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  2. FOUR PERSONS KILLED IN HOLIDAY ACCIDENTS IN QUEENSLAND

    BRISBANE, Dec. 25.—At least four person were killed and 14 injured in holiday accident in Queensland. The dead were: Raymond Thomas Marshall (13), Upper Kedron, via Ferny Grove, who was ...

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  3. TRAILER CONVOY IN CAIRNS

    Making its best day's mileage since leaving Higgins Field at the tip of Cape York, the Hill brothers' convoy carrying vehicles ...

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  4. The Cairns Post

    With the world in a state of flux those who may attempt to prophesy as to what the next year will bring forth are taking ...

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  5. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 203 words
  6. QUEENSLAND'S MODEST SCORE

    ADELAIDE, Dec. 25.—In the Sheffield Shield match, Queensland v. South Australia, which commenced here to-day, Queensland ...

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  7. RAID ON BRISBANE BAKERIES

    BRISBANE, Dec. 25.—Suspeeting that master bakers, faced with the necessity of baking sufficient bread to-day to last for the four ...

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  8. FROM THE LOCAL SPHERE

    E.Aspland, an employee of the Shell Co., severed the top of a finger of his right hand on Wednesday when he dropped a case on it. He was ...

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  9. FOUR MEN KILLED

    SYDNEY, Dec. 25.—Robert Haire Moon (64), of Enfield, who was struck by an in-coming train at No. 18 platform at Central ...

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  10. Family Suffers Food Poisoning.

    Cases of ptomaine, poisoning through eating tinned fish occurred last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, of Draper-street, and their two children ...

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  11. Shark Patrol for Holidays.

    A Cape York Aero Club plane will patrol Cairns and district beaches to-day, to-morrow and Sunday on the look out for sharks. When the plane ...

    Article : 76 words
  12. MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES

    SYDNEY, Dec. 25.—Two manslaughter charges were laid by the police in Sydney on Christmas Eve, one after a motor smash and the other ...

    Article : 303 words
  13. Weather Forecast

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 76 words
  14. TWO PERSONS DROWNED

    GRAFTON, Dec. 25.—A woman and a young girl were drowned while playing ring-a-rosy on a sand bank in the Clarence River ...

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  15. OUTRIGHT WIN BY N.S.W.

    ADELAIDE, Dec. 25.—New South Wales secured an outright win over South Australia in the Sheffield Shield match at the Adelaide oval yesterday by ...

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  16. Road' Accidents in Cairns.

    Waiter Land (47) dealer of Banda-street, was struck by a car on December 24. He was given [?] first-aid by the ambulance for a deep lacerated ...

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  17. SUGAR SEASON

    INNISFAIL, Dec. 23—Goondi (C.S.R.) mill closed the busy season last night after having put 174,871 tons of cane through the rollers. The pay-off of ...

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  18. SUPREME COURT

    TOWNSVILLE, Dec. 23.—In the Supreme Court before Mr. Justice R. J. Douglas, Francesco Toaldo-sought the dissolution of his marriage with ...

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  19. FORMER NEW GUINEA ADMINISTRATOR

    SYDNEY, Dec. 25.—Brigadier-General Sir Walter McNicoll died at his home in Rose. Bay to-day, aged 70. He was the Administrator of New Guinea from ...

    Article : 89 words
  20. Innisfail Accident.

    J. Biggs (46), a worker at the Hambledon mill, and a resident of Millaa Millaa, met with a serions accident on Wednesday. He was ...

    Article : 108 words
  21. JOHNSTONE MILL.

    INNISFAIL, Dec. 23—Only one factory now remains in operation in the Innisfail area— South Johnstone. The manager. (Mr. W. Richardson) ...

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  22. CRUSHING FINISHED AT HOME HILL

    TOWNSVILLE, Dec. 25.—The Inkerman Mill at Home Hill finished crushing on Wednesday morning with a tonnage of 263,260. ...

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  23. RAW EXPORT SUGAR PAYMENT

    BRISBANE, Dec. 25.—The British Ministry of Food has agreed to pay an additional £3 sterling a ton on raw sugar exported after January 1 ...

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  24. SHIPPING MOVEMENTS

    Tidewater, froms New Zealand, one Cairns middle of January. Loads 5000 tons of maize for France. Khyber, from England via Bombay. ...

    Article : 258 words
  25. Brownville Tin.

    The Brownville Battery on Oakey Creek had a most successful preliminary run during the mouth under the management of Low Choy and party who ...

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  26. SYDNEY WOMAN KILLED

    SYDNEY, Dec. 25.—Falling 20 feet from the bathroom window at her home in Redfern during a party last night, Doris Glover (21), married, received ...

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  27. BOY DROWNED IN SURF.

    SYDNEY, Dec. 25.—Kevin Johnson (8). of Cessnock, was drowned in the surf at Belmont to-day, after a huge wave had wrenched him from the arms ...

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  28. "ETERNAL" FLAME OUT

    BRISBANE, Dec. 25.—The "eternal" flame at Anzac Square went out again to-day, during a sudden gust of wind and a shower of rain. It was relighted by ...

    Article : 67 words
  29. Christmas Gifts to Hospital.

    The Christmas season has brought the hospital patients and staff many kind gifts and donations from the citizens, public bodies and firms of ...

    Article : 111 words
  30. THIRTY EIGHT HOUR WEEK REFUSED

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 25.—The Conciliation Commissioner (Mr. Murray Stewart) ruled yesterday that he could not reduce the hours of railway ...

    Article : 202 words
  31. MOTHER SAVES SON

    SYDNEY, Dec. 25.—A mother fought her way through a smoke-filled room to rescue her four-year-old son when a mattress caught fire in a room of a ...

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  32. DOCTORS WARNING

    BRISBANE, Dec. 25.—Doctors yesterday warned holiday crowds to avoid Christmas poisoning by not eating on even touching strange fish they caught ...

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  33. EX-EMPEROR OF ANNAM FOR LONDON.

    HONG KONG, Dec. 24 (A.A.P.Reuter).—A message from Baodai says that the ex-Emperor of Annam left incognito by B.O.A.C. aircraft for ...

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  34. YOUTH AND BOY LOST IN JUNGLE

    A boy and a youth, who were lost in dense jungle between Millaa Millaa and Ravenshoe for over 24 hours, were located early on Christmas eve by a ...

    Article : 161 words
  35. Treatment Plant for Minerals

    In a letter to the Prime Minister (Mr. J. B. Chifley), on December 7, Mr. J. J. Meehan, Shire Councillor of Mareeba, made representations urging ...

    Article : 120 words
  36. DAIRY SHOW AT OLYMPIA

    The 61st Dairy Show was held in London recently. The thousands of visitors were considerably interested in the many stands displaying new machinery for use in dairy farming. This picture shows: One of the exhibits at the show. Pipe stariliser for milk pipes and fittings. This ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  37. POST OFFICE PERSONNEL

    The District Postal Inspector (Mr. A. J. D. Tighe) advises the following movements of post office personnel:- Promotions: Mr. J. Jordan, acting ...

    Article : 224 words
  38. OBITUARY.

    The death occurred in Cairns yesterday of Mr. Henry K. (Harry) Green Deceased was 65 years of age. For many years he had been secretary of the ...

    Article : 154 words
  39. Ambulance Cases.

    Mrs. Ladd, a resident of Queen's Hotel and an employee of the Polar Star Coy., received first-aid from the ambulance yesterday for an incised ...

    Article : 150 words
  40. "SAVE THE FRANC" BILL

    PARIS, Dec. 23 (A.A.P.).—The Assembly approved by 323 votes to 280 the Government's new "save the fr[?]c" antiinflation Bill. Frenchmen, on a sliding ...

    Article : 85 words
  41. Babinda Crushing Ended.

    At 3 a.m. on Wednesday morning the long blasts on the mill whistle notified the end of the 1947 season when 252,987 tons of cane had passed ...

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  42. INTERIM AID BILL SIGNED.

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (A.A.P.).— President Trumen to-day signed the emergency aid to France, Italy, Austria and China. This is the final stage of the ...

    Article : 50 words
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