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,de lift, tric ted ex - r new- _ ac y.esent, to de- al, oasic wage for female em - .s. Generally speaking. they d no family responsibilities. In variations now to be made the artless of the minimum wage for nales to that for males would be eserved. LOAN BAN MAY BE LIFTED. London financial circles are won- lering whether the Chancellor of the rchequer (Mr. Neville Chamberlain) rill lift the Treasury ban on new ioan issues in the Budget. This would enable Australia to float a new issue to convert her dollar bonds. NO TAX RETURNS Mr. P. M. Mahon. P.M., on Tuesday im- posed fines of E3 each on the following persons. for having reflect to furnish in- come tax returns and information:- Harry A. C. Meredith. st tinter, Elizabeth Street, Ipswich; Wilhelm Kielns chmidt., dentist, Beenleigh; Robert Walker Elder, engine -driver. Mount Mulligan. The following were fined E2 each for miler offences:-Matthew Anderson, anger. Townsville; Roy Gordon Ander- : saddler. St. George; Luigi Grangiotti. cutter, Mossman; Mrs. Phyllis Hogan 'Ing as Winton Fellmongering Co.), Inger. Winton; Frederick George G. t, farmer and grazier, Maroondan, tin; George Knight. grazier and Maroondan; Giuseppe Marturella. care Luigi Bailin,. South ' Walter Henry Mullavey, semen. were added In each case. fr Mrs. in, at. had three pearl buttons on each leg, while a pearl %%, h itt, Ivan. buckle fastened the waistband. Trip in 20 -foot Clinker COOKTOWN, April 17. Edward Cooper, a young English- man, has left Cooktown for Thursday Island in a 201t. clinker, in which he proposes to sail to Perth. Cooper, who arrived here in January, has been tim- ber felling at Mossman, awaiting the passing of the cyclonic season before continuing his journey. The motoring correspondent, . Ili. "Daily Mail" says that John Cobb. the Australian racing motorist, driv- ing his 500 horse -power Napier- Renton car, is attacking world re- cords on the concrete racing track at Montlhcry, France. Cobb aims at an average speed of 120 miles an hour for 24 hours, and has three relief drivers. His car is fitted with special tyres, costing £1000. For the first six hours to -day Cobb averaged 123.01 miles an hour. a world's record for six hours' driving. The tyres are being changed at in- tervals of an hour and three-quarters. Tho terrific pounding of the track by the car is already beginning to un- dermine the concrete. "Major, The Horse-tailer" James Wieneke's .Queenslander Cover Can any one name a less attractive job than horse-tailer to a droving camp on the road? Yet "Major" did not seem to mind it. Anyway that is what he told artist James Wieneke one day not so long ago when that enterprising young Queenslander was out in the Back of Beyond with pencils and easel. Mr. Wieneke brought back a splendid series which The Queenslander has purchased for reproduction on the front cover. They start to -day with-"MAJOR, THE HORSE-TAILER." raising through°, . stabilised by a large ea der conservation through Lion of special Prdps. appeared to nn inevitable development of the future. In gold mining, too, there were many marginal areas in the Com- monwealth where the Governments might be well advised to encourage development by contributing towards initial investigations. A proved ex- ample was the Mcunt Morgan mine in Queensland. SPECIAL POSTAGE STAMP FOR PRINCE CANBERRA, April 17. In honour of Prince George's visit and the Melbourne Centenary, a spec- ial postage stamp will be issued, said the Acting Postmaster -General iSir Harry Lawson) to -day. Whether the design of the stamp will incorporate the likeners of Prince George is uncertain. There is no pre- cedent for using n likeness of a royal personage, other than the reigning monarch, on a British stamp, but in- quiries are being made in England by the Postal Department. The issue of such a stamp, the de- partment considers, would excite world-wide interest and It would be eagerly sought by philatelists.