A vivid eye-witness account of the eruption of Mt. Lamington was given by a Qantas pilot in Cairns yesterday. He was flying a plane from Port Moresby to Rabaul and was only 12 ...
Article : 1,087 wordsMAREEBA, Jan. 23.—The Tobacco Leaf Marketing Board advises that if a total of 200 tons of leaf can be ...
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Family Notices : 581 wordsEvery now and again there comes from Russia a typical example of the imperialistic totalitarian habit of accusing ...
Article : 615 wordsBRISBANE, Jan. 23.—The abolition of the Scholarship examination was urged by teachers at the Queensland ...
Article : 431 wordsTOWNSVILLE, Jan. 23.— Widespread floodings have again occurred in regions west and south of Townsville. ...
Article : 394 wordsA pioneer Tableland official of the Q.A.T.B., Superintendent Fred H. Browning, was last night honoured at the ...
Article : 825 wordsActs of vandalism in the city area have resulted in the Mayor of Cairns (Ald. W. H. Murchison) approaching the ...
Article : 200 wordsMACKAY, Jan. 23.—An alltime record tonnage of shipping is now berthed in Mackay Harbour, it was stated to-day by the ...
Article : 199 wordsBRISBANE, Jan. 23.—Golden Casket No. 1563 was drawn to-day. Major prize winners were: First prize: No. 82778. C. ...
Article : 151 wordsAlthough the presentation of a full corroboree at the Cairns Show is still in doubt, a full display of native talent will be ...
Article : 252 wordsBRISBANE, Jan. 23.—The Weather Bureau reported this afternoon that unsettled weather had continued over most of tropical ...
Article : 270 wordsThe late Mrs. Margaret Climpson died on Sunday night at the hospital, and not at the residence of her son, Mr. C. A. Climpson, of ...
Article : 70 wordsBRISBANE, Jan. 23.—The Acting Minister for Agriculture and Stock (Mr. W. M. Moore) stated to-day that arrangements have now been ...
Article : 204 wordsTwenty-four points of rain, which fell during the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. yesterday, brought the total for January to date to 1725 ...
Article : 34 wordsThe death occurred yesterday at her residence, Warrego-street, Cairns, of Mrs. Catherine Chatman, aged 72. She was the wife ...
Article : 111 wordsBRISBANE, Jan. 23.—Speaking at the Queensland Teachers' Union conference, which opened in Brisbane to-day, the Minister ...
Article : 266 wordsRainfalls at district railway stations during the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. yesterday were: Cairns 15 points, Mareeba 48, Einasleigh '110 ...
Article : 28 wordsA spokesman for A.N.A said yesterday that requests had been made by parents of students attending Brisbane and Toowoomba colleges ...
Article : 67 wordsMACKAY, Jan. 23.—In the first 23 days of January Mackay had nearly three-quarters of its normal yearly rainfall. The total ...
Article : 87 wordsMr. David Templeton Griffiths, a resident of Cairns, for many years, died at the Mater Hospital, Brisbane, on January 16, after a ...
Article : 246 wordsThe Cairns weather office advised that the following temperatures were recorded yesterday: At 6 a.m. 79.1 degrees, with a relative ...
Article : 91 wordsThe 1275 head of cattle the left Strathgordon station in the Peninsula on December 6 to be trucked at Mungana for ...
Article : 61 wordsWASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (A.A.P.), —The Government to-day ordered more steel to be set aside for the production of guns, planes and ...
Article : 114 wordsWASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (A.A.P.) —General Omar Bradley to-day. said be hoped that the 3,500,000man strength planned for the armed ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 74 wordsThe Brisbane Weather Bureau gives the northern rainfall for the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. on Tuesday as: Burketown 27 points, ...
Article : 70 wordsManunda will berth at No. 3 wharf at 7 a.m. to-day. Departs for Townsville, Brisbane. Sydney and Melbourne at 6 p.m. ...
Article : 122 wordsLONDON, Jan. 22 (A.A.P.).— The latest price of tin is: Spot, £1237/10/; three months' delivery. £1202/10/. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe Mayor of Cairns,(Ald. W. H. Murchison) displays the insignia of the Order of a Serving Brother of the Order of St. John Which he had just pinned on the tunic of Superintendent R[?]d H. Browning at the Cairns Centre of the Q.A.T.B. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 51 wordsFive nursing sisters and the Mother Superior of the Little Company of Mary (Mother Ida[?], will arrive in Cairns on the ...
Article : 88 wordsTwo tobacco farmers outside Mareeba have their "road" for two miles a hopeless bog after the prolonged wet. It is almost impossible ...
Article : 78 wordsTOKIO, Jan. 23 (A.A.P.).— Forty-six "Shooting Star" jets to-day swept down on Pyongyang's two airfields in a lightning strike ...
Article : 107 wordsLONDON, Jan, 22 (A.A.P.).—The first British reaction to China's new terms was Press comment urging their closest examination to ...
Article : 94 wordsThe Acting District Superintendent of Railways (Mr. H. Dinsmore) stated last night that the Etheridge line was serviceable ...
Article : 112 wordsWhile dragging for fish at the Mossman beach last night, Mr. H. Bullebrink and Constable G. Engler, of the Mossman police, netted ...
Article : 93 wordsLONDON, Jan. 22 (A.A.P.).—The South African wool price record was broken twice in quick' succession to-day. Two bales of fine ...
Article : 55 wordsBRISBANE, Jan. 23.—Ash from the Mount Lamington volcano was blown 450 miles across the Coral Sea to Moreton, an overland ...
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The Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1965), Wed 24 Jan 1951, Page 5
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