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  2. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 518 words
  3. STEAMER MUNGANA REMAINS IN IDLENESS AT CAIRNS

    The Mungana again lay idle at the Cairns wharves yesterday because the accumulation of ashes in the stoke-hole has prevented steam being raised for working the ship's winches. The ship's ...

    Article : 535 words
  4. ANGRY INTERCHANGES IN FEDERAL HOUSE

    CANBERRA, Mar. 14.—From midnight till 2 o'clock this morning when the House of Representatives adjourned till 10.30 o'clock, ...

    Article : 747 words
  5. The Gairns Post

    President Truman's decision, to [?]end assistance to Greece and Turkey makes it clear that once Congress has endorsed the ...

    Article : 737 words
  6. CASE TIMBER SHORT

    BRISBANE, Mar. 14—To meet the acute timber shortage, the C.O.D. has started a campaign to induce fruit growers to set asid[?] ...

    Article : 271 words
  7. HIGH COURT RULING

    MELBOURNE. Mar. 14.—Neither the Chief Judge of the Arbitration Court [?] the Court itself could compel any party to make an application ...

    Article : 338 words
  8. COMINOS AMBULANCE SCHEME

    "I do not think there is anyone in Australia who has done as much for the Ambulance in the past 13 years as Mr. Cominos." said the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 569 words
  9. TRAIN JAMMED IN SNOW

    LONDON, Mar. 13 (A.A.P.)—A thousand passengers, including many women and children, are spending a second night huddled in a snowbound ...

    Article : 130 words
  10. SOLDIER'S ALLOWANCE.

    CANBERRA, Mar. l4.—The Minis[?] for Defence (Mr. J. J. Dedman) fold Mr. B. Corser (C.P., Qld.) in the House of Representatives to-day that he ...

    Article : 77 words
  11. FROM A LAWYER'S DIARY

    Hooley, whom I met for the first time to-day, looked strangely shamefaced throughout our interview. It was rather puzzling. There, was ...

    Article : 408 words
  12. COMMERCIAL

    BRISBANE, Mar. 14,—The only produce at Roma-street to-day was three lines of pumpkins at 7/[?] to 5/9, while other lines were passed in at 7/- to 4/6. ...

    Article : 47 words
  13. GRADING OF FISH

    BRISBANE, Mar. 14.—The Labour Minister (Mr. V. C. Gair) announced to-night that from March 23 all fish sold by the Queensland Fish Board would be ...

    Article : 147 words
  14. AN "ACT OF GOD"

    "I really didn't want the horse, explained Lionel Giblen this after noon. "I was quite interested in him He was a fine animal but I didn't like ...

    Article : 348 words
  15. COMMENT BY CREW.

    Members of the Mungana's stoke bole crew said yesterday that the only objection they had to working until 5 p.m. was that they considered it un ...

    Article : 57 words
  16. FROM THE LOCAL SPHERE

    All the stored sugar manufactured last season at Mourilyan Mill is now out of the factory and on railway trucks awaiting haulage to Mourilyan Harbour for ...

    Article : 52 words
  17. CAIRNS MARKET REPORT

    Supplies of vegetables have improved slightly and southern cabbage is now in supply equal to meet all requirements. Fruit is beginning to ...

    Article : 311 words
  18. TRAM AND BUS STRIKE

    SYDNEY, Mar. 14.—Another stoppage of tram and busmen is threatened in Sydney. Strikes are possible on three separate issues—the proposal of the ...

    Article : 146 words
  19. Innisfail Potato Shortage.

    A small consignment of potatoes reached Innisfail yesterday from the south and this will temporarily relieve the shortage. Onions continue in meagre ...

    Article : 46 words
  20. No Poll Required.

    The Johnstone, Shire Council proposes to borrow £10,500 to provide a footway on Jubilee bridge, also to strengthen the structure. The Government bas decided ...

    Article : 54 words
  21. Proba[?] Granted.

    The Registrar of the Supreme Court (Mr. J. Shannon) at Townsville has granted probate in the will of Frederick William Verrenkamp, late of ...

    Article : 49 words
  22. PRICES BREACH CASE

    BRISBANE, Mar. 14.—For four breaches of the National Security (Prices) Regulations, four six-months gaol terms, and four fines totalling £400 were ...

    Article : 209 words
  23. Applications for Sugar Lands.

    Ex-servicemen who have applied, or wish to apply, for assignments of sugar land in the Hambledon Mill area under The War Services (Sugar, Industry) ...

    Article : 68 words
  24. Child's Long Flight.

    D[?]ana O'Ganaghan, a three-year-old child from Coen, will have travelled 1500 miles by air in less than two days, without her parents, when she arrives ...

    Article : 79 words
  25. STRIKE ENDED

    BRISBANE, Mar. 14.—The strike by English seamen on six British ships in Australia ended to-day when the men were notified that their present wages ...

    Article : 63 words
  26. No Word of Bread Strike.

    Cairns bakers have received no word, from the Bread Manufacturers' Association regarding the threatened bread strike, said the president of the ...

    Article : 96 words
  27. FORM OF NOTICE TO QUIT PREMISES

    A few weeks ago a notice to quit was given to Mr. Gloag on Mrs. Loraine's behalf. When Mr. Loraine died soon after he came home from a ...

    Article : 447 words
  28. LIABILITY FOR RESULTS [?] NEGLIGENCE

    When Dixan at the end[?] of his da[?] toil last Friday went to the was[?] room he left the tap running afte[?] washing his hands. The tap was no ...

    Article : 357 words
  29. Badly Gashed By Axe.

    Whe cutting a log in the Palmerston area, Patrick McAlonon sustained serious injuries to the left foot owing to the axe skidding. Arteries were ...

    Article : 59 words
  30. BRITAIN'S MILLION POUND PIANO INDUSTRY

    Working 100[?]per cent, for export, the British piano industry is now producing about 1000 pianos a month—an annual value of £1,000,000. Men and machines from the industry were turned to other work during the war years, but the come-back has been swift and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 142 words
  31. Tourist Bureau Activities.

    Tourist bookings, for Easter are expected to be very heavy, said an official of the Tourist Bureau yesterday. A number of tours of the Cairns ...

    Article : 129 words
  32. SHIPPING MOVEMENTS

    Shipping agents yesterday advised the following movements of ships:- Munrana held up at Cairns due to strike. ...

    Article : 101 words
  33. Ex-Service Co-operation.

    At the monthly meeting ot the Innisfail Sub-branch of the R.S.S.A.LL.A. on Wednesday night, the president (Mr. W. Richardson) said that ...

    Article : 89 words
  34. OBITUARY.

    The death occurred in Cairns yesterday of Mr. Arthur Cecil Shipton, aged 64. He was a pioneer and son of a pioneer, after whom Shinton's Flat, ...

    Article : 66 words
  35. MR. FREDERICK W. TRITTON.

    BRISBANE, Mar. 14.—Mr. Frederick W. Tritton (81), a Brisbane furniture retailer, died at his home at Clayfield, On Thursday night. He was the founder ...

    Article : 57 words
  36. Suspected Stealing Bicycle.

    In the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday before Messrs. E. L. Moore and W. Hansen. J's.P., Alfred George Griffiths, a seaman of Sydney, was ordered ...

    Article : 132 words
  37. Weather Forecast

    The Brisbane weather Bureau yesterday telegraphed the following State forecast: Mainly fine. Scattered light coastal showers and isolated evening ...

    Article : 86 words
  38. U.S. PRICES SOARING.

    WASHINGTON, Mar. 13 (A.A.P.).— The Bureau of labour statistics reported that the index of wholesale prices last week reached a figure of 37.4 per cent, ...

    Article : 42 words
  39. SYDNEY MAN DIES OF BORNS.

    SYDNEY, Mar. 14.—Cyril O'Qrady (32), Waterloo, who was severely burnt in the explosion at Ormonoid factory, Rosebery on Wednesday, died to-day. ...

    Article : 40 words
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