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  2. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 205 words
  3. U.K. BRITISH ARE NOT "ODD PEOPLE"

    "To the stranger, we U.K. British are an odd people. We appear to be irritatingly complacent, self-deprecating ...

    Article : 754 words
  4. STATION HAND SHOT DEAD

    BRISBANE, Aug. 7.—Michael John Coughlan (24), station hand, was shot dead on Mulga Downs station, 120 ...

    Article : 259 words
  5. CONTINUED WET WEATHER CAUSES BIG CANE CRUSHING LOSSES

    BRISBANE, Aug. 7.—Queensland sugar mills are nearly half million tons of cane down in their crushing this season, because of the continued wet weather, the Commonwealth ...

    Article : 376 words
  6. The [?]airns [?]ost

    Fire years ago the free nations of the world laid down the colossal defence burden they had been ...

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  7. RECRUITING FOR KOREA

    There had been a continuous stream of applicants in Cairns yesterday to join the Australian Expeditionary ...

    Article : 277 words
  8. STATE OF EMERGENCY

    INNISFAIL, Aug. 7. — Before the Innisfail Magistrate (Mr. J. H. Fowler) in the Innisfail Industrial Court, this ...

    Article : 904 words
  9. FROM THE LOCAL SPHERE

    The Cairns Weather Office ad vised that the following temperatures were recorded yesterday: At 6 a.m., 65.9 degrees with a relative ...

    Article : 92 words
  10. MIGRATION POLICY TO CONTINUE

    MELBOURNE, Aug. 7.—The Minister for Immigration (Mr. H. E. Holt) said to-day that it was aimed to continue to ...

    Article : 174 words
  11. RECORD CATTLE ENTRY

    BRISBANE, Aug. 7.—For the first time on record more than 1000 head of dairy catlte were yarded before judges from ...

    Article : 309 words
  12. BLAZE DESTROYS BUILDING

    SYDNEY, Aug. 7. — Fire destroyed a two-storey engineering and joinery works at Lavender Bay in 40 minutes to-day and ...

    Article : 114 words
  13. Man Found Dead in Bush.

    A 34-year-old Polish migrant, Stefan Szaranao, was found dead with a gunshot wound in his body near Carbonate Creek ...

    Article : 129 words
  14. RECORD ACREAGE CUT LAST SEASON.

    BRISBANE, Aug. 7.—An estimated 275,000 acres of sugar cane cut for crushing in the 1949 season was the largest ever harvested in ...

    Article : 158 words
  15. FINE WEATHER OVER STATE

    BRISBANE, Aug. 7.—The Weather Bureau reported this afternoon that fine weather had continued throughout Queensland, ...

    Article : 174 words
  16. AIR AMBULANCE TRIP

    The superintendent of the Cairns Ambulance (Mr. L. B. Clark) together with the medical superintendent of the Cairns Base ...

    Article : 194 words
  17. WOMAN DIES IN AIR AMBULANCE

    A woman of Abingdon Downs Station died in the Cairns Aerial Ambulance on Sunday night about 20 minutes before the plane was ...

    Article : 198 words
  18. CANE CUTTER FINED

    A 23-year-old cane cutter (Gunar Sire), of the Redlynch Hotel, was fined in the Cairns Police Court yesterday morning by ...

    Article : 265 words
  19. TRADE AND TARIFFS

    CANBERRA, July 21.—September 28 has been fixed as the opening date for the trade conference at Torquay, at which the ...

    Article : 554 words
  20. RECORD PRICE FOR BULL

    BRISBANE, Aug. 7.—A stud Shorthorn bull sold by auction at the show to-day brought a record Queensland price of 960 guineas. ...

    Article : 248 words
  21. MINE EXPLODED

    A mine which drifted on to King Island was blown up by a naval explosives expert on July 25, it was learned in cairns yesterday. ...

    Article : 190 words
  22. ABORIGINAL MISSION APPEAL

    The following donations have been received to the appeal on behalf of the Queensland Independent Aboriginal Mission: ...

    Article : 105 words
  23. SHIPPING MOVEMENTS

    [?] leaves Townsville to-day and arrives Cairns to-morrow 7 a.m. Departs on Friday evening for Townsville, Brisbane, ...

    Article : 268 words
  24. YOUNG HAN FINED IN BRISBANE

    BRISBANE, Aug. 7.—Detectives stated in the Police Court to-day that they believed a young man who hid in a girl's wardrobe ...

    Article : 336 words
  25. REV. FATHER D. J. BRIMSON

    Rev. Father D. J. Brimson, O.S.A., B.A., arrived in Cairns yesterday by plane from Brisbane and was met at the airport by ...

    Article : 260 words
  26. ALLEGED BETTING SWINDLE

    MELBOURNE, Aug. 7.—Racing tipsters sent so many telegrams that the post office had to largely increase its telegraph staff on ...

    Article : 122 words
  27. AREA AND RURAL SCHOOLS

    BRISBANE, Aug. 7.—The question of "area" schools versus "one teacher" schools was discussed by the Queensland Council of School ...

    Article : 92 words
  28. BRISBANE TRACK GALLOPS

    BRISBANE, Aug. 7.—Stamen, pre-post favourite for Wednesday's Q.T.C. Metropolitan Handicap, moved in grand style at Eagle ...

    Article : 79 words
  29. FIREMEN FIGHT BLAZE

    GYMPIE, Aug. 7.—Gympie firemen fought for over an hour to-night to quell a blaze which threatened to destroy thousands ...

    Article : 157 words
  30. GOLD HAWK UNDER CLOUD

    BRISBANE, Aug. 7.—Gold Hawk, firm favourite for Wednesday's Metropolitan Handicap at Eagle Farm, was under a ...

    Article : 141 words
  31. FOUR MORE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

    BRISBANE, Aug. 7. — State school children will get four more holidays each year. After this year the August vacation will be ...

    Article : 121 words
  32. LABOUR SHORTAGE IN MACKAY

    MACKAY, Aug. 7.—There is a serious shortage of labour for crushing and field work in the Mackay district. This is the ...

    Article : 102 words
  33. PROTECT UNION MEMBERS

    MELBOURNE, Aug. 7. — Action to protect members of the Communist-controlled trade unions from victimisation is likely to be ...

    Article : 80 words
  34. JUMPER INJURED

    BRISBANE, Aug. 7.—One of Queensland's best known snow jumping horses, Sunlight, was injured to-day at the show when he ...

    Article : 51 words
  35. QUEENSLAND R.U. TEAM BEATEN

    SYDNEY, Aug. 7.—N.S.W. de[?] Queensland 24 to 6 in a [?] Union match in Sydney to-day. N.S.W. led 16 to nil at ...

    Article : 28 words
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