The A.[?].F. landing in Borneo helps the Australians to take their eyes off the map of Europe and to tam their attention to our next ...
Article : 679 wordsField-Marshal Sir Harold Alexander, with a cosmopolitan army weided into a truly impressive force, achieved a magnificent ...
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Family Notices : 130 wordsAfter capturing Rangoon and daily creating new progress records for this theatre, troops of the 14th Army continue to sweep southward. Now acclaimed the fastest Allied advance since the beginning of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,375 wordsSYDNEY, May 5.—Abundant evidence existed that Australian industrial relationships were appreaching a condition verging on ...
Article : 323 wordsAustralian troops on Tarakan Island, off Borne[?], are engaged in the bitterest fighting of the SouthWest Pacific campaign, says ...
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Advertising : 18 wordsWhen he caught his hand in a tiptruck Mario La Spina, farmer of Cowley, sustained a probable fracture to the right thumb with contused wounds ...
Article : 44 wordsNEW YORK, May 5 (A.A.P.).—The Associated Press correspondent in Manila (Russell Brines) says that General Blamey, who is conferring ...
Article : 155 wordsThe Member for Cairns (Mr. Lou Barnes) advises that the Queensland State String Quartet will be visiting Cairns from June 12 to 14. The ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Sub-Collector of Customs (Mr. J. Ryan) has advis[?]d that since the r[?]isal of restrictions governing fishing rights, it is no longer necessary ...
Article : 56 wordsProbate was granted by the Registrar of the Supreme Court at Townsville (Mr. J. Shannon) on Thursday last in the will of Lily Ellen Porter, ...
Article : 62 wordsAgainst bitterly sustained opposition, the Australians have fought their way into the town of Tarakan, and now dominate the town and the Pamoesian ...
Article : 503 wordsAttention is drawn to the altered time for the United Church Thanksgiving Service to he held on the day following the cessation of hostilities ...
Article : 88 wordsAt the civil sittings of the Circuit Court on Saturday morning, before Mr. Acting Justice W. Kennedy A. Allen, Mar[?] Johanna Kelly (Cairns) ...
Article : 93 wordsLabour Day will be observed to-day by a public procession, sports and social, functions organised by the Cairns and District Trades and Labour ...
Article : 146 wordsMELBOURNE, May 5—Australian troops driving along the northern New Guinea coast have reached a point less than seven miles from Wewak. ...
Article : 165 words9.30 a.m. in Anzac Park, Cairns. To be held on morning following receipt of victory news. All Churches have been invited to unite. ...
Article : 41 wordsCANBERRA. May 5.—A grave world shortage of food is disclosed in a combined statement by the Australian. British, American and Canadian ...
Article : 321 wordsThe chairman of the Committee of Direction of Fruit and Vegetable Marketing (Major P. J. Savage) and the general manager (Mr. B. ...
Article : 230 wordsAmbulance bearers of the Carns centre were kept busy during the week-end by a series of miscellaneous accidents in suburban and city areas. ...
Article : 261 wordsNEW YORK, May 5.—The Associated Press representative on Tarakan (Spencer Davis) says: "Squat Matilda tanks operating in close harmony ...
Article : 368 wordsTo-night, part of the oilfield is again ablaze, as more wells are blown by electrically controlled mines. Meanwhile the struggle for the ...
Article : 786 wordsCANBERRA, May 6.—The A[?]ing Prime Minister (Mr. J.B. Chifley) on Saturday announced that arrangements had been completed for the V-day ...
Article : 162 wordsCANBERRA, May 6.—Arising out of the Brisbane-Ipswich bread strike, at least 2 representative Brisbane bakers and a number of Ipswich bakers will ...
Article : 203 wordsMELBOURNE, May 6.—It was stated at Army Headquarters to-night that the Australians have occupied Cape Worn, three miles from Wewak This ...
Article : 93 wordsMr. Acting Justice W. Kennedy A. Allen in the Circuit Court on Saturday imposed a fine of £30, in default two years' imprisonment, on Mervyn John ...
Article : 290 wordsSYDNEY, May 5.—While the accommodation on inter-State liners of Australian National Airways has eased considerably, the company does not ...
Article : 111 wordsBRISBANE, May 6.—For the first time ex-servicemen's associations in Brisbane will co-operate at the City Hall on Wednesday to register a ...
Article : 104 wordsSYDNEY, May 6.—Cyanide fumes killed an elderly woman and severely affected two fumigators, three Manly Ambulance officers and two policemen ...
Article : 59 wordsMr. and Mrs. F. Lillywhite, of Hastie-street, Mareeba, have received word from their son, Warrant Officer F. C. Lillywhite, of the R.A.A.F. ...
Article : 46 wordsThe death occurred on Saturday afternoon of Mrs. Mary Ellen King, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. J. Byrne, Gatton-street, Mrs. King, who ...
Article : 105 wordsBRISBANE, May 6.—Seven service personnel are believed have been killed when an aircraf crashed in North Queensland yesterday. ...
Article : 43 wordsCANBERRA, May 5.—The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. J. B. Chifley) said to-day that consideration would be given to the question of increased ...
Article : 62 words"There will be — trouble if you put me out of this place." The use of these words by Frank Sellens (26), Australian soldier, in Edith-street on ...
Article : 78 wordsBRISBANE, May 6.—The Acting Premier (Mr. E. M. Hanlon) stated to-day that he had received a cable from London stating that the Premier (Mr. ...
Article : 49 wordsNEW YORK, May 5 (A.a.P.).—Toki radio states that the Premier (General Suzuki) stated that the German collapse made Japan's position more ...
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The Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1965), Mon 7 May 1945, Page 3
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