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Family Notices : 247 wordsThe Busso-Finnish war has ended, and while it is not yet possible to form an accurate appraisement of the result of the ...
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Advertising : 270 wordsThe production of coal by free labour at the Rothbury Mine while other pits are idle through the strike threatens to involve ...
Article : 183 wordsA cyclone operating off the coast is expected to cross the coastline near Mackay late to-night Drenching rains fell almost continually all day ...
Article : 191 wordsThe death of Mr. William Alfred Hooper in Cairns on Saturday afternoon closed one of the greatest careers of railway: men in ...
Article : 727 wordsThe first Ministerial task of the new Federal Assistant Treasurer (Mr.A. W. Fadden) will be a review of war-time taxation proposals. A ...
Article : 166 wordsJohn Barrie Plata (10), a schoolboy, residing at Gordonvale, had his left leg [?]mputated below the knee at Gordonvale Hospital this evening, ...
Article : 281 wordsHalf the State forest at Taranna, in the south-east, and millions of feet of swamp gum timber in the Lachlan and Derwent valley districts have ...
Article : 346 wordsBlair Athol miners here to-day decided by an almost unanimous vote to defy the instructions of the management committee of the Queensland ...
Article : 77 wordsTwenty ships, mostly colliers, are tied up as the result of the coal strike and more are expected to be idle next week. No union policy meetings ...
Article : 215 wordsSpot and three months' prices in London are:— Silver, 1/8 15-16, 1/8 15-16; 1/10 9-16, 1/10 9-16. ...
Article : 112 wordsAmong the useful activities which the outbreak of war has checked is the work of the Imperial Economic Committee. ...
Article : 688 wordsA small freighter is sinking of the west coast of Tasmania. Advice was received in Brisbane last night that an S O S had been picked np from a ship ...
Article : 71 wordsSuffering an injury to his right ankle, caused by a log rolling on it Mr. Jarrett, a timber hauler, sought Ambulance attention on Saturday evening. ...
Article : 40 wordsTin is 47.25 cents per 1b. ...
Article : 14 wordsBad weather forced the Airlines of Australia DH86 Lepena to make an emergency landing at Coolangatta aerodrome this afternoon. There were ...
Article : 116 wordsWhen she fell out of a Mee at Innisfail yesterday afternoon, Kathleen Hunter (10) sustained a lacerated wound to the left thigh. First-aid was ...
Article : 42 wordsWith their final leave completed, 302 members of the Second A.I.F. left the inter-State railway station to-day in a full troop train for the south. ...
Article : 48 wordsIn the Police Court on Saturday morning, Cliff John Buckingham (42), labourer, was charged with being a vagrant within the meaning of the ...
Article : 52 wordsCanada's imports of Australian raw sugar are increasing. They reached 94,678 tons in 1939, compared with 43,991 in 1938, and 80,310 in 1937. ...
Article : 79 wordsIn a national broadcast to-night on the issue of the war savings certificates, the Treasurer (Mr. P. C. Spender) said we must be prepared for a ...
Article : 163 wordsAlleged to have been stabbed three times in his book shop at Stone's Corner at ll p.m. on Saturday, Richard Charles Hood (30) was admitted to ...
Article : 133 wordsA few seconds before the flag fell[?] signal the start of the hurdle race at the greyhound race meeting at Parramatta Park on Saturday afternoon ...
Article : 80 wordsSavagely attacked with spears after a dispute with other natives over agin, an aboriginal, Harry, alias Wirragun, was killed and buried on the creek ...
Article : 352 wordsThe W. R. Carpenter airliner Carinthia, which was reported on Saturday to have landed on a reef, is completely submerged in 70ft. of water near ...
Article : 115 wordsIn the Government Gazette of March 2, a quarantine area was declared within the Hambledon Mill area, on account of the prevalence of ...
Article : 101 wordsBrisbane and inter-state: Monday Wednesday and Friday, 9 a.m.: Tuesday and Saturday, 5 a.m. South beyond Innisfail and ...
Article : 221 wordsThe United States fleet of 130 surface craft and 350 aircraft will begin manoeuvres in the Pacific on April 2. They will be based on Pearl Harbour. ...
Article : 40 wordsThe annual conference of the Southeastern District of the Returned Soldiers' League to-day carried motions urging the Commonwealth to take ...
Article : 62 wordsThe death occurred in Cairns early yesterday morning of Mr. Charles John Blackwell (52), a well-known citizen of Cairns, who had been ...
Article : 85 wordsFollowing the successful £18,000,000 Commonwealth War Loan, the Federal Government is working out details of a new defence appeal. The new loan ...
Article : 69 wordsFears for the safety of the launch Nobby, which was reported to be two weeks overdue on its run between Cairns and a lonely part of the eastern ...
Article : 107 wordsDespite support from a few members, whose speeches created an uproa[?] the North Brisbane branch of the federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen ...
Article : 125 wordsJapanese and Soviet troops clashed near the Saghalien-Karafuto border, when two Japanese and 12 Soviet casualties occurred. The Japanese ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 112 wordsFrom Monday price on all lines of tea increased by 5d. since the outbreak of war will fall 1d a 1b. Tea increased by 4½d. since the war will ...
Article : 96 wordsThe Minister for Works (Mr. Harry Bruce) advises that plans, specifications, and estimate for further work on the Ravenshoe-Hot ...
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The Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954), Mon 18 Mar 1940, Page 6
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