Military experts, commenting on the method of attack used by General Wavell in the Western Desert campaign, emphasise the use made ...
Article : 370 wordsThere were light supplies at Romastreet to-day. Lucerne chaff values were unaltered, except for one consignment of fair quality, which realised 7/6. Other ...
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Family Notices : 189 wordsMr. Fadden said that in one such case a man had earned £4000 last year, and was required to pay £1001 in taxes during the current year. Few ...
Article : 196 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. R. G. Menzies) told a deputation of Trade Union leaders to-day that the Federal Government would not ...
Article : 742 wordsAltogether about £52,000,000 have to be raised in loans for war purposes and States' works programmes in the remainder of this financial year. ...
Article : 143 wordsThe increases in all traffic execept the carriage of livestock in the Cairns railways district in Dec[?]ber is reflected in the total ...
Article : 1,208 wordsMunition orders worth £389,414 have been placed with Queensland firms during the last few days and even larger orders are pending. Many ...
Article : 673 wordsThe forecast for Queensland issued at 5 p.m. for the ensuing 24 hours is:- Mainly fine, but scattered showers and local thunder, chiefly in the coastal ...
Article : 43 wordsJack Walker, bailiff, attached to the Mareeba Court House, was found dead at his home at Granite Creek at 4 p.m. to-day Constables E. D. Crowley and ...
Article : 183 wordsAs men liable for national military training who live within 10 miles of cities and towns with a population of 500 and over must enrol, a list of these centres ...
Article : 54 wordsThere is a timeliness in the speech of Mr. A. Duff Cooper, the British Minister for Information, on France to-day, that will be ...
Article : 777 wordsAdvices received yesterday stated that the flood waters in the Burdekin River were receding and it was expected that trains would be able to ...
Article : 170 wordsThe thermometer at the Cairns Post Office yesterday recorded the following figures: Maximum 89, minimum 73.8 degrees. The comparative saturation ...
Article : 60 wordsRoy Furber, an employee of Mr. Ralph Ray's tobacco farm, on the Mareeba-Atherton road, was bitten on the left foot by a snake when engaged ...
Article : 74 wordsThe probable reduction by Britain of Australian sugar imports might mean losses to Queensland cane growers, said the secretary of the Australian Sugar ...
Article : 279 wordsLooking bronzed and very fit the Minister for the Army (Mr. P. C. Spender) arrived by flying bo[?]t to-day on the last lap of his 16,000 miles ...
Article : 318 wordsThe District Postal Inspector at Cairns (Mr. R. T. Holland) advises that "Commencing with the trip leaving Sydney on Friday, January 17, the ...
Article : 88 wordsFlooded streams in the Western and Central districts are subsiding slowly. The Divisional Meteorologist (Mr. A. Richards) said to-night that the rain spell ...
Article : 226 wordsOn behalf of the legal profession, Mr. H. K. N. MacDonnell extended a welcome to Mr. T. E. Dwyer, P.M., prior to the commencement of business ...
Article : 127 wordsJudgments were given plaintiffs in the Magistrate's Court yesterday by Mr. T. E. Dwyer, P.M., in the following claims: Dr. H. Flecker v. Ellie Sou San ...
Article : 138 wordsThe Federal Treasurer (Mr. A. W. Fadden) will assume the duties of Acting Prime Minister at the end of this week. Mr. Menzies, who is preparing for his ...
Article : 92 wordsThe Minister for Agriculture and Stock (Mr. F. W. Bulcock) to-day expressed the opinion that the export to Britain of many important ...
Article : 88 wordsThe charge that New South Wales trades unions were riddled with Communism was made to-day by the Federal Attorney-General (Mr. W. M. ...
Article : 246 wordsArthur Fraser, Clem Neilson and James Nolan were charged in the Summons Court yesterday, before Mr. T. E. Dwyer, P.M., that on Sunday, ...
Article : 168 wordsSix records were broken at the swimming championships to-night. I. Tubman was again the star and retained two of her titles, the 100 metres freestyle and the ...
Article : 285 wordsA number of New South Wales members of the Federal Parliamentary Labour Party signed a telegram which to-day was sent to the Leader of the ...
Article : 118 wordsLen Taylor, caretaker at a picnic reserve at Broken Head near Byron Bay, risked his life yesterday in a shark-infested channel to save the lives of three ...
Article : 353 wordssuggestions that special Australian observers should be sent to England to examine the effects of the aerial bombardment and the latest developments in ...
Article : 97 wordsIn the Summons Court yesterday, before Mr. T. E. Dwyer, P.M., Joseph Robert Canty, an inspector under the Slaughtering Act, proceeded against ...
Article : 183 wordsThe New South Wales deficit for the six months ended December is £3,222,000. which is £3,452,456 better than the deficit for the same period of last year. The ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Attorney-General (Mr. J. O'keefe) said to-day that wide facilities were being provided by the Government to preserve the voting rights of Queensland ...
Article : 109 wordsThe worst storm in living memory did tremendous damage in Melbourne between 8.30 and 9.15 o'clock to-night. Accompanied by terrific thunder and lightning, the storm swept a path of destruction across the city. ...
Article : 213 wordsThe Cairns City Council at a special meeting last night decided to apply to the Queensland National Bank Limited for a debenture loan of £2785 under the ...
Article : 202 wordsArmy headquarters announced yesterday that all male inhabitants of the Commonwealth who are unmarried or widowers without children and were born between ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Berlin radio declares that the Italians made an all-night raid on Malta last night and that the large scale operations are still in progress this ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 40 wordsA woman company director, Doreen Grant Gibbons (32), with two co-directors was charged at Old Bailey with having financial and commercial dealings for the ...
Article : 60 wordsExcept for very occasional slight tremors the earthquake has practically [?]eased. ...
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Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954), Thu 16 Jan 1941, Page 4
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