The president of the Cairns Regional Electricity Board (Mr. W. A. Collins) urged at the monthly meeting of the board yesterday afternoon that consideration be given, when the budget was being ...
Article : 2,064 wordsBRISBANE, Mar. 25.—The first sod of the weir on the Walsh River near Dimbulsh will be, turned on Saturday next by the Minister for ...
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Family Notices : 462 wordsIn a business undertaking, when it is round that expenses exceed the revenue, the first thought is directed to reducing ...
Article : 665 wordsMELBOURNE, Mar. 25.—It there is any serious restriction of the export market and s limitation of production to home consumption ...
Article : 971 wordsBRISBANE, Mar. 25—A baker was fined 15, with 6/- costs, in default 14 days' imprisonment, today for refusing to deliver bread. ...
Article : 621 wordsRobert John Chalk (30), of Sheridan-sreet, died in the Cairns Hospital yesterday morning as the result of head injuries received ...
Article : 211 wordsBRISBANE, Mar. 25—Good quality pumpkins sold at Roma-street to-day at 10/6 to 8/9, and other lines were passed in at 8/9 to 8/6. The only ...
Article : 64 wordsCANBERRA, Mar. 25.—The Prime Minister (Mr. J. B. Chifley) declined today to follow the lead of President Truman and conduct a purge of ...
Article : 127 wordsPamela Goodman (6), residing with her parents in Ryan-steeet, East Innisfall, sustained a contused wound to the forehead when she fell over at school. ...
Article : 54 wordsSYDNEY, Mar. 25.—Clifford James Ernest Kennedy (32), trucker, was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter by a Central Criminal ...
Article : 133 wordsIn the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday before Mr. W. E. McKenna, S.M., Trevor Clealand (22), pleaded guilty to a charge of having ridden a bicycle on ...
Article : 60 wordsPERTH, Mar. 25.—An argument which is believed to have developed between three brothers while they were travelling in a utility truck from ...
Article : 106 wordsRainfalls recorded at the various northern railway stations for the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. yesterday were:- Cairns 28 points, Babinda 186, Redlynch ...
Article : 53 wordsCANBERRA, Mar. 25—A deputation from the New South Wales executive of the Australian Labour Party is understood to have failed to persuade ...
Article : 210 wordsRon Gye (12), of Freshwater, was burned on both arms and the right foot when a bootle from which ha was pouring benzine, on to a fire exploded in his ...
Article : 68 wordsSydney Matchett, a stoker on one of the mine-sweeping vessels now at Cairns, received a fractured skull during a brawl in the city on Monday ...
Article : 67 wordsAt the monthly meeting of the Cairns Regional Electricity Board yesterday, the manager (Mr. P. A. W. Anthony) reported that early on March 1 a fire ...
Article : 186 wordsThe Sub-Collector of Customs at Cairns (Mr. M. J. Ryan) has been appointed as a member of the official Australian delegation to take part in the ...
Article : 71 wordsThe Mulgrave Shire Council meets on the third Monday of each month, and it has issued an instruction that, in future, only such correspondence ...
Article : 61 wordsBRISBANE, Mar. 25.—The State Cabinet to-day decided that the State Government should bear the cost of supplying medicines for Bush Nursing Centres. ...
Article : 117 wordsIn the Court of Petty Sessions yesterday an order of restitution was granted by Mr. W. E. McKenna, S.M., for the return of one lathe, which had ...
Article : 94 wordsMr. J. Carlton, of San Remo, and a passenger in a utility truck had a narrow escape last night in attempting to turn at a narrow bridge on the ...
Article : 102 wordsTo assist tbe appeal for funds to help the British flood victims the Cairns Branch of the Australian Red Cross Society intends to divert in this ...
Article : 113 wordsLoading was again delayed on the Mungana yesterday because of ashes in the stoke-hole, although men had been working on the removal of the ashes ...
Article : 95 wordsBRISBANE, Mar. 25.—Italians in North Quensland, many of whom were interned during the war, are being canvassed by all political parties for their ...
Article : 204 wordsBRISBANE, Mar. 25—The issue of February ration tickets, the currency of which was extended till March 31, will cease on March 26 at all post ...
Article : 101 wordsBRISBANE, Mar. 25.—The first meeting to be addressed by the Premier (Mr. E. M. Hanlon) after delivering' his policy speech in Brisbane on ...
Article : 101 wordsBRISBANE, Mar. 25.—The Premier (Mr. E. M. Hanlon) will perform the ceremony of turning the first sod in the Burdekin Bridge construction ...
Article : 87 wordsA new discovery of gold has been reported in the Forsayth district near Gilberton, a township about 60 miles from Forsayth. Mr. Walter Hunt, an old ...
Article : 169 wordsThe Brisbane Weather Bureau yesterday telegraphed the following State forecast: Scattered light showers on south and central coast, with some ...
Article : 130 wordsAn old identity of the Croydon district, Mrs. Mary Ellen Thurston, died yesterday morning at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. L. Miller, ...
Article : 83 wordsA labourer at the Edge Hill sa[?]mill, A. Arietti (43), of Scott-street, was crushed between two logs yesterday while at work. He was given first-aid ...
Article : 80 wordsBRISBANE, Mar. 25.—The annual conference of the Australian Sugar Producers' Association to-day decided to grant £500 from its funds to the ...
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The Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1965), Wed 26 Mar 1947, Page 5
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