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  2. REGIONAL BOARD PRESIDENT URGES CUTS IN ELECTRICITY CHARGES

    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 ...

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  3. IRRIGATION WEIR ON WALSH RIVER

    BRISBANE, Mar. 25.—The first sod of the weir on the Walsh River near Dimbulsh will be, turned on Saturday next by the Minister for ...

    Article : 469 words
  4. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 462 words
  5. The Cairns Post

    In a business undertaking, when it is round that expenses exceed the revenue, the first thought is directed to reducing ...

    Article : 665 words
  6. HIGHER SUGAR PRICE

    MELBOURNE, Mar. 25.—It there is any serious restriction of the export market and s limitation of production to home consumption ...

    Article : 971 words
  7. BAKER FINED UNDER NEW ACT

    BRISBANE, Mar. 25—A baker was fined 15, with 6/- costs, in default 14 days' imprisonment, today for refusing to deliver bread. ...

    Article : 621 words
  8. MAN FATALLY INJURED

    Robert John Chalk (30), of Sheridan-sreet, died in the Cairns Hospital yesterday morning as the result of head injuries received ...

    Article : 211 words
  9. COMMERCIAL

    BRISBANE, 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 words
  10. NO FEDERAL PURGE

    CANBERRA, 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 words
  11. FROM THE LOCAL SPHERE

    Pamela 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 words
  12. MANSLAUGHTER VERDICT

    SYDNEY, Mar. 25.—Clifford James Ernest Kennedy (32), trucker, was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter by a Central Criminal ...

    Article : 133 words
  13. Rode Bicycle Without Light

    In 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 words
  14. BROTHERS' QUARREL

    PERTH, Mar. 25.—An argument which is believed to have developed between three brothers while they were travelling in a utility truck from ...

    Article : 106 words
  15. District Rainfalls

    Rainfalls 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 words
  16. WAGE-PEGGING TO REMAIN

    CANBERRA, Mar. 25—A deputation from the New South Wales executive of the Australian Labour Party is understood to have failed to persuade ...

    Article : 210 words
  17. Schoolboy Burned.

    Ron 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 words
  18. Seaman Injured During Brawl

    Sydney 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 words
  19. POWER HOUSE FIRE

    At 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 words
  20. International Appointment

    The 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 words
  21. Shire Council Correspondence.

    The 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 words
  22. BUSH NURSING CENTRES

    BRISBANE, 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 words
  23. Order of Restitution Granted.

    In 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 words
  24. Truck's Narrow Escape

    Mr. 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 words
  25. Appeal for British Flood Victims.

    To 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 words
  26. No Loading On Mungana

    Loading 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 words
  27. WOOING ITALIAN VOTES

    BRISBANE, 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 words
  28. PETROL RATION

    BRISBANE, 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 words
  29. PREMIER FOR COUNTRY

    BRISBANE, 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 words
  30. BURDEKIN BRIDGE WORK

    BRISBANE, Mar. 25.—The Premier (Mr. E. M. Hanlon) will perform the ceremony of turning the first sod in the Burdekin Bridge construction ...

    Article : 87 words
  31. Gold Discovery Reported

    A 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 words
  32. Weather Forecast.

    The Brisbane Weather Bureau yesterday telegraphed the following State forecast: Scattered light showers on south and central coast, with some ...

    Article : 130 words
  33. OBITUARY

    An old identity of the Croydon district, Mrs. Mary Ellen Thurston, died yesterday morning at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. L. Miller, ...

    Article : 83 words
  34. Man Crushed Between Logs

    A 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 words
  35. A.S.P.A. DONATION

    BRISBANE, Mar. 25.—The annual conference of the Australian Sugar Producers' Association to-day decided to grant £500 from its funds to the ...

    Article : 42 words
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