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  2. AIR RAID SHELTERS.

    Flans for placement of pill boxes, street aprons and trenches to protect the floating population—those in public places when any air raids might ...

    Article : 210 words
  3. Family Notices

    {No abstract available}

    Family Notices : 249 words
  4. COMMERCIAL.

    Potatoes were in poor demand at the Roma-street markets on Saturday. Deliveries were light, and the general quality mediocre, the only line released, an ...

    Article : 218 words
  5. STORY BRIDGE.

    A distinguished crowd saw the Governor (Sir Leslie Wilson) cut s red ribbon and declare the Story Bridge open for traffic ...

    Article : 538 words
  6. MUNITION WORKS.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. R. G. Menzies) stated on Saturday night that by the middle of next year there would be 80,000, persons engaged in ...

    Article : 178 words
  7. NEWSBOY CRUSHED.

    Alan Orvad (9), a newsboy of Mascot, was fatally crushed under a Douglas airliner at Mascot aerodrome this morning. The boy was a frequent ...

    Article : 150 words
  8. AUSTRALIAN PETROL.

    It is expected that Australianmade petrol refined from shale oil will be produced for the first time as Glen Davis within the next ...

    Article : 291 words
  9. MOTORISTS AGAIN HIT.

    An important disclosure in the petrol regulations issued in Melbourne is the fact that the Liquid Fuel Control Board will have powers to make a charge not ...

    Article : 81 words
  10. TOBACCO DEA[?]ER IN N.S.W.

    An increase of one halfpenny an ounce in cut tobacco in 1oz. and 2oz. packets was announced to-day by the secretary of the New South wales ...

    Article : 69 words
  11. FREE WAR LOANS.

    The Commonwealth Government is extremely gratified with the wonderful response to the call for subscriptions to the £5,000,000 interest-free ...

    Article : 139 words
  12. A.R.P. WARDENS.

    Boundaries: Commencing at the corner of McKenzie-street and the Esplanade, by the right along McKenzie-street to Sheridan-street, thence by the left ...

    Article : 435 words
  13. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 166 words
  14. STATE WOOL CHEQUE.

    With the war, wool has come into its own again. The industry was worth £11,500,000 to Queensland for the season just ended. That figure is little ...

    Article : 214 words
  15. TAX FIELD.

    The suggestion that the rapid increase in Commonwealth war taxation should be accompanied by reduction of State expenditure and taxation was ...

    Article : 278 words
  16. JAPAN'S DEMANDS.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. R. G. Menzies) said last night that the Government had not received any official information that France had severed ...

    Article : 221 words
  17. Maryborough Mill.

    Maryborough sugar mill commenced crushing last week. It is estimated that the total cane to be treated will be slightly in excess of 60,000 tons, and ...

    Article : 49 words
  18. National Government.

    At the request of the Cairns Subbranch R.S.S.I.L.A. the Mayor (Ald. W. A. Collins) has called a public meeting in the Council Chambers for ...

    Article : 55 words
  19. TROTSKYSTS BANNED.

    The Revolutionary Workers' League, a branch of the Communist League of Australia[?] was to-day declared illegal by the Federal Government. Action was ...

    Article : 134 words
  20. The Cairns Post

    The remarkable activity of the Royal Air Force is the topic of the day. It is making history of an extraordinary nature, and ...

    Article : 740 words
  21. Stealing Charge.

    James West (46), labourer, was charged in the Police Court on Saturday before Mr. R. C. Grenier, P.M., that on July 5, he stole three bottles ...

    Article : 66 words
  22. Home Training, 51st Btn.

    All officers and N.C.Os. of the M.G. Coy, will attend training cadre at the Drill Hall. Cairns, on Tuesday night. Officers and N.C.Os. of C Coy. ...

    Article : 61 words
  23. GOVERNMENT ACTION.

    Regret that the Queensland Government had not followed the course taken by other States in co-operating with voluntary organisations in the ...

    Article : 218 words
  24. DR. DUHIG'S DENIAL.

    Archbishop Duhig said to-night that he did not leave the Story bridge daring the Premier's speech, nor would [?]e be guilty of such discourtesy to the head ...

    Article : 102 words
  25. Cairns Clinic.

    Following is the report of the Cairns Maternal and Child Welfare Centre and sub-centres for the month of June, 1940: Number of attendances, Cairns ...

    Article : 63 words
  26. WOMEN ENLIST.

    More than 4000 women between 17 and 60 years enlisted in the Women's Australian National Services on Saturday. The officer in charge of recruiting ...

    Article : 94 words
  27. THREE DEAD.

    A father and son and another youth were killed when a car was struck by a train at a level crossing between St. Albans and Sydenham this ...

    Article : 134 words
  28. CHILD EVACUEES.

    Every ship leaving England from now until August will be taken over by the British Government to enable the mass evacuation of children to ...

    Article : 106 words
  29. Cyclist Injured.

    Edward Hogan, of Water-street, while riding a cycle last night came into collision with a motor car at the intersection of McLeod and Florence ...

    Article : 61 words
  30. CURTAIL RAIL MOTORS.

    As a means of conserving petrol, the State Executive of the Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen suggests that the running of rail motors ...

    Article : 118 words
  31. GROOM IN TWO SMASHES.

    A bridegroom and best man were on their way along the Great Eastern Highway this afternoon to attend a wedding when their car knocked down an elderly ...

    Article : 104 words
  32. Chickens "Fly" to Port Moresby.

    What is stated by the airline company to be the largest consignment of chickens to have been forwarded by air from Australia to New Guinea has ...

    Article : 70 words
  33. Engine Driver Scalded.

    W. Clark, of Cairns, driver of a Simplex engine for the Hambledon Mill, was scalded on the face and forehead on Saturday when steam from ...

    Article : 45 words
  34. NAZIS' TANKS.

    Expert witnesses told the Senate Military Committee that spectacular features of the German victories, notably tanks, had been grossly overrated. ...

    Article : 78 words
  35. Visitor's Generous Gesture.

    A retired southern medical practitioner who makes annual pilgrimages to Cairns to enjoy the warm climate during the winter months, and who is ...

    Article : 131 words
  36. DUTCHMEN WARNED.

    The German military commander in Holland (General Christiansen) has issued a communique threatening death and other severe penalties unless the ...

    Article : 56 words
  37. Motorist and Train.

    Theodore Martinuzzi (21), of the Esplanade, was treated by the Cairns Ambulance for a laceration under the chin and shock after the motor car he ...

    Article : 43 words
  38. HELP FOR SCOTTISH CHILDREN.

    Australian-Scottish homes for Scottish children during the war was advocated by the Chief of the Warwick Caledonian Society (Mr. B. T. De ...

    Article : 136 words
  39. Cut by Window Glass.

    One large and several small incised wounds to his left elbow and forearm were received by Patrick Taylor, of Digger-street, yesterday, when he fell ...

    Article : 43 words
  40. CAIRNS PATRIOTIC FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 52 words
  41. A.I.F. RECRUITING.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 299 words
  42. Believed Swallowed Screw.

    On Saturday afternoon Edward Ebrington (3½), of Martyn-street, was attended by the Cairns Ambulance for choking, caused, it was stated, by ...

    Article : 46 words
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    Above: The Jeanne d'Arc when she visited Sydney. Below: The aircraft-carrier Beam. Both ships are at Martinique. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 17 words
  44. Fire at Mareeba.

    At 11 o'clock on Saturday night the Mareeba Fire Brigade received a call to Floreat Bacon Factory, where a fire had broken out in the building, ...

    Article : 145 words
  45. Car Driver's Escape.

    When a motor car somersaulted on the Mareeba-Tolga road, five miles from the former township at 2 a.m. yesterday, the driver, Lance Crothers ...

    Article : 103 words
  46. EVACUATION [?]USH.

    The Dominions and Colonial Offices have stated that applications to send children overseas will close to-day until further notice because of the ...

    Article : 55 words
  47. MAIL NOTICES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 213 words
  48. BADGES FOR REJECTS.

    The issue of badges to men unable to join the A.I.F. is supported by the Beturned Soldiers' League, but opposed by the Director-General of ...

    Article : 141 words
  49. Innisfail Accidents.

    when his left thumb was jammed in a door, an infant named George Camilinghi. of Daradgee, sustained a lacerated and contused wound, also ...

    Article : 165 words
  50. Taxation Returns.

    Attention is drawn to an advertisement in to-day's issue calling on all persons liable to furnish Federal and State Income Tax Returns to forward ...

    Article : 180 words
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