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  2. CLAIMS CURTIN PROMISED 40-HOUR WEEK

    MELBOURNE, Monday.—A promise that six months after the war the 40-hour week would be introduced had been made by the late Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, the Full Arbitration ...

    Article : 532 words
  3. CIVIC PAY RISE MOVE DOUBTS

    FOLLOWING outside criticism of the suggested move by aldermen for a salary increase from £400 to £500 a year, C.M.O. members of the City Council are unlikely to bring ...

    Article : 387 words
  4. DIGGERS LOSE PREFERENCE

    MELBOURNE, Monday. — Under the old principle that the King can do no wrong, Mr. H. Mohr, P.M., at Footscray to-day dismissed charges arising from alleged breaches of the ...

    Article : 399 words
  5. C.I.B. Hot On Trail Of 'Black' Peanuts

    CRIMINAL Investigation Branch men are investigating the origin and ownership of 150 bags of peanuts which were seized and detained by a Peanut Board Inspector at Oxley yesterday morning. ...

    Article : 196 words
  6. PLAYTHING TO THEM

    Fuselage of a discarded transport plane which is now installed on a vacant allotment in Fairfield ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 57 words
  7. NAME OF TALCUM REQUESTED

    The Health Minister (Mr. Foley) said last night that State health authorities had cabled to New Zealand asking ...

    Article : 468 words
  8. Big Job For UNRRA To Save Lives

    Repair of the dykes of the Yellow River to bring it back to its course before the rainy season, thereby saving the lives of 480,000 Chinese ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 330 words
  9. RAILWAY PLAN TO LIGHT CROSSINGS

    PLANS for flood-lighting five of Brisbane's main level crossings will be submitted by the Railway Department to the City Council this week. The department and the ...

    Article : 360 words
  10. Re-Burial For Men Who Fell In Islands

    TWO Australian Army 250 ton cargo vessels will leave Brisbane soon for a complete tour of the South West Pacific war theatre to recover the remains of Australians who were killed, or died, in the area ...

    Article : 225 words
  11. STABBING ON TRAM CHARGE

    SYDNEY, Monday.—Sequel to the alleged stabbing of a boy on a tram at Bronte yesterday was the appearance of a tram conductor in ...

    Article : 99 words
  12. Federal Scheme On Coal

    CANBERRA, Monday.—Commonwealth Government legal advisers believe the ability of the Commonwealth to achieve a ...

    Article : 206 words
  13. FOILED TRICKS OF SMUGGLERS

    Attempts to smuggle into Brisbane cigarettes, whisky, and toilet ware from the brideship Mariposa were frustrated by ...

    Article : 130 words
  14. MOVE SOON IN BOY MURDER

    Police say that an arrest will be made soon in the murder of Robert Claude Munn, 3, whose body was found at his parents' home at ...

    Article : 138 words
  15. DIGGER LANDS

    CANBERRA, Monday. — Every effort was being made to speed up procedure for settling soldiers on the land, the Post-war ...

    Article : 123 words
  16. Airport For Crusoe Isle?

    CANBERRA, Monday. — Juan Fernandez, the islands which inspired Defoe's story of Robinson Crusoe, may become an airfield ...

    Article : 86 words
  17. Little Clothing Sent Overseas

    CANBERRA, Monday. — Only about 2½ per cent, of clothing material suitable for the Australian market was exported in token ...

    Article : 62 words
  18. UNIONS MARK TIME IN MEAT STRIKE

    UNIONS involved in the meat strike are marking time pending a conference between the disputes committee and the waterside workers', coal miners, and railway unions to-morrow. ...

    Article : 532 words
  19. MR. G. WARD BRISBANE Q.P.P. CHOICE

    Mr. Geoffrey Ward has been selected as the Queensland People's Party candidate for Brisbane at the Federal elections. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 148 words
  20. 50 APPLY FOR THEATRES

    The recently appointed Films Commission has received approximately 50 applications to license new picture theatres in various ...

    Article : 130 words
  21. 'Was Lonely,' Says Bigamist

    GEORGE BAKER, otherwise George Baker Rosolen, 42, sleeper cutter, said he had committed bigamy because he was lonely, stated Detective R. Grogan yesterday. Baker, who pleaded guilty, was ...

    Article : 193 words
  22. Council Check On Ratproofing

    A City Council health inspector will check the rat-proofing on Ward Transport Company's building in McLachlan Street ...

    Article : 133 words
  23. Advertising

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    Advertising : 169 words
  24. 'BERNIE'S' FANS FAN BURNINGS

    BERNBOROUGH is the cause of many of the grass fires in Brisbane, according to the Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade ...

    Article : 114 words
  25. Bright Anzac Day Backed

    Any move to make Anzac Day less gloomy would receive the support of the South Brisbane Subbranch of the Returned ...

    Article : 147 words
  26. Jumped 12 Feet To Escape Fire

    The licensee, and 20 boarders of the Mining Exchange Hotel, in the main street of Gympie, were trapped by a fire which started ...

    Article : 144 words
  27. DEATH SENTENCE CUT TO PRISON

    MELBOURNE, Monday. — The death sentence recorded against Charles Maxwell Parsons, 17, labourer, of Thornbury, for a serious ...

    Article : 43 words
  28. NO FISH GLUT SAYS MINISTER

    There was no evidence of a sea-mullet glut at the Fish Market, said the Labour Minister (Mr. Gair) yesterday. ...

    Article : 89 words
  29. 'Give Migrants Real Welcome'

    THE mentality of regarding our immigrants as "Eyeties," "Refos," or "Pommies" must be altered, said the Associated ...

    Article : 224 words
  30. SECOND PLANE DELAY

    MELBOURNE, Monday. — Departure of the Australian National Airways Skymaster from Sydney on the inaugural flight of the new ...

    Article : 67 words
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