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  2. TEA REQUISITIONED. '

    With only eight to ten weeks stocks of tea in Australia, the, Federal Government requisition a all supplies yesterday, and sales to ...

    Article : 439 words
  3. DIGGERS' LEADER.

    Addressing the Wide Bay branch of the Returned Soldiers' League at the annual conference, the State President (Mr. R. D. Huish) made ...

    Article : 154 words
  4. INVASION HINTS.

    An invasion booklet, containing notes for the guidance of air-wardens and the police, and instructions which the public must follow in case of ...

    Article : 178 words
  5. Family Notices

    {No abstract available}

    Family Notices : 127 words
  6. HEAVY AIR RAID. ' MADE ON PORT MORESBY.

    Japanese bombers made a heavy air raid on Port Moresby between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday. At least 11 bombers and five fighters ...

    Article : 367 words
  7. COMMERCIAL

    No lines of prime chaff were offere, at the Roma-street markets yesterday, and values for, all varieties were weak. Lucerne sold between £9/8/4 and £6 a ...

    Article : 76 words
  8. WORLD POSITION.

    While the momentous events of the Japanese Pacific onslaught naturally pre-occupy Australian thought, the key to the world ...

    Article : 764 words
  9. WAR WORK RULE. LIMIT ON FIRMS.

    "The only protected industry so far declared is the munitions industry. For any particular firm to be a declared protected firm, it will have to be ...

    Article : 332 words
  10. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 163 words
  11. NEWSPRINT STOCKS.

    A warning to newsnaper proprietors to reduce the size of their papers to an "irreducible minimum" or their newsprint stocks would be taken from ...

    Article : 429 words
  12. TALK DEFENCE.

    "Instead of talking evacuation, the talk should be of sending troops to the North to defend this country and keep any attacker out of it," the Civil ...

    Article : 445 words
  13. Cairns Rainfall.

    The rainfall for February was 11.37 inches, which fell on 19 days. The amount for January was 5.10 inches, or a total for the first two months of ...

    Article : 34 words
  14. Plague of Caterpillars.

    In the Mareeba district there is the largest plague of caterpillars ever known. For miles they are mowing down the grass, but so far have not ...

    Article : 35 words
  15. Fall from Bicycle.

    Ellen Bird (7), of Petford, entered, the Mareeba District Hospital on Thursday suffering from a fractured left forearm as the result of a fall ...

    Article : 37 words
  16. The Cairns Post

    The war news is puzzling. There is nothing on which to rest assurance, yet, of the world struggle coming td an end ...

    Article : 775 words
  17. Schoolboy Hurt.

    Nicholas Valinotti (6), scholar, residing at Edmonton, received a lacerated wound to the third toe of the left foot as the result of a cut on a sharp ...

    Article : 44 words
  18. OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUE.

    A communique issued by the Minister for Air (Mr. A. S. Drakeford) today states that 16 Japanese bombers, and fighters attacked Port Moresby on ...

    Article : 93 words
  19. Aeroplane Recovered.

    W. R. Carpenter's Lockheed plane, Carmania 11, which crashed near the Cairns aerodrome on February 14, was recovered from its location, placed on ...

    Article : 41 words
  20. TRANSPORT WORKERS.

    Transport workers in certain categories in New South Wales will be placed on the reserved occupation list, the Labour Minister (Mr.-1 Ward) ...

    Article : 120 words
  21. DARING FLIGHTS.

    Accompanied by a former Royal Flying Corps veteran, Eric Stephens, a New Guinea flying hero, Norman Wilde reached Brisbane by train from ...

    Article : 518 words
  22. Allegedly Drank Poison.

    A young woman was taken to the Cairns District Hospital last night by the Ambulance suffering from the effects of poison she allegedly drank. ...

    Article : 54 words
  23. R.A.A.F. BOMBS NEW BRITAIN.

    A successful bombing attack by Royal Australian Air Force planes on enemy positions in New Britain was reported in a communique issued to-night by ...

    Article : 76 words
  24. Bitten by Snakes.

    Jack Bolton, employed by T. B. O'Meara and Sons, received a punctured wound to the left heel yesterday through having been bitten, by a black ...

    Article : 74 words
  25. ADDITIONAL PLANT.

    Because some North Queensland fire brigade boards have not provided adequate fire-fighting equipment the State Government has tightened its ...

    Article : 323 words
  26. CAIRNS AREA SCHOOLS.

    In accordance with the instructions issued by the Director-General of Education, State and denominational schools in Cairns will re-open this ...

    Article : 261 words
  27. CASUALTY LISTS.

    Two Queensland casualty lists were issued to-day. The first list was: Died of wounds: Privates N. Eriksen, Tumoulin; P. J. McDonagh, Mt. ...

    Article : 190 words
  28. Innisfail Mishaps.

    Thought to haye swallowed some nerve tablets which were missing from a bottle, Donald Hillhouse (aged l8 months) who became ill, was taken ...

    Article : 71 words
  29. Fire at Babinda.

    Between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. on Saturday an unoccupied house on the Cairns road, about a mile from Babinda, was totally destroyed by fire. The property ...

    Article : 103 words
  30. SALE OF SHARES.

    Although it is expected to accept the Opposition's compromise that shares may be sold On the market after having been held six months, the Federal ...

    Article : 366 words
  31. Promotions and Transfers.

    Included in the latest list of police promotions and transfers are the following: Promoted to the rank of Detective sergeant, first-class, ...

    Article : 117 words
  32. WEARING APPAREL.

    Fashion will be put on a war footing by committees appointed in various industries last week to standardise wearing apparel. The object is to save ...

    Article : 229 words
  33. NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    The whole of the Northern Territory came under military control when a further National Security regulation was issued last night by the Army ...

    Article : 198 words
  34. LIQUOR TRADE.

    If the move for voluntary control of liquor trading fails the Federal Government will be asked to consider the imposition of arbitrary control, which ...

    Article : 131 words
  35. A.l.F COMMANDER.

    Major General Bennett arrived 13 days after his dramatic escape from Singapore. He will see the Prime Minister (Mr. J. Curtin) and the ...

    Article : 304 words
  36. PUBLICITY CENSOR.

    Mr. H. A. Rorke, Chief Publicity Censor, N.S.W., has sent his resiliation to the Prime Minister (Mr. J. Curtin). He was for five years censor in the ...

    Article : 108 words
  37. R.A.A.F. PLANE.

    Anti-aircraft guns went into action in a defence area at Melbourne at 2.45 a.m. to-day. Several shells were fired at an R.A.A.F. plane which flew off its ...

    Article : 155 words
  38. CARGO SHIP

    The 15-ton cargo vessel Regina, owned by Messrs. Kleinschmidt Bros., which traded between Brisbane and Southport, sank in the Broadwater a few minutes ...

    Article : 151 words
  39. RNS PATRIOTIC FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 66 words
  40. OBITUARY.

    Mr. John Morris (73), principal of the Teachers Training College from 1920 to 1935, died to-day. He was an uncle of Mr. L. D. Edwards, Director ...

    Article : 66 words
  41. SAVAGE FIGHT.

    A savage fight between two sharks was watched by hundreds of people at Sandgate to-day. A monster grey nurse, estimated at 13 feet, attacked a ...

    Article : 84 words
  42. PROFESSOR SEDDON.

    The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. F. W. Bulcock) announced to-night that Professor H. Seddon, Director of Veterinary Services, had been appointed Queensland ...

    Article : 61 words
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