British columns in Eritrea, are pressing steadily westward towards the mountain township of Keren, 50 miles from Asmara, the capital ...
Article : 316 wordsSt. John's Church. Lake-street: 7 a.m., Holy Communion: 9.30 a.m., Sunday School and Kindergarten; 7.30 p.m., Evensong and Sermon. ...
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Family Notices : 338 wordsAt a special meeting of the Barron Falls Hy[?]-Electricity Board last night the members decided on a total of £85,000 as the amount of the board's ...
Article : 1,265 wordsSweeping, changes in policy are planned in the Department of Information. To-day the appointment of Mr. Percy B. Jenkin, ...
Article : 209 wordsBy a unanimious decision the Fall Arbitration Court held to-day that now was not the tine to increase the baale wage. The court was of ...
Article : 460 wordsMr. Tom McDonald, the well-known Cairns airman, while flying his single-engined. Miles Falcon machine, made a forced landing a ...
Article : 247 wordsThe leader of the British Supply Mission (Mr. H. W. Kearns), who passed through Brisbane with other members of the mission on their way home by flying ...
Article : 110 words"It is my opinion that the pilot flew towards Brisbane and entered a large cloud. The plane then apparently got out of control, and the pilot failed to ...
Article : 265 words"Fairplay":—It is essential that you send in your correct name and address. —Editor. "The Cairns Post." ...
Article : 23 wordsPotatoes were in light supply at Romastreet to-day and the quality was only medium to poor. Competition was dull. Offers of 9/ to 7/6 were received, but ...
Article : 121 wordsIt is, perhaps, difficult to put into words what is meant by the expression so often heard, "sustaining a loss." Clearly, it seems ...
Article : 889 wordsMesdames W. R. Arehdall and W. C Kynaston, representing the junior auxiliary of the Women's Committee of the R.S.S.I.L.A. yesterday met the ...
Article : 229 wordsMr. John Ravizza, a member of the firm bf G. Ravizia and Sons, Airdale, near Ayr, was fined £1 by the Full Bench of the Arbitration Court to-day. The ...
Article : 209 wordsGolden Casket No. 678 will be drawn to-day (Saturday), probably in the early afternoon.—Our Brisbane correspondent. ...
Article : 21 wordsWeather permitting, a programme of light and popular music will be rendered by the Cairns Citizens' Band in Anzac Park on Sunday night, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 100 wordsThe Full Bench of the Arbitration Court to-day fixed March 17 for the hearing of claims for an increased basic wage. The Combined Unions ...
Article : 290 wordsThe [?]mometer at the Cairns Post Office yesterday recorded the following figures: Maximum 88.8 degrees, minimum 70.6. The conroarative ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 74 wordsIn response to an appeal from the Lord Mayor of Brisbane (Ald. J. B. Chandler) it was derided by the trustees of the Cairns Patriotic Fund [?] ...
Article : 297 wordsTony Sultana, labourer at Daradgee, was cutting wood on a circular saw when his right hand carne in contact with the saw. He suffered a ...
Article : 79 wordsAlthough the Sydney works of Stewart and Lloyds (Australia) Pty. Ltd. were dedared "black" yesterday by a joint meeting of two committees claiming to ...
Article : 166 wordsSir,—Further to your correspondence column of the 7th instant, under the heading "Public Interest," may I express my appreciation of the action of ...
Article : 97 wordsA pupil pilot attached to Amberley, Pilot B. J. Jones, who disappeared on a cross-country training flight to-day, was later renorted landed safely—at ...
Article : 41 wordsYesterday afternoon C. Fogarty, a labourer, of McLeod-street, had a fishhook embedded in the second finger of his right hand while he was fishing. He ...
Article : 111 wordsFine, sunny weather returned to the Cairns district yesterday, and in the city the cyclone warning flag was hauled down. The cyclonic depression ...
Article : 139 wordsOnly 47 per cent, of the normal requirements of ammonium sulphate fertiliser is expected to he available this year, the Minister for Agriculture and ...
Article : 137 wordsMary Botica, residing at Mundoo, was pushing a calf away from its mother on Thursday, when the cow lifted its head and horned the girl, close to the right ...
Article : 49 wordsThe cairns City Council is obtaining a census of the number of eligible children in the city area whose parents are desirous of having them ...
Article : 100 wordsThe State Government has decided to introduce legislation goon to requite petrol distributors to mix benzol or power alcohol with petrol to reduce the ...
Article : 125 wordsThe Fruit Inspector (Mr. B. Funnell) stated yesterday that the serious shortage of potatoes that had existed in Cairns for some time has been relieved ...
Article : 58 wordsThe extra mail train leaving Brisbane every Monday evening and arriving in Cairns on Wednesday evening, and the one leaving Cairns every ...
Article : 56 wordsBrisbane and inter-State: Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 9 a.m.: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. 5 a.m. South beyond Innisfail and Townsville ...
Article : 222 wordsThe licences of four broadcasting star tiona, including 4AT Atherton, Queensland, put off the air recently by the Commonwealth Government were revoked ...
Article : 146 wordsMembers of Group 5 of the Cairns Starr Bowkett Building and Investment Society met at the registered office last night to ballot for the eighth ...
Article : 118 wordsThe Federal Attorney-General and Minister for the Navy (Mr. W. M. Hoghes) last night, denied as "splenetic, and entirely baseless" the report that he might ...
Article : 171 wordsA resident of Stratford yesterday advised that a large shark had been caught in the vicinity of Stratford bridge, a spot where a good many ...
Article : 83 wordsA summary of the evidence placed before the Federal Committee on the Production bf Power Alcohol indicates that a large increase in power alcohol ...
Article : 142 wordsThe Chairman of the Douglas Shire Council (Cr. R. D. Rex) was in Cairas yesterday on shire business. The shire has been finding it difficult to secure a ...
Article : 122 wordsCairns men among the latest call-up for the Royal Australian Air Force include Messrs. Mervyn Woodgate, of the Bank of New South Wales[?] Robert ...
Article : 93 wordsThe death of a Brisbane man from disease is reported in the A.I.F. casualty list issued to-night. It contained also the names of two Queensland men ...
Article : 108 wordsDefence officials are reported to have been astonished when they inspected a revolutionary machine for riveting, now under, experiment at the Ford plant at ...
Article : 91 wordsThe state Government Fruit Inspector at Cairns (Mr. B. Funnell) yesterday stated that the serious dislocation of sea and train traffic from the ...
Article : 127 wordsThe sugar cane in the Mossman area had a setback in the dry weather, but the rain has caused it to grow remarkably, stated the Chairman of the ...
Article : 128 wordsFog, Blush and ice stalled an attempt to Teach a wreeked plane which the pilots of the Royal Canadian Air Force discovered on ice in Notts wasga River. ...
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The Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1965), Sat 8 Feb 1941, Page 4
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