A private cable received in Brisbane from London states that the new Governor of Queensland will be Lieut-General Sir Thomas Herbert John Chapman Goodwin, K.C.B., D.S.O; The message indicates that the appointment has been made at this juncture. ...
Article : 336 wordsThe new quarters of the Cairns Ambulance Brigade will be opened by the Mayor of Cairns (Ald. A. J. Draper), on Sunday, at 4 p.m. ...
Article : 952 wordsMost folk travelling upon the Cairns to Kuranda railway feel a certain amount of trepidation and apprehension, combined with fascination, when upon the dizzy heights of the Stoney Creek Falls bridge. The spot has been pretty free of mishaps, however. But care in always ...
Article : 564 wordsIn reply to a question from a "Post" representative, his Worship the Mayor (Ald. A. J. Draper) stated yesterday that he had not up to then received a ...
Article : 96 wordsWith the advent of another series of copious rain seasons, the need for harnessing the Barron River, so that the multi-millions ...
Article : 439 wordsExceptionally heavy and consistent rain fell at Toowoomba this morning. It literally [?]oured, making it utterly impossible for the channels ...
Article : 173 wordsOfficial forecast: Conditions remain favourable for thunderstorms north and east from a lin[?] from Burketown to Mungindi, probably general and ...
Article : 94 words"Canada has not achieved equality of status with Britain, because of the decisions of the last Imperial Conference," Mr. Hugh Guthric. P.C. the ...
Article : 83 wordsYesterday we published an interview which Mr. [?]ank Anstey, M.H. R., gave in Melbourne, recounting the impression he gathered during his ...
Article : 684 wordsAdvice received by the Railway Department to-day from Townsville states that rain which has again been falling between Townsville and ...
Article : 117 wordsOne of the most exciting, if not the most thrilling, matches that has ever been played in the Australian Lawn Tennis Championships was that for ...
Article : 437 wordsThe semi-official news agency has reponed a concentration of Soviet troops on the "Eastern" frontier. ...
Article : 25 wordsIn the Arbitration Court to-day Judge Beeby gave judgment in regard to the series of disputes which led to the overtime strike on the wharves ...
Article : 191 wordsM. Caillaux, at [?]s, declared in favor of the immediate stabilisation of the [?] as he considered re[?] [?]sation by successive stages would [?] ...
Article : 79 wordsThe Government has dismissed Sir A. Glen, the Inspector-General of Customs. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe weather Bureau reported this afternoon that the monsoonal depression that was a prominent feature of yesterday's chart between Daly ...
Article : 145 wordsPapers commend the tone and substance of Sir Austen Chamberlain's speech, at Birmingham, and also the courage of Mr. Thomas in voicing the ...
Article : 36 wordsA young man named Charles Vogler, in attempting to cross Cressbrook Creek in a sulky, went into a hole and was washed down the creek. He ...
Article : 44 wordsMr. J. H. Thomas, speaking at Newton Abbott, said: "Wars in the past have often been started by incidents over which no one in particular had ...
Article : 274 wordsRain began to fall early this morning and, by the afternoon, the Condamine River at Yandilla was two feet over the bridge and rising at the rate ...
Article : 109 wordsFrom Cloncurry, advices were received by the Acting General Manager (Mr. W. A. Hooper) this morning to the effect that the flood waters ...
Article : 276 wordsA meeting of the Bricklayers' Union last night considered the hint of the Arbitration Court to de-register the unions involved, if they persisted in ...
Article : 163 wordsThough the rainfall in Roma last night and to-day was not very heavy, the surrounding districts reports as much as six inches. ...
Article : 29 wordsThough Stanthorpe to-day registered only 58 points, E[?]key registered three inches. Quart Pot Creek came down a ...
Article : 63 wordsRain fell continuously throughout to-day and in the city 360 points were registered. The best outside registration reported is Spring Creek, 465. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe view is generally expressed in official quarters that Sir Austen Chamberlain's statement goes as far as the British reasonably can be expected to ...
Article : 109 wordsAt the Australian Tennis Championships the final of the Mixed Doubles resulted: Hawkes and Miss Boyd (Victoria), beat Willard (New ...
Article : 44 wordsSo far as this district is concerned, the drought is still with us. Certainly a few showers have improved the face of the country, but 168 points for the ...
Article : 128 wordsThe Labor Caucus, after a long and heated debate, ultimately adopted a proposal for child endowment in the State that 5/ a head be paid to all ...
Article : 76 wordsA number of new bills were submitted by the Government. One provided that betting debts contracted on a racecourse shall be recoverable ...
Article : 87 wordsA gale, followed by heavy snowstorms, has swept the north of England and Scotland. There are widespread floods in the south, particularly at ...
Article : 57 wordsA meeting of the Cairns Progress Association was held at the old Masonic Hall, Lake-street, last evening, to consider a plan of campaign in ...
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The Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1965), Wed 2 Feb 1927, Page 5
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