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  2. SHIP REPAIR PLAN TO BEAT JAP SUBS

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—Expediting Australian ship repairing to counter act enemy submarine activity off the coast was discussed to-day at a conference which completed plans for revising the shipbuilding programme and expanding repair facilities. ...

    Article : 456 words
  3. Brisbane Proves It CAN Grow Home Vegetables

    Some of the fine home-grown vegetables which pocked the special stands in The Courier-Mail vestibule yesterday. They were exhibits in The Courier-Mail vegetable competition. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 222 words
  4. LARGER MILK SUPPLY

    The Milk Board was told yesterday that butter factories adjacent to Brisbane could make up the city's milk ...

    Article : 237 words
  5. Social Aid To Cost £10m. Year

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Federal Government estimates that unemployment and sickness benefits under the bill to be introduced in ...

    Article : 193 words
  6. Life-Savers Made Safer

    NEW GUINEA, Thursday.—Allied airmen in New Guinea have been provided with a shark repellent similar to that recently ...

    Article : 101 words
  7. Bounced Off Tree In Low Raid On Japs

    SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, May 19.—An Australian-manned Beaufighter bounced off a tree and brought home some of the foliage ...

    Article : 307 words
  8. DISTILLERY SITE ROW

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Selection of a site at Warrocknabeal, V., for a groin alcohol distillery was criticised by the Federal Parliamentary ...

    Article : 265 words
  9. GIANT ENTRIES IN HOME GARDEN VEGETABLE TEST

    CABBAGE weighing more than 16lb., and 2ft. across... Tomatoes weighing a pound, and as large as saucers... Papaw pumpkins up to 18 inches long and 10 inches in diameter. ...

    Article : 656 words
  10. Trams Carry 120m In Year

    It is estimated that by June 30 Brisbane trams will have carried more than 120 million passengers during the 12 months, an increase ...

    Article : 185 words
  11. 73 APPLY FOR HOUSING AT NEW BUREAU

    Seventy-three people sought and five offered accommodation during the first day's operation yesterday of the civilian accommodation ...

    Article : 230 words
  12. DIFFERENCES ON FOOD CONTROL

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—Hopes of establishing a centralised food authority have almost disappeared because of friction between the Supply and Commerce Departments. Moves made earlier this week ...

    Article : 181 words
  13. Fadden's Stand On C.C.C. Cases

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Leader of the Federal Opposition Mr. Fadden) said to-day that yesterday he had sent the ...

    Article : 129 words
  14. CRACK SNIPER DIES HERE

    William Edward Sing, sniper in World War 1, with a "bog" of 150 Turks, died suddenly in Brisbane on Wednesday night. ...

    Article : 173 words
  15. CLAIMS MINE MEN GO SLOW

    Mr. C. G. Gray said in the Industrial Court yesterday that a "go-slow" strike at Mt. Isa mine; was impeding the war effort ...

    Article : 246 words
  16. Spies Haunt Night Clubs

    The Home Security Minister [(Mr. Lazzarini) said in Canberra yesterday that night clubs were a source through which the enemy ...

    Article : 174 words
  17. Cards Sent To Beat Rail Ban

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.— Identity cards had been posted interstate to provide an excuse that a person was travelling home. ...

    Article : 112 words
  18. HOUSING PLAN FLAWS SEEN

    Some points in the Federal Government's war-time housing plan seemed ill-considered, the past president of the Queensland ...

    Article : 159 words
  19. MORE CASKET MONEY, FOR WAR FUNDS

    Profits from every fifth Casket instead of from every 10th, as at present, will be given to patriotic funds in future. ...

    Article : 64 words
  20. THINGS YOU MUST DO TO GET RATION BOOK

    REMEMBER these essentials when preparing to obtain your new ration book on June 5 or 6:— ...

    Article : 262 words
  21. Advertising

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    Advertising : 132 words
  22. Fewer Pigs Now Kept In State

    Preliminary estimates of the State's livestock at the beginning of this year show that there were 315,000 pigs in the Stats on ...

    Article : 133 words
  23. NATION FIRST ON WHARVES

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Cur tin) told the Stevedoring Industry Commission in Canberra yesterday that it was to function in the interests ...

    Article : 270 words
  24. S.-W. PACIFIC COMMUNIQUE

    Yesterday's communique from General MacArthur's Headquarters NORTH-WESTERN SECTOR ...

    Article : 158 words
  25. GAVE NEWS OF SHIPS; CAPTAIN FINED

    MELBOURNE Thursday.—Captain Evan Evans, master mariner, of Malvern, was fined £20 in the Third City Court to-day for ...

    Article : 118 words
  26. State To Discuss Sugar Subsidy

    CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Commonwealth Government will immediately seek a conference with the Queensland Government ...

    Article : 89 words
  27. ANOTHER £100 GIFT TO FUND

    A second donation of £100 was received yesterday in answer to Mr. C. H. Flanagan's offer to give £100 to the Mothercraft Appeal ...

    Article : 298 words
  28. Call To Women At Trades Hall

    Several single women in the 21-25 age group employed in union offices at the Trades Hall have been requested to report at the ...

    Article : 106 words
  29. TASMANIAN T.B. PLAN

    HOBART, Thursday.—As part of a campaign to eradicate tuberculosis the Tasmanian Government contemplates mass ...

    Article : 53 words
  30. SAILOR FINED £5; HIT CONDUCTRESS

    Frederick John Alcock, 24, naval rating, was fined £5 by Mr. P. G. Knyvett, S.M., in the Police Court, yesterday for having unlawfully ...

    Article : 179 words
  31. Last Record Of Marjorie Norval

    "I SHALL ire you on Thursday. Don't forget the ticket." said Miss Marjorie Norval on November 11, 1938. ...

    Article : 90 words
  32. DANIELL MAY BE OFFICERS' HOSTEL

    Negotiations for the taking oven of the Hotel Daniell by the Army, for use as an officers' hostel, are proceeding. ...

    Article : 100 words
  33. CUT POLL COStS, SAYS MR. JOLLY

    All parties in the coming Federal elections should limit expenditure on literature and calico sterns, said Mr. W. A. Jolly. M.H.R. ...

    Article : 96 words
  34. NEW MOVE TO CHECK PETROL TRAFFICKING

    Petrol ration tickets must now be endorsed with the registration number of the vehicle of the user m addition to the user's name and ...

    Article : 89 words
  35. £1000 FOR RED CROSS

    TOOWOOMBA, Thursday.—Mr. J. Fenner, principal of the Domestic Furnishing Company, to-day handed a cheque for £1000 to ...

    Article : 57 words
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