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  2. CAIRNS PORT FACILITIES DEFENDED BY HARBOUR BOARD MEMBERS

    Concern was expressed at the monthly meeting of the Cairns Harbour Board yesterday afternoon at recent stetements in the Press and by radio that Mackay was the only port outside Brisbane which could provide a ...

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  3. TRAINS WILL RUN AGAIN TO-DAY

    Trains will run between Cairns and Townsville to-day after some days' hold-up caused by the rains. Another train for Cairns, due here ...

    Article : 355 words
  4. Family Notices

    {No abstract available}

    Family Notices : 158 words
  5. STRICT CONTROL OF ALIENS

    CANBERRA, Jan. 13.—Regulations for the strict control of aliens within Australia were gazetted to-night by the Minister for ...

    Article : 325 words
  6. TORNADIC SQUALL HITS SANDGATE AND NUDGEE WATERFRONT

    BRISBANE, Jan. 13.—Three children were slightly injured and a young woman suffered shock when a 60-mile an hour tornadic ...

    Article : 234 words
  7. STATE OR UNIFORM TAXATION?

    A concerted move by Queensland and New South Wales is now beginning to secure the return to the States of their power ...

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  8. FROM THE LOCAL SPHERE Caught Thumb in Waggon Door.

    Maurice Asale, a labourer employed by the Gas Company, crushed the top of his left thumb yesterday when he caught it in the door of a rail waggon. ...

    Article : 57 words
  9. Used Obssene Language.

    Michael Davitt Fitzgerald (28), wharf labourer, pleaded guilty in the Police Court yesterday before Mr. W. E. McKenna, S.M., to a charge of having ...

    Article : 58 words
  10. URANIUM ORE AND OXIDE

    BRISBANE, Jan. 13.—Mines Department officials expect to be inundated with mineral samples following the Federal Government's offer of ...

    Article : 247 words
  11. Railway Rainfall Figures

    Rainfalls recorded for the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. yesterday by the Railway Department were: Babinda 485 points, Deeral 389, Gordonvale 295, Cairns 465, ...

    Article : 66 words
  12. INNISFAIL STOCKS OF BAGGED SUGAR

    INNISFAIL, Jan. 12.—There are nearly 34,000 tons of sugar stored in the Innisfail area, being the balance of last season's manufacture at the ...

    Article : 194 words
  13. Bitten by Centipede

    Mr; M. Cremer, housewife, of East Innisfail, suffered two punctured wounds in the left thumb when she was bitten by a centipede. She was ...

    Article : 67 words
  14. TORRENTIAL RAIN AT INNISFAIL

    INNISFAIL, Jan. 13.—After a fine morning rain set in at about 4 p.m. and continued into the night. It was of a torrential nature after dark. ...

    Article : 158 words
  15. Police Sergeant's Funeral

    About 40 police officers from Cairns and surrounding districts attended the funeral on Monday of Sergeant John Connolly, who died after a fall from a ...

    Article : 112 words
  16. LANDSLIDE NEAR RED BLUFF.

    MOSSMAN, Jan. 13.—A further 277 points of rain was recorded at the Post Office for the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. to-day. Since January 1, every ...

    Article : 118 words
  17. New Mower at Parramatta Park

    The Cairns Show Association's new mower, which arrived last week-end was assembled by Mr. E. Tanner, a member of the committee, and given its first ...

    Article : 121 words
  18. CORRESPONDENCE

    Sir,—It has often been stated that [?] could and should be made in the cairns district and when interested people hold that the market is not ...

    Article : 184 words
  19. TRAFFIC REGULATION BREACHES

    Seventeen men pleaded guilty to traffic breaches and were fined various amounts in the Summons Court yesterday before Mr. W. E. McKenna, S.M. ...

    Article : 467 words
  20. NEED TO FINANCE £30 MILLION GAP

    CANBERRA, Jan. 13.—The need to finance an estimated gap of £30 million this financial year was advanced by a high Government spokesman ...

    Article : 145 words
  21. SNOW STORM OFF SOUTH COAST

    SYDNEY, Jan. 13.—A snowstorm was not far from Brisbane to-day, according to the pilot of a Skymaster which arrived from San ...

    Article : 96 words
  22. STATE RAINFALLS

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 169 words
  23. Weather Forecast

    The Brisbane Weather Bureau yesterday telegraphed the following State weather forecast: Further rain with local heavy falls on the North Coast, ...

    Article : 114 words
  24. PEARLING ASSOCIATION FORMED

    Representatives of the pearling industry in Thursday Island and of Brisbane and overseas interests met at the Criterion Hotel, Cairns, last ...

    Article : 295 words
  25. EIGHT-HOUR VIGIL IN BUSHES

    MELBOURNE, Jan. 13.£Two detectives hid for eight and a half hours in bushes on the bank of the Maribyrnong River last night watching a stolen car ...

    Article : 193 words
  26. THREE BISHOPS

    BRISBANE, Jan. 13.—Three Queenslanders will be among the 20 Australian bishops to attend the Lambeth conference in Londan in July. They are the ...

    Article : 74 words
  27. MANY COLLIERIES IDLE

    SYDNEY, Jan. 13.—The "honeymoon" on the northern coal fields of New South Wales has apparently ended with the miners' Christmas holidays despite ...

    Article : 81 words
  28. NEW COMMISSIONER FOR RAILWAYS

    BRISBANE, Jan. 13.—Mr. T. E. Maloney, General Manager of the Southern Division, was selected by Cabinet to-day to succeed Mr. P. R. T. Wills as ...

    Article : 142 words
  29. HOSPITALS' SERIOUS PROBLEMS

    MACKAY, Jan. 13.—Hospitals in Mackay are facing serious problems owing to an acute shortage of trained nursing staff and the introduction of ...

    Article : 192 words
  30. SHIPPING MOVEMENTS

    [?] from New Zealand, [?] Cairns middle of this month. Loads 5000 tons of [?] for discharge at Marseilles and or Algiers. ...

    Article : 237 words
  31. WESTERN BAKERS' STRIKE

    BRISBANE, Jan. 13.—A Prices Branch official win leave Brisbane on Thursday for western towns where bakers are on strike. Announcing the appointment of ...

    Article : 97 words
  32. CLAIM FOR HIGHER MILK PRICE

    BRISBANE, Jan. 13.—The Queensland Dairymen's Organisation to-day pressed for an early decision on their claim for a rise of 4d. a gallon for ...

    Article : 110 words
  33. RAIL ENGINE DRIVERS AND FIREMEN TO LIMIT OVERTIME

    BRISBANE, Jan. 13.—Engine drivers and firemen on the Queensland railways are refusing to work more than eight hours overtime a week, the ...

    Article : 149 words
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    These are seven smooth-skin pineapples which grew on the one stem on Mr. A. W. Jones' pineapple plantation near Tally. The freak resulted from normal ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 41 words
  35. COMMERCIAL.

    BRISBANE, Jan. 13.—Prime lucerne chaff was sought at Roma-street today. when clearances of this commodity were made at 12/6 to 8/-. Other ...

    Article : 114 words
  36. INTERNATIONAL FUND AND BANK

    CANBERRA, Jan. 13.—The Prime Minister (Mr. J. B. Chifley) has announced that the Secretary to the Commonwealth Treasury (Mr. S. C. ...

    Article : 71 words
  37. EIRE GENERAL ELECTIONS

    DUBLIN, Jan. 12 (A.A.P.).—The President (Mr. Sean O'Kelly) has dissolved the Dail and ordered a general election for February 4. The ...

    Article : 54 words
  38. MR. CHIFLEY MAY VISIT QUEENSLAND.

    CANBERRA, Jan. 13.—In the next month before Parliament meets, the Prime Minister (Mr. J. B. Chifley) is expected to visit Queensland for talks ...

    Article : 57 words
  39. PRICES REFERENDUM IN MAY

    CANBERRA, Jan. 13.—The [?] on rents, prices and charges will not be held before the end of May. The Prime Minister (Mr. J. B. ...

    Article : 35 words
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