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  2. KURANDA LAD KILLED

    Kevin Charles Morton (15½), railway porter of Kuranda, died in the Cairns Base Hospital at 7.20 o'clock last night from ...

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  3. BRING SCOTS TO AUSTRALIA

    WARWICK, Dec. 28.—The Government hoped to attract many Scote to Australia, the Federal Treasurer (Mr. A. W. ...

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  4. PRAHRAN SUBURBAN MARKET DESTROYED BY FIRE

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 26.—Damage estimated at over £250,000 was caused by a three-hour fire which gutted the Prahran Suburban Market this afternoon. ...

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  5. Family Notices

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  6. The Cairns Post

    While it may be beyond the financial resources of this country to give aid to underdeveloped areas on anything ...

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  7. TOBACCO RECORD

    MAREEBA, Dec. 22.—At 3.15 p.m. on December 19, 1950, the tobacoe farmers' factory reached yet another milestone ...

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  8. SMALL CRAFT MAR START

    SYDNEY, Dec. 26.—Near collisions between small sailing boats and the 16 competitors in the 635-mile ...

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  9. MUNDUBBERA RAILWAY STATION

    MARYBOROUGH, Dec. 26.— A spectacular blaze early this morning gutted the Mundubbera, railway station. The fire, ...

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  10. SEARCH FOR GAOL ESCAPEE

    TOOWOOMBA, Dec. 26.—The search for Matthew Felix Donaghue, the 18-year-old prisoner who dashed from the Toowoomba ...

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  11. BUNDABERG SPORTS CARNIVAL

    BUNDABERG, Dec. 26. — Two thousand people attended the second night of the Bundaberg cycling and atheltic carnival at the show ...

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  12. VICTORIAN ROAD ACCIDENTS

    MELBOURNE, Dec. 26.— Deaths and accidents on Victorian roads between 5 p.m. on Friday and 9.30 o'clock ...

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  13. SCATTERED SHOWERS IN NORTH

    BRISBANE, Dec. 26.—The Weather Burean reported this afternoon that the small depression moving ahead of the southern high pressure ...

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  14. BRITISH MIGRANTS

    BRISBANE, Dec. 26.—Queensland will gain an additional 569 British migrants within the next fortnight, bringing the total to ...

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  15. MAN TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED

    SYDNEY, Dec. 26.—Police tonight tentatively identified the man killed in the George-street fire last night as an elderly waiter ...

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  16. THRICE BITTEN BY SNAKES

    MURWILLUMBAH, Dec. 26.Dominic Guinea (25), farmer, of Eungella, about six miles from Murwillumbah, has suffered from ...

    Article : 195 words
  17. ESCAPEE CAUGHT AT WARWICK

    WARWICK, Dec. 26.—The firing of two revolver shots in Warwick about 10.20 o'clock tonight by a detective marked the ...

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  18. TOBACCO PLOTS DEVELOPED

    BUNDABERG, Dec. 26.—Tobacco growing is being developed at Alloway, on the Elliot River, near Bundaberg. The crop from 42 acres ...

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  19. HORSES FROM THE DOWNS

    BRISBANE, Dec. 26.—All three places in the Christmas Handicap at Eagle Farm to-day were filled by horses from the Darling Downs. ...

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  20. WOMAN KILLED

    BRISBANE, Dec. 26.—One person has been killed and 18 injured in road accidents in Queensland since the holidays started. ...

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  21. BOXING DAY HOLIDAY

    The Boxing Day holiday was exceptionally quiet in Cairns yesterday. Although hundreds of cars left the city for the beaches and ...

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  22. MOTOR CYCLE CHASE AT KATOOMBA

    SYDNEY, Dec. 26.—A police motor cyclist arrested two youths after a 60 mile an hour chase for three miles along the Great ...

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  23. TWO KNIFE WOUNDS

    SYDNEY, Dec. 26.—Police, who were called to Moore Park near the Sydney Girls' High School, found a man bleeding from two knife ...

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  24. FROM THE LOCAL SPHERE

    The Brisbane Weather Bureau last night telegraphed the following State forecast: Peninsula and Carpentaria: Scattered showers and ...

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  25. N.Z. RAIL STRIKE

    WELLINGTON, Dec. 26 (A.A.P.Reuter's).—No emergency action was taken by the Government during the week-end to deal with the ...

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  26. OBITUARY

    MAREEBA, Dec. 26.—Mr. Faul Ellis Hawkins, a retired grazier, of Herberton-street, Mareeba, died at his home this morning. He was aged ...

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  27. ALLEGED SYDNEY THEFT

    TOWNSVILLE, Dec. 26.—Ross [?] (34), waiter. was charged before Mr. R. J. J. Hart, SM., in the Court of Petty Sessions to-day ...

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  28. TRAGEDY AT ST. GEORGE

    ST. GEORGE, Dec. 26. — The bushman's carnival ended in a tragedy to-day when a competitor, Vivian Copley (29), single, was ...

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  29. INNISFAIL AREA

    INNISFAIL, Dec. 26.—A very brief spell of fine weather just before Christmas gave rise to hopes that a change in the weather was ...

    Article : 171 words
  30. Northern Rainfalls

    The Brisbane Weather Bureau reported the following Northern rainfalls for the 72 hours ended 9 a.m. yesterday: Coen 35, Thursday ...

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  31. STRIKE SOON OUTMODED, SAYS LEADER OF A.L.P.

    Mr J. A. Ferguson, M.L.C., Federal President of the Australian Labor Party, said recently that general strike ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  32. MR. J. J. McCARTHY

    The death occurred in Cairns yesterday of Mr. John Joseph McCarthy, of 38 Water-street, Cairns, at the age of 60. The ...

    Article : 114 words
  33. CARGO VESSEL ON REEF

    SUVA, Dec. 26 (A.A.P.).—The cargo vessel, Ivor Jenny, previously reported on fire between Panama and Suva, en route to New Zealand ...

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  34. SHIPPING MOVEMENTS

    Laurnda leaves Townsville 5 a.m. to-morrow and berths in Carns at 5 p.m. the same evening Departs 6 o'clock on ...

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  35. Temperature Readings

    The Cairns Weather Office advised that the following temperatures were recorded yesterday. At 6 a.m., 75 degrees with a relative ...

    Article : 101 words
  36. COMPLETELY COVER BREAD

    BRISBANE, Dec. 26.—Bakers and bread retailers in Maroochy shire have been instructed by the Shire health inspector (Mr. N. Callow) ...

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  37. GRENADE THROWN IN CAFE

    SINGAPORE, Dec. 25 (A.A.P.Reuter's).—A hand grenade, thrown through a window into a Chinese cafe in the centre of Singapore ...

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  38. QUEENSLAND SKIFF WINS

    SYDNEY, Dec. 26.—The Queensland skiff, Return, won the first heat of the 12ft. skiff championship held in Sydney Harbour ...

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  39. Innisfail Children Injured.

    When a window fell on him, Brian Josephs (7), residing at Auburnstreet. East Innisfail, received a contused wound to the nose. The ...

    Article : 98 words
  40. QUIET AT CHRISTMAS

    MACKAY, Dec. 26.—Mackay and district beaches were very quiet this Christmas. Shopkeepers at the beaches said that trade was only ...

    Article : 62 words
  41. W. ALEXANDER BRODIE

    Mr. W. Alexander Brodie, waterside worker, died suddenly at the Mining Exchange Hotel, Cairns, yesterday. Deceased, who was 36 ...

    Article : 55 words
  42. MR. MENZIES IN NEW DELHI.

    LONDON, Dec. 25 (A.A.P.).— Reuter's New Delhi correspondent says that the Australian Prime Minister (Mr. R. G. Menzies) arrived ...

    Article : 64 words
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