A rousing reception was given by a big crowd to-day to 39 wounded or medically unfit soldiers, including four officers, who have ...
Article : 434 wordsActing immediately upon the decision he announced to his followers last night, Mr. R. G. Menzies this morning resigned the post of Prime Minister, and Mr. A. W. Fadden accepted a commission to re-form the Federal Cabinet, Mr. ...
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Family Notices : 237 wordsFor the time being Thailand has ceased to be the focal point of interest in the Pacific situation. Attention is now centred on the question of the ...
Article : 292 wordsHoly Communion: 7 a.m. St. John's, 8 a.m. St. Peter's. Sunday School: 9.30 a.m. both Churches. Evensong and Sermon: 7.30 o'clock at ...
Article : 551 words"The Times," in a leader, says that Mr. Menzies' resignation will not surprise anyone who has followed Australian politics since the death of Mr. ...
Article : 233 wordsThe Cairns Railway Band will contribute, a musical programme in Anzac Park to-morrow night, commencing at 8.45. The band will be under the ...
Article : 33 wordsA.T. (Bartle Frere): It was correct for your employer to make the deduction from the total amount you received notwithstanding that some of ...
Article : 47 wordsWhilst playing rounders at the Edge Hill State School yesterday Dot Owens (10), of Stratford, was struck over the right eye with the rounder bat, and ...
Article : 50 wordsWhat is the duty of foll citizenship, in peace and in war[?] "Whether a civilian wants his country involved in a war or no ...
Article : 840 wordsCommenting to-day on Mr. Menzies' resignation, the Treasurer (Mr. P. C. Spender) said the action was consistent with the high view of his ...
Article : 167 wordsThe loud wail of an unfamiliar siren burst on Cairns shortly after two o'clock yesterday afternoon, and naturally the thoughts of many residents ...
Article : 96 wordsThe inquest into the death of Thomas George Skene (66), grazier, of St. Alban's Station, 25 miles from Nebo, took place to-day. Archibald George ...
Article : 150 wordsThere was significant evidence to-day that the contention of the Opposition that Labour should have been summoned to take office has not been ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,166 wordsMr. E. Stephens, Instructor in Fruit Culture in the Far North, who returned from a visit to the Cardwell district on Thursday, stated yesterday ...
Article : 98 wordsAt a meeting of the trustees of the Cairns Patriotic Fund yesterday afternoon, at which there was a full attendance, it was decided to inaugurate an ...
Article : 797 wordsAdvice has been received in Cairns that Burns, Philp and Company's main store and bulk store at Salamaua were destroyed by fire about 6 a.m. last ...
Article : 100 wordsHeavy supplies were received at Roma-street to-day. There were no choice lines of lucerne chaff, the whole comprising brown shedded lines, for which ...
Article : 107 wordsWhile Country National Organisation officials to-day welcomed Mr. Fadden's appointment as Prime Minister, Labour spokesmen declared that his ...
Article : 252 wordsAn old-age pensioner walked into the Dunedin Police Station to-day and laid on the desk a handbag containing 49 £50 notes, £2450 in all. He had picked ...
Article : 72 wordsGroup 4 of the Cairns Starr Bowkett Building and Investment Society, issued a further £600 free of interest loan by ballot at the registered office ...
Article : 104 wordsThe Government Fruit Inspector (Mr. B. Funnell) reports that arrivals of apples and pears during the week were sufficient to meet demand. After ...
Article : 266 wordsThe official report of the fat stock sales supplied by the Brisbane Fat Stock Produce Brokers' Association stated:— Cattle, 2740: Mostly bullocks in good to ...
Article : 124 wordsIn recognition of the public service rendered by the Mackay City Band, the City Council on Monday night decided to increase its subsidy from £40 ...
Article : 106 wordsWhen the joint Government parties met at 10.30 last night for the formal business of electing a successor to Mr. Menzies, Mr. W. J. Hutchinson, U.A.P. ...
Article : 486 wordsFinancial advisers of the Government are considering plans for the floating of a loan of £100,000,000 before the end of the year. A decision on the plan ...
Article : 103 wordsSir,—Music teachers in the north have recently received a circular from the Australian Music Examinations Board to say that if the local papers do ...
Article : 96 wordsMr. G. S. Ross, secretary of the State Electricity Commission, was a visitor to innisfail on Friday, and with the engineer-manager of the Johnstone ...
Article : 106 wordsUnsettled weather conditions prevailed on Thursday night and again on Friday morning at Innisfail, the precipitations for the 24 hours ending ...
Article : 31 wordsThe showery weather which set in on Thursday developed as the night advanced, and-shortly after 8 p.m. several heavy falls were experienced. ...
Article : 99 wordsSir,—Frequently "fools rush into print where angels fear to tread"— pardon the paraphrase—but there are occasions which seem to cry aloud for ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 52 wordsWhen a truck loaded with cane ran over him to-day, Herbert Small, carrier hand at Mourilyan mill, sustained a compound fracture of the left instep ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 61 wordsThe Warden (Mr. T. E. Dwyer) reported on August 12 that on the Mount Peter field, A. K. Barnes at Spion Kop drove 6 feet. Healy and party, at ...
Article : 124 wordsThirty-four bombers, all Dutch manned, and 77 fighters are the result to date of the aircraft drive in Netherlands colonies to help Britain's war effort. Of ...
Article : 231 wordsThe public of the City of Cairns are advised that an exercise will be held to-morrow (Sunday) between the hours of 9 p.m. and 10.30 p.m. The ...
Article : 94 wordsJohn Conway (40), jockey, appeared in the Cairns Police Court yesterday, on remand, on a charge that on or about July 24 he stole a bicycle, valued ...
Article : 130 wordsMr. Elsley Zeitlyn, honorary organiser of the Polish Relief Fund, has advised the chairman of the Johnstone Shire Council (Cr. S. K. Page) that he ...
Article : 96 wordsWhen told last night of the news, Mrs. Fadden said that she was too thrilled to know what to say. [?] said: "I will wait till I see my husband ...
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The Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1965), Sat 30 Aug 1941, Page 4
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