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  2. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 219 words
  3. The Cairns post

    To the horrors of atomic warfare we now apparently have to add those of aerially distributed disease germs. That this is no ...

    Article : 734 words
  4. VICTORIAN POLITICAL CRISIS NEARING CLIMAX

    MELBOURNE, Oct 7.—Late to-night the Victorian Legislative Council was awaiting the third Supply Bill from the Legislative Assembly. The Council will reject this Bill as it did two earlier Supply Bills last week, and ...

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  5. FAREWELL CONCERT TO BROTHER BORGIA

    A public farewell context was tendered last night, in the Hibernian Hall, to Rev, Brother Borgis, Principal of St. Augustine's ...

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  6. HEAVY DEMAND FOR SILVER COINS

    BRISBANE, Oct. 7.—An extraordinary demand for silver coins has forced Brisbane banks to issue more than £23,000 worth above normal ...

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  7. MALANDA SHOW

    MALANDA, Oct. 6.—At the meeting of the Eac[?] Show Society in the pavillion, Malands, on September 29, the financial statement ...

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  8. FROM THE LOCAL SPHERE

    With a [?]ger of his left hand almost severed, A. E. Egan, of Severin-street, Cairns, was taken from his work at the Harbour Board yesterday morning by ...

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  9. QUEENSLAND CRIME DECREAM

    BRISBANE, Oct. 7.—The intention to re-establish the school of instruction in criminal investigation work is expressed in the report of ...

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  10. FIRE FIGHTING SERVICES IN N.S.W.

    SYDNEY, Oct. 7.—A meeting of the executive of the Fire Brigade Officers' Association held to-day may lead to an interruption of fire fighting services ...

    Article : 151 words
  11. Bent Control Officer for Malanda

    A Rent Control Department officer will be visiting Malanda on Thursday. He will be at the C.P.S. Office from 1 p.m. to 3.15 p.m., and will supply ...

    Article : 41 words
  12. Cold Horning Yesterday.

    A minimum temperature of 58.8 degrees was recorded at the Cairns weather office-yesterday. This was at 6 a.m. and was the lowest reading for ...

    Article : 47 words
  13. HIGHER AIR FARES

    CANBERRA, Oct. 7.—The Minister for Air (Mr. A. S. Drakeford) announced to-night that fares on all the main trunk air routes in Australia will be increased ...

    Article : 175 words
  14. Electricity Supply Interruption.

    Consumers in the Innisfail area are notified that their electricity supplies may be interrupted on Friday, October 10, 1947, in the following areas, ...

    Article : 49 words
  15. Atherton Clinic.

    The report of the Atherton Maternal and Child "Welfare Centre for September states: Attendances during the month. Atherton 162, Herberton 73, Malanda ...

    Article : 47 words
  16. IMPERIAL PREFERENCE

    GENEVA, Oct. 6 (A.A.P.).—Private talks have been held in a new effort to break the deadlock between the Commonwealth countries and the United ...

    Article : 88 words
  17. Saw Sharpener Injured.

    Harry Cooper (19), a saw sharpener at the Stratford Mill, suffered lacerations to his legs in a most unusual accident yesterday. He had sharpened a ...

    Article : 59 words
  18. NOW PLUGKING THE FOWL

    Not the least of Mr. Chifley's worries must be the frequency with which his colleagues in the Cabinet open their mouths and ...

    Article : 231 words
  19. Outsized Sweet Potato.

    A 12½ lb. sweet potato has been grown in the backyard of Mr. A. Putt, of Buchan-street, although he had tried earner to dig the vine from the yard. Mr. ...

    Article : 69 words
  20. BOWLS.

    The results of games played over last week-end are as follow: Shaw, May, Wiseman, Rae v. Topliss, Addison, Skellern, Boden, 30-22; Kelly, Daniels, ...

    Article : 493 words
  21. SOLO FLIGHT FROM BELGIUM

    BRISBANE, Oct 7.—Mr. H. B. Newton a New Zealand aviator, who reached Brisbane to-day, after a 20-day solo flight from Belgium, reached Darwin ...

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  22. Publie Address System at Cairns Railway Station.

    The Minister for Transport (Mr. E. J. Duggan) has advised the Member for Cairns (Mr. T. M. Crowley) that approval has been given for the ...

    Article : 60 words
  23. Hot Tar Explodes.

    Painful injuries were (suffered by William Blaney (23), of McLeod-street, Cairns, yesterday afternoon, when a drum, of hot tar exploded at ...

    Article : 50 words
  24. MEAT PRICES

    The District Prices Officer (Mr J. C. Kenny), commenting on the wholesale and retail meat prices for Cairns and [?] Northern ares, advises that ...

    Article : 160 words
  25. LONDON DOLLAR TALKS

    LONDON, Oct. 6 (A.A.P.).—The Treasury, after a final general session with the Dominion delegates to the dollar talks in London, announced that the ...

    Article : 158 words
  26. Innisfail Garden Competition.

    The Innisfail District Horticultural Society's garden competition honours went to Mr. W. C. Clark, of Ernest-street, with 74 points, second to Mr. ...

    Article : 61 words
  27. U.S, WOOL TARIFFS

    NEW YORK, Oct. 6 (A.A.P.).—The trade newspaper "Daily News Records" of Washington says it is learned from reliable sources that the United States ...

    Article : 116 words
  28. CORRESPONDENCE

    Sir,—Kindly grant me a little space to voice my protest at the nationalisation of banks. I would not like any of my descendants to know that I was ...

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  29. PERMISSION UNLIKELY.

    MELBOURNE, Oct. 7.—A Civil Aviation Department official said to-night that it was extremely unlikely that Newton would be given remission to fly to ...

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  30. Samuel Allen's Increase Dividend.

    Samuel Allen and Sons Limited increased their dividends to 6½ per cent. on capital at the annual meeting, of shareholders held on October 7. At ...

    Article : 80 words
  31. MONOPLANE LANDS IN SWAMP

    SYDNEY, Oct. 7.—James Whiteman (30), of Mosman, owner-pilot of a Westland Widgeon monoplane which crashed yesterday between Kempsey and ...

    Article : 167 words
  32. SHIPPING MOVEMENTS.

    Dilga now loading general cargo at Brisbane. Due to leave on October 14 for Mackay, Townsville and Cairns. Indianan is now loading sugar for ...

    Article : 132 words
  33. Bulls for Northern Stations.

    A number of bulls bought at the Brisbane exhibition by northern Braziers will leave Cairns to-day by train for Georgetown. Twelve of the ...

    Article : 80 words
  34. STATED FORTY-HOUR BILL

    BRISBANE, Oct. 7.—In parliament to-day the 40-hour Bill passed all stages and will now be sent to the Governor for Royal assent. When the third and ...

    Article : 67 words
  35. BOY ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.

    BRISBANE, Oct. 7.—With a pearifle bullet embedded half, an inch from, his spine, Kenneth Farrow (15), eon of a Kilkivan forestry, worker, is ...

    Article : 128 words
  36. Legal Advice, for Ex-servicemen.

    The hon. secretary of the Cairns Repatriation Local Committee has received advice that Mr. Hamlyn-Harris, of the Legal Service Bureau, ...

    Article : 239 words
  37. T.A.A. LOSSES

    MELBOURNE, Oct 7.—The Government-owned Trans-Australia Airlines will show a loss on operations, for the first year of "less than £500.000," This ...

    Article : 82 words
  38. QUEENSLAND'S BUTTER CONTRIBUTION

    BRISBANE, Oct. 7.—Queenstand's butter contribution to Britain through rationing substantially exceeds 5 million lb. annually. The Queensland Butter ...

    Article : 110 words
  39. NINE ARMY DEPOTS

    CANBERRA,—Oct. 7.—The Minister for the Army (Mr. C. Chambers) announced to-night that the army had closed, or proposed to evacuate, ...

    Article : 90 words
  40. MASONIC CLUB NOTES.

    The following are the results of club social bowls: Mrs. Blackmore, W. King, F. Thompsen, Speed v. Mrs. Moody, Mrs. Speed, Scanlan, Willis, ...

    Article : 96 words
  41. Weather Feres[?]

    The Brisbane Weather Bureau yesterday telegraphed the following State forecast: Fine, with, warmer winds, chiefly north-west to west in the ...

    Article : 72 words
  42. ROYAL APPROVAL

    LONDON, Oct 7. (A.A.P.).—Reuter's political writer says that His Majesty King George VI has approved Mr. Attlee's list of Cabinet changes, which ...

    Article : 56 words
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