Most residents of Kuranda assisted yesterday afternoon in searching the countryside in the vicinity of the Collins bridge for a missing 13-year-old boy, Desmond Byrnes, or Ford-street, ...
Article : 685 wordsTOWNSVILLE, Dec. 27.— Work on the £100,000 allweather airport at Mt. Isa is to be shut down and ...
Article : 192 wordsMeat supplies in Cairns are expected to be short for the week-end. Stating this yesterday the manager of H. S. ...
Article : 136 wordsThe proclamation of Libya as an independent State will also mean the strengthening of the Arab bloc, a ...
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Family Notices : 205 wordsAfter a four-hear search, two 17-year-old boys were found early yesterday morning exhausted, shivering with ...
Article : 575 wordsTwo men were stung on the hand by a bulrout while swimming at the Intake yesterday. They were William ...
Article : 186 wordsBRISBANE, Dec. 27. — A cyclone 1000 miles north-east of Brisbane was reported to be stationary at 9 o'clock to-night. ...
Article : 101 wordsBRISBANE. Dec. 27.—Queensland's aerodrome programme has been cut from £750,000 to £250,000 because of Federal Budget ...
Article : 106 wordsMalaya-born Chinese may hold the key to the colony's security, an Australian mining engineer with 20 years' Far ...
Article : 371 wordsCROHAMHURST OBSERVATORY, December 25.— The cooler period round Christmas has now ...
Article : 113 wordsWhen she fell on a piece of steel yesterday, June Moore (6), of Trinity Beach-road, received a lacerated wound to the head. She ...
Article : 45 wordsRainfalls for the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. Thursday were: North Coast (Barron): Atherton 97. Babinda 37, Herberton 100, ...
Article : 42 wordsMACKAY, Dec. 27.—The loading of sugar on to the vessel River Norman was resumed to-day at 1 p.m. at Mackay Harbour. ...
Article : 112 wordsBRISBANE, Dec. 27.—Natives from Arnhem Land and the Northern Territory will stage an aboriginal corroboree at ...
Article : 129 wordsDeparture of the freighter Ulooloo for Adelaide with a cargo of raw sugar has been delayed by a crew shortage. The ship was ...
Article : 55 wordsBRISBANE, Dec. 27.—Hopes for a large cotton harvest in Queensland next year will be shattered if rain does not fall ...
Article : 284 wordsMr. C. P. Owens, of Freshwater, lacerated his right index finger and injured his right foot while handling timber at a ...
Article : 49 wordsBRISBANE, Dec. 27. — Some members of the Betting Commission probably would visit Tasmania, the Acting-Premier (Mr. ...
Article : 101 wordsMELBOURNE. Dec. 27. — A daughter heard her invalid mother scream for help and the phone gudead in Toorak to-day. The ...
Article : 219 wordsBRISBANE, Dec. 27.—Some useful falls were registered on the central highlands and the north and central coasts in the 24 hours ...
Article : 202 wordsThe secretary of the Waterside Workers' Federation, Cairns branch (Mr. P. Brophy), said yesterday that all watersiders were ...
Article : 60 wordsBRISBANE, Dec. 27.—Grain sorghum sowing will commence on some Food for Britain farms in Central Queensland within the ...
Article : 162 wordsRatepayers in receipt of rate notices dated November 23, 28 and 29 are reminded that 5 per cent, discount will be allowed on rates ...
Article : 65 wordsINNISFAIL, Dec. 27.—After an extensive search, carried out in rugged mountainous territory, police from Innisfail and South ...
Article : 146 wordsAfter being meatless since December 14, Tully was supplied with meat yesterday when a private company commenced ...
Article : 64 wordsBRISBANE, Dec. 27.—A taxidriver, Arthur Thorsen (69), single, was found by a young boy in Marchant Park, Aspley, this ...
Article : 97 wordsTOWNSVILLE, Dec. 27. — A rather promising gold and copper show has been opened up in the Brabba area, about four miles ...
Article : 214 wordsThe Weather Office yesterday recorded a maximum temperature of 91.2 degrees and a minimum temperature of 75.4 degrees. ...
Article : 75 wordsBRISBANE, Dec. 27.—Miss Doreen Rose (20), of Gayndah, will be one of the party of five representative of Queensland Junior ...
Article : 160 wordsINNISFAIL, Dec. 27. — Mr. Ralph Reid, who, as reported in to-day's "Cairns Post," met with serious injuries owing to a fall ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 125 wordsThe weather Bureau last night telegraphed the folowing district forecasts: Peninsula and Carpentaria: Mainly fine, scattered ...
Article : 47 wordsSYDNEY, Dec. 27.—Sid Barnes will captain N.S.W. against Queensland in the Sheffield Shield match commencing at the ...
Article : 77 wordsBRISBANE, Dec. 27. — The State Government is examining how it can finance regional electricity board programmes until the ...
Article : 125 wordsWEST FRANKFORT. Dec. 26 (A.A.P).—Investigation to determine what caused the nation's worst mine disaster in 23 years ...
Article : 78 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 27. — The Prime Minister (Mr. R. G. Menzies) announced to-day that the committee of the Commonwealth ...
Article : 109 wordsAt a special meeting at 5 p.m. on Monday next the Cairns City Council will discuss more stringent water restrictions. Yesterday ...
Article : 89 wordsThe Minister for the Anny (Mr Franck) told Graduates of the Royal Military College, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 48 wordsBRISBANE, Dec. 27.—An A.W.U. claim filed in the Industrial Court seeks big increases for owner-truck drivers, ranging from ...
Article : 102 wordsManunda leaves at 6 p.m. to-day for Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. Taiping en route from Japan via ...
Article : 147 wordsThe Bush Pilots' Dragonfly, aircraft, which was attending the race meeting at Georgetown last Wednesday and yesterday, ...
Article : 102 wordsBRISBANE, Dec. 27. — Riverside Private Hotel, Hamilton, occupied by 70 guests and staff, was completely destroyed by fire early this ...
Article : 68 wordsBRISBANE, Dec. 27. — The Health Department and hospital board authorities are at present reviewing the whole State ...
Article : 130 wordsBRISBANE, Dec. 27.—A Brisbane firm is prepared to go to the Mackay district to clean out a camp of flying foxes, provided ...
Article : 127 wordsTULLY, Dec, 27.—Tully lost another pioneer in the passing of Mrs. B. Ellis at 8 o'clock yesterday evening. She has been sugar ...
Article : 126 wordsBRISBANE, Dec. 27.—Pumpkins sold at £64 to £73 at Romastreet to-day. A single line of lucerne chaff realised £58. Offers ...
Article : 58 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 26 (A.A.P.) —The Christmas accidental death toll of 779 in the United States set a record for a four-day ...
Article : 67 wordsBRISBANE, Dec. 27.—A search to-day by police and fishermen failed to find any trace of William Clague (73), who fell into ...
Article : 57 wordsMACKAY, Dec. 27.—Another taipan was captured on a Mackay farm to-day, making the fourth taipan caught there in six weeks. ...
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The Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1965), Fri 28 Dec 1951, Page 5
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