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  2. CAIRNS ELECTRICITY Supply and Demand

    ThE supply of electricity to the Cairns Harbour Board, and the Board's proposal to install their own generating plant, were discussed by the City Council last night. The mayor (Ald. W.A.Collins) was supported by the whole council in his ...

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  3. TRAINS IN COLLISION

    Twelve persons were killed and 20 injured in an express smash. The engine, after cutting through the end of a goods train,continned a distance of 100 yards and somersaulted tnrough the gates of a level crossing into the street. ...

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  4. INSULT TO CHURCHES.

    Dr. Duhig (Archbishop of Brisbane), in opening the first Catholic church at Monto to-day, said that the only tinge of regret in ...

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  5. NAVAL DEFENCE.

    Manoeuvres are at present being carried out by the Australian Fleet in Jervis Bay. Last night a battle was fought between the ...

    Article : 228 words
  6. TIMBER STRIKE.

    So many volunteers have applied for work in the timber yards and mills in the city and suburbs, that many merchants state they have ...

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  7. MAYOR'S PROTEST.

    The Mayor said he had noticed that the Harbour Board had discussed a proposal to generate their own electricity and had decided to investigate ...

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  8. SMALL-POX CASES. FRENCH ORDER SUSPENDED.

    The British Embassy has handed a note to the French Foreign Office, urging a consultation between the two Governments before the vaccination, ...

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  9. NEARING HOME. ENGLISH CRICKETERS.

    The English cricketers arrived in splendid health. Tate apparently is still suffering mentally from the [?] tests. He ...

    Article : 169 words
  10. MELBOURNE MYSTERY.

    Lying beneath a hawthorn hedge in a lane in East Colac, the body of Andrew James Christensen, 55, single, a laborer, was found late last night. ...

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  11. KEITH ANDERSON. THE SEARCH SURVEYED.

    Two air-fprce machines are making Alice Springs their base in the search for Anderson and Hitchcock flew for five and a half hours to-day along the ...

    Article : 352 words
  12. THE DECISION.

    In the House of Commons to-day, the Foreign Secretary (Sir Austen Chamberlain), announced that the French Government had decided to ...

    Article : 220 words
  13. DEADLY CHOLERA.

    Cholera epidemics are raging in reveral districts of Bengal, and at Allahabad. At the latter place the infection was spread by hawkers selling ...

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  14. GERMANY'S OFFER.

    At the meeting of the Reparations Experts, Her Schact presented a memorandum. The figures are secret, but it is believed that the Germans suggest that ...

    Article : 141 words
  15. THE SOUTHERN CROSS. AN EASY ASCENT.

    The Scuthern Cross landed Derby at 4.16 p.m. ...

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  16. ARRANGEMENTS NOT CHANGED.

    An Official Marylebone Club statement says that there will be no cgange in welcoming arrangements for the English cricketers returning ...

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  17. STARTS WITHOUT TROUBLE.

    The Southern Cross landed at Derby at 4.45. All was well with the crew and the plane was in fine trim, flying splendidly, despite the fact that the plane had ...

    Article : 143 words
  18. DISASTROUS FIRES. A BRISBANE BLAZE.

    A fire occurred in Cordelia-street, South Brisbane this afternoon. One house was totally destroyed and two others very badly damaged. ...

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  19. HEAVY FIGHTING.

    It is reported from Kabul that heavy, fighting occurred between the forces of Bacchsakau, the rebel king. and the Wardk tribe who ...

    Article : 88 words
  20. BRITISH FILMS.

    At present staying at the Strand Hotel is Mr. F. Lotherington, Queensland manager of Cinema Art Films Ltd., who is visiting the North, with the intention ...

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  21. SOVIET AIMS.

    The Soviet disarmament proposals provide for a reduction of all essential elements in the existing armaments, complete abolition of tanks and heavy ...

    Article : 264 words
  22. THE DAILY OUTLOOK.

    In a message to the Sydney representative of the air liner Canberra (Mr. F. Eager), the pilot (Captain Holden) said he was setting out again ...

    Article : 174 words
  23. DARING HOLD-UP.

    One of the boldest daylight hold-ups in the Police Department's memory, occurred to-day, when five bandits armed with revolvers and sawn-off shotguns, ...

    Article : 90 words
  24. "BOOKS FALSE."

    "The books were false, and in view of this fact, the case was regarded by the Commissioner as very serious and could only be construed by him as one ...

    Article : 259 words
  25. RESIDE OF PETROL.

    When the Southern Cross landed on the mudbank, there were 7 to 9 gallons of petrol in the tank which would haye lasted 20 to 27 miles. ...

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  26. TOOWOOMBA SHOW PAVILION.

    A disastrous fire marked the conclusion of the Toowoomba Show this evening, the principal building, the Industrial Pavilion, with all its ...

    Article : 70 words
  27. A UNIQUE RECORD.

    Known far and wide as the "Father of Canberra the world's oldest journalist,world's oldest coroner, and the world's ...

    Article : 178 words
  28. THAMES AIR SERVICE.

    Hundreds of Londoners to-day obtained a glimpse of the air taxi seaplane, Master Sempill, with Dowager Lady Swaythlipg as passenger, which landed ...

    Article : 104 words
  29. FRUITLESS SEARCH.

    The Defence Department advised to-day that two air force machines which were operating at Alice Springs conducted another long search to-day, ...

    Article : 240 words
  30. STUD SHEEP

    One of the resolutions on the agenda paper for discussion at the 25th Congress of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of Australia, commencing ...

    Article : 161 words
  31. FOR EMPLOYEES.

    Over £30,000 was provided under the will of the late Thomas Baker for distribution among the employees of Kodak Australia Ltd. in branches ...

    Article : 73 words
  32. EX SENATOR ST. LEDGER.

    The death occurred at his residence, Wattle Tree Road, this evening of Mr. Anthony James Jcseph St. Ledger, who represented Queensland in the Senate ...

    Article : 138 words
  33. SHIRE CLERKS.

    It was annouced to-day that the following were among the candidates successful in the local government clerks' examination on February 27 and 28 ...

    Article : 91 words
  34. BARGE SUNK.

    A bargo carrying a 250,000 dollars cargo of whale oil from the Antarctic whale.Sir James Clark Ross, sank in New York harbour during a storm which ...

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  35. CANE PRICES BOARD.

    Advice,has been received in Tully that the Cane Prices Board will sit in Tully on April 30 and May 1. ...

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  36. A QUEENSLAND PLANE.

    In response to a request by the Defence Department, the Q.A.N.T.A.S. plane, Atalanta, in charge of Pilot Brain, leaves at daylight to-morrow ...

    Article : 101 words
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