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Article : 277 wordsAn extensive drilling programme, involving the sinking of 30 test holes, followed by the deepest test drilling yet ...
Article : 305 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Government would investigate suggestions that a shortage of tankers might prevent Australia ...
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Article : 551 wordsA YOUNG married couple went to the Police Court yesterday to argue a maintenance claim. ...
Article : 436 wordsNo ships have been, found to carry to Brisbane this week 20,900 tons of general cargo available on southern wharves ...
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Article : 102 wordsWhether the moderate State Service and Shop Assistants' Union are granted affiliation with the Trades and Labour Council will ...
Article : 107 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Opposition to-day upheld Its threat not to permit Ministerial statements "by leave" in the ...
Article : 99 wordsSYDNEY. Wednesday.—An Intersection at Burwood, a Sydney western suburb, was cordoned off by police for an hour to-day to ...
Article : 99 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Governor General (Mr. McKell) was greeted by Labour men as "Bill" as he mingled with the ...
Article : 86 wordsAny attempt by the Federal Government to force local authorities in Queeniland to bank through the Commonwealth Bank would meet ...
Article : 329 wordsThe Air force Association will inter a candidate in the Miss Australia 1947 Quest, and selecion of a suitable entrant is being ...
Article : 128 words[The only relevant point in Mr. Hanlon's reply to The Courier-Mail is his admission that in 1931 he pleaded and voted for the ...
Article : 323 wordsTHE Australian Labour Parry' new broadcasting station, 4KC Brisbane, on which churches have accepted free time, wot declarer ...
Article : 226 wordsTHE State Government is to consider how far a redistribution of electoral boundaries in Queensland is necessary. When it was clear what alterations were required ...
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The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), Thu 8 May 1947, Page 3
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