DRASTIC curtailment of motor transport services to country towns served by railways will follow the announcement yesterday by the chairman of the Liquid Fuel Control Board (Mr. P. R. T. Wills) that from next month vehicles ...
Article : 1,054 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—Methods of securing uniformity of taxation which would ensure that all taxpayers would make the maximum ...
Article : 366 wordsCOMPLETE review of Brisbane's fire-fighting facilities by a committee of engineers appointed by the Government is a first phase of a stock-taking by the city of its preparedness to cope with any wartime ...
Article : 459 wordsA billiard table given to Air Force House, Bowen Hills, by the Brisbane City Council Electricity Department Recreation was officially handed ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 125 wordsAUCKLAND (N.Z.), Friday.— Four of five prisoners who escaped from the Auckland prison on October 1, after having attacked ...
Article : 113 wordsCOMPLICATIONS in the territorial troubles of the United Australia Party and the Country Party yesterday were :— The Country Party hinted at the possibility of its contesting State ...
Article : 505 wordsNegotiations to settle the dispute which tied up State pilot vessels must come from the Seamen's Union, the Treasurer (Mr. Cooper) told a ...
Article : 234 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—Assurances of the strict application within the Royal Australian Air Force of rules for the control of movement ...
Article : 270 wordsMr. Patrick Short, a former commissioner of the Queensland police, died in Brisbane last night. Mr. Short was the first ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 333 wordsUnder an amendment of the Public Service Acts relating to appeals Mr. Peter McCaffrey, a senior inspector in the Audit Office can seek to have his ...
Article : 135 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—More than 600 declarations by Australian women who have married aliens, but desire to retain their British nationality rights ...
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Article : 193 wordsWork was in full swing at the Brisbane shipbuilding yards of Evans, Deakin, and Co., Ltd., again yesterday. Boilermakers who struck on Tuesday ...
Article : 205 wordsSYDNEY. Friday.—Walter Lindrum, famous billiardist, scored 100 to-night in the world's record time of 51 seconds. The previous record was 56 seconds. ...
Article : 26 wordsCity weather during the week-end will continue cloudy and squally, with cool south-easterly winds and intermittent showers, according to a forecast ...
Article : 291 wordsEIGHT, ten, or twelve ounces? Beer drinkers now will have to choose between three containers of different size. Yesterday a new pot appeared in city hotels—l0oz for 6d. It is a larger pot than the one selling for 7d, but is narrower. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 304 wordsMr. R. Irvine Douglas, London editor and manager of the Australian Associated Press, will broadcast from the B.B.C. to-day on "How News is Sent ...
Article : 83 wordsEngagements of the Governor (Sir Leslie Wilson) for the coming week are:— Thursday.—11.30 a.m.: Presides at a ...
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Article : 96 wordsPromotion of five sergeants to the rank of senior-sergeant was announced by the Commissioner of Police (Mr. Carroll) last night. They were ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Sat 15 Feb 1941, Page 3
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