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Advertising : 8 wordsAs tho result of a shacking accident yesterday, John Hansen (41), single, a sewerage worker residing at the Commercial Hotel, ...
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Advertising : 34 wordsSituated near the intersection of Wentford and George streets Is a commodious hall, recently constructed to tho order of the ...
Article : 489 wordsWhen air raid precautions work, generally known under the comprehentlve designation of A.R.P., was undertaken early last year. It was apparent ...
Article : 485 wordsTho fresh In tho Pioneer River, caused by tho heavy rain last week, is rapidly clearing up. Very little debris came down when the water was ...
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Family Notices : 119 wordsMACKAY City Council will be let off very lightly If the mild note received from the State Electricity Commission, with reference to the failure of the power station in February, represents the end of the whole matter. The Commission wrote, "pointing out that in ...
Article : 801 wordsFrom tho City Engineer (Mr. N. G. Ward) it was learnt that last Thursday's storm did not cause any particular damage to the sewerage work which ...
Article : 70 wordsA considerable amount of damage was done to tho bridge over Cattle Creek, at Okuloo, between Finch Hatton and Ncthcrdale, by last ...
Article : 78 wordsApart from a light shower early yesterday morning the week-end was fine-with some cloud and a cool southeasterly breeze. The extremes of ...
Article : 31 wordsNearly 2300 war savings groups have been registered to 230 centres la Queensland. This total Includes 720 groups to Brisbane, 260 In Toowoomba, ...
Article : 162 wordsFollowing Is the forecast for Queensland;--Showers in the coastal divisions, otherwise fine and milder; local frosts on the South-East ...
Article : 65 wordsLivestock traffic is again heavy In the district. Two trains, aggregating 38 wagons, passed through Mackay yesterday morning from Sellheim to ...
Article : 71 wordsBRISBANE, Sunday.--Mnlze was the heaviest line of farm produce at the Roma street markets on Saturday, and values were lower. The only line released sold at 311 ...
Article : 170 wordsTOWNSVILLE, Sunday.--While the whole of Australia tells of the amazing mix-up of two babies at Mt. Isa, little Barbara Wakefield, one of the ...
Article : 158 wordsThirty experts of the N.S. Wales Forestry Department havo tested more than 9000 samples from 100 varieties of Australian timber in search of the ...
Article : 99 wordsCAIRNS, Sunday.--Strange circumstances were connected with the first prize to Golden Casket No. 644. A young man named Dowling picked up ...
Article : 123 wordsMackay and district's prolific crop of anglers had a quiet week-end. An abundance of fresh water In the river drove the fish to other climes, and the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 68 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.--Concessions at tho rate of £400,000 a year have been made by his department in the last eight months, according to the ...
Article : 91 wordsSome time ago the Mackay Cooperative Meat and Bacon Association Limited applied to the Minister for Agriculture to have a permanent ...
Article : 187 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.--The open Inquiry into the Canberra air disaster will begin in Melbourne on Tuesday. The Minister for Air (Mr. Fadden) said ...
Article : 106 wordsWhen a complaint that about 20 Mackay boys on service with the A.I.F. to an Australian sector of the war had not received even a packet ...
Article : 601 wordsLONDON, August 22.--Herr Frank, the German Governor of Poland, in a speech at Cracow, said: "Germany will never allow the re-establlshment ...
Article : 78 wordsAUSTRALIANS are finding War Savings Certificates an excellent means of assisting to provide money for the conduct of the war. Their sale has been In progress only a few months, and all anticipations have been exceeded. It was thought that the objective ...
Article : 297 wordsA group of nurses, including a number of nurses of the 1914-18 war, who have been doing certain welfare work for soldiers, have realised the urgent ...
Article : 454 wordsLONDON, August 22.--The Government is Investigating the claim of Gerard Savoy, of Lausanne, that he had produced an efficient antidote for ...
Article : 28 wordsHONOLULU, Aug. 24.--The United States Navy Department has granted contracts to five companies to con. struct air bases costing £7.500.000. and ...
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Advertising : 275 wordsLONDON, Aug. 24.-- A Londoner, G. E. Kookcr, won the southern area 100 yards freestyle swimming champion I ship in the record time of 51.6 sec. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Acting Minister for Lands, Mr. E. J. Walsh, has received a letter from the Coordinator General of Public Works in connection with ...
Article : 162 wordsLONGREACH, Sunday.—The death occurred yesterday of Mr. Thomas O'Rourke, aged 95, the oldest resident - of Longreach. He was born In Pauls-' ...
Article : 79 wordsGYMFIE, Sunday.--The policy Of the Government was to build well and build truly, said the Minister for Health for Home Affairs ...
Article : 256 wordsLONDON, Aug. 24.--The ministry of Supply announced to-day that a fresh arrangement had been made with the Government of the union of South ...
Article : 123 wordsRobert Williams,- a carpenter, was admitted to the District Hospital on Saturday afternoon suffering from a probable fracture of the left jaw. ...
Article : 119 wordsLONDON, August 24.—Berlin news- agency states: The Norwegian Minister for Supply reports essential sup- piles to Norway "may be considered ...
Article : 83 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.--Extra wool accommodation Is being provided in Australia to meet any emergency, and no difficulty Is anticipated over storage. ...
Article : 142 wordsIn the Police Court on Saturday morning a first offender on a charge of having been found drunk in Wood- street. failed to answer his bail of 5. ...
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Advertising : 178 wordsThe Mackay Homing Pigeon Society conducted a race from Gladstone on Saturday, an airline distance of 228 miles. The winner received a trophy ...
Article : 70 wordsMiss Lily Franklin has returned home after a month's holiday spent at Redcliffe and Brisbane. The Moderator of the Presbyterian ...
Article : 217 wordsLISBON, August 24.--The Dutch steamer, Hermes, has arrived, holed. The captain said torpedoes from a submarine struck the vessel 300 miles ...
Article : 35 wordsAirlines of Australia Stlnson Towns- ville arrived at Mackay from the north at 12.45 p.m. on Saturday with Captain A. Gilbertson In charge and Chief ...
Article : 224 wordsNEW YORK, Aug. 24--New Zealand, like Australia, Is seeking closer ties with America, says the New York 'Sun' in a leader. ...
Article : 148 wordsGLADSTONE. Sunday.--In support of Gladstone's claims as a wool appraisement centre, the Harbor Board decided to send tho following telegram ...
Article : 102 wordsUENOS AIRES. August 24.--The Legislative Assembly rejected the President's (Dr. R. Ortiz) resignation by 170 votes to 1. while one Senator ...
Article : 29 wordsWASHINGTON, August 24.--Jesse Jones announced the Reconstruction Finance Corporation had approved loans of 10,500,000 dollars to the ...
Article : 39 wordsBy special arrangement Reuter's world service, In addition to other special sources of information, Is used In the compilation of the overseas Intelligence published In ...
Article : 87 wordsCANBERRA, Sunday.--The minister for the Interior (Senator Foil) announced that tho Darwin firm of M. P. Culllty was the successful tenderer for important extensions to the ...
Article : 46 wordsPARIS, Aug. 24.--Fourteen people were arrested, but later released, after antl-semitic demonstrations, including attacks on Jewish owners of shops. ...
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Daily Mercury (Mackay, Qld. : 1906 - 1954), Mon 26 Aug 1940, Page 4
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