. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 46 wordsMrs. Twamley, President of the Ladies' Bowling Association, unfurling the pennant won by the Nundah Ladies' Bowling Club at the local clubhouse yesterday. This is the first pennant to be won by a ladies' bowling club in Queensland. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 42 wordsThe National Council of Industry and Commerce, which was formed last year, with Sir William Morris (the motor car ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 131 wordsLord Trenchard (the former Chief of the Air Staff), in the House of Lords this evening, raised the question of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 249 words"We have reached the stage where we are borrowing to meet our current needs. Unless the brake is quickly applied it is merely a question of time ...
Article : 99 wordsM. Jean Jules Verne, grandson of the famous author, and Lady Wilkins, wife of Sir Hubert Wilkins, performing the christening of the submarine, Nautilus, at New York. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 31 wordsThe "bathysphere," in which Dr. Beebe and Mr. Otis Barton accomplished the deepest dive ever made by man. Off Bermuda the two scientists sank to a depth of 1426 feet. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 33 wordsThe submarine Nautilus, in which Sir Hubert Wilkins, the famous Australian explorer shortly intends to make an under-ice expedition to the North Pole. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 28 wordsThe [?]plane carrying the second air mail from Australia to England left Koepang at 6.40 this morning (local time) for Sourabaya. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe possibility that there will be some delay in holding the Imperial Economic Conference at Ottawa was suggested in the House of Commons ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,250 wordsThe body of Dr. Alfred Wegener, the leader of the German Greenland expedition last year, who had been missing since October, has been found ...
Article : 291 wordsThe laying of new tram rails in Adelaide-street to conform to the new alignment of that thoroughfare is now being undertaken. Tram traffic from Adelaide-street is now diverted into Queen-street, this arrangement accounting for the congested state of the city's main street. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 47 wordsKeen interest was displayed in the final round of the Queensland Amateur and Open Championship at Yeerongpilly yesterday. This photograph shows a crowd of enthusiasts and players grouped around the score board, waiting for the progress figures to be posted. The event resulted in a draw between H. R. Sinclair and C. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 56 wordsAfter causing serious injuries to a woman whom he knocked down in Ann-street, city, last night a motorist increased his speed and drove off into ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 797 wordsQueensland Masters of Arts. Left to right.—Mr. Geoffrey T. Roscoe, Miss Essie E. Chaseling, Mr. Hugh Augustine Courtney. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 22 wordsBy about 8 o'clock last night, approximately 200 letters had been received at the G.P.O. for transmission by the Dutch air mail, which closes at ...
Article : 174 wordsAt the annual meeting of the Burleigh Heads Progress Association it was decided to go into the question of providing entertainment for visitors during holiday ...
Article : 69 wordsThe chairman of the International Wheat Conference (Mr. G. Howard Ferguson, of Canada) announced this afternoon that the conference had ...
Article : 263 wordsOn Wednesday the initial meeting of the Model Aeroplane Association was held. Mr. S. Tagan, District Commissioner, explained the objects of the association, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 229 wordsThe registration of gangs, which have secured contracts to cut cane for the Victoria Mill, was commenced this week, and will be continued until Saturday. The ...
Article : 99 wordsTwenty of the 1000 £5 notes, which were stolen together with 5000 £1 notes from the mail between Sydney and Canberra, have been recovered in ...
Article : 122 wordsJake Factor, for whom the police were searching, as he is alleged to have swindled Britishers by means of false stock operations, has ...
Article : 173 wordsThe Brisbane-Perth telephone service will be opened to the public on Monday. The distance between the capitals is about 3000 ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Fri 22 May 1931, Page 16
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