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  2. Family Notices

    {No abstract available}

    Family Notices : 111 words
  3. BLACK-OUT TEST. OPERATES TO-NIGHT.

    The Commonwealth Government has ordered a full black-out test along the whole Australian seaboard to-morrow (Wednesday) ...

    Article : 145 words
  4. SECOND LANDING.

    An R.A.A.F. communique announced to-night that bombers of the R.A.A.F. attacked enemy shipping off the coast of New Britain on ...

    Article : 153 words
  5. SOUTHERN SCHOOLS.

    While northern schools will remain closed the Government may soon permit some schools in the southern coastal area to resume. Cabinet ...

    Article : 196 words
  6. AID OF UNIONS.

    The Minister for Labour (Mr. E. J. Ward) is enlisting the assistance of the entire trade union movement throughout Australia in ...

    Article : 151 words
  7. DRAMATIC ORDER.

    In the [?]t drastic and farreaching decision ever aken by an Autralian Government [?]eeting the private lives, liberties and ...

    Article : 1,412 words
  8. BRISBANE PRODUCE MARKET.

    Only one truck of produce was in the shed proper at Roma-street markets to-day, this being the lightest supply for a considerable time. Pumpkin values ...

    Article : 110 words
  9. OUR SYDNEY LETTER.

    Sydney's first daylight air-raid test will take place next week. It is to be on a realistic scale, with National Emergency Service wardens at their ...

    Article : 1,361 words
  10. The Cairns Post

    Two sharply contrasting impressions of the Allied approach to post-war planning of Europe emerged from the history-making ...

    Article : 735 words
  11. RECORD PRICE FOR PUMPKINS.

    Pumpkins set a still higher record at Roma-street to-day with £40. ...

    Article : 19 words
  12. CAIRNS HARBOUR BOARD.

    At the monthly meeting of the Cairns Harbour Board yesterday afternoon, a letter was read from the Woothakata Shire Council seeking information ...

    Article : 556 words
  13. HOUR A SECRET.

    The black-out, which is to be held to-morrow night at an hour which will remain secret until warning sir[?] are sounded, will be accompanied by ...

    Article : 123 words
  14. QUEENSLAND AIRMEN.

    The Minister for Air (Mr. A. S. Drakeford) announced to-day an immediate award of a bar to his D.F.C. to Wing-Commander Howard Clive ...

    Article : 206 words
  15. A.I.F. CASUALTIES.

    Two Queensland casualty lists were issued to-day. The first list was:— Killed in action: Privates V. J. Bannah, St. Lawrence; C. H. Delacour, Mt. ...

    Article : 277 words
  16. ENEMY SPIES.

    Military authorities believe that the use of a secret radio to send information to the enemy from Australia has been proved. The authorities, ...

    Article : 156 words
  17. CAIRNS ARRANGEMENTS.

    At Cairns the warning signal of the black-out will be four blasts of 30 seconds duration of the whistles of the Northern Australian Brewer[?]es, ...

    Article : 86 words
  18. INVASION THREAT.

    Latest reports from Major-General Gordon Bennett were presented to the war Cabinet this morning, and the War Cabinet members spent some hours ...

    Article : 91 words
  19. NATIONAL GOVERNMENT.

    Referring to the danger of fifth column activities in Australia the Leader of the State Opposition (Mr. G. F..Nicklin) said to-day that party ...

    Article : 128 words
  20. COMMANDO DUTY.

    Army officials revealed to-day that specially selected bodies of troops are now being trained in Australia for commando duty, if ever it becomes ...

    Article : 159 words
  21. A.W.U. GANGERS.

    The Canberra branch of the A.W.U. proposes to seek the intervention of the Minister of Labour (Mr. E. J. Ward) to discipline his colleague, the Minister for ...

    Article : 198 words
  22. TEN QUEENSLAND DEATHS.

    Ten deaths were reported in the list of Queensland A.I.F. casualties in Malaya, issued to-night The New South Wales A.I.F. list includes six ...

    Article : 43 words
  23. Northern Appointment.

    Mr. N. F. T. Applin, acting warden, Herberton, has been appointed Industrial Magistrate temporarily, as from January 27, during the absence of Mr. ...

    Article : 45 words
  24. REFUGEE SHIPS.

    One of the most graphic stories of refugee ships from Singapore which are now running the gauntlet of the Japanese land batteries as well as ...

    Article : 342 words
  25. TOMATO CROPS.

    All tomatoes produced in Australia in the current season were declared to-day for price control purposes. An order fixing the prices will be issued ...

    Article : 141 words
  26. Buying of Tungsten.

    The Federal Member for Kennedy (Mr. W. J. Riordan) advises that he has received notification from the Minister of Commerce (Mr. W. J. Scully), ...

    Article : 66 words
  27. Authority to Borrow.

    Official advice was received from Brisbane yesterday that the State Treasurer (Mr. F. A. Cooper) had approved the Johnstone Shire Council ...

    Article : 55 words
  28. CREAM CARRIERS.

    All cream carriers in Queensland are to be equipped with producer gas units. Plans to effect this were formulated by the executive of the ...

    Article : 163 words
  29. AUXILIARY WATER SERVICE.

    "Scrutator" writes: Now that the airraid shelters are almost completed there is another very important matter that concerns all of us, which so far ...

    Article : 267 words
  30. Aviator's Great Feat.

    An arrival at Townsville from New Guinea stated that Norman Wilde, a well-known New Guinea, aviator, accomplished the extraordinary feat of ...

    Article : 63 words
  31. FURTHER CALL UP.

    The war Cabinet has decided to call up an additional number of men for full-time duty with the Australian forces, the Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) ...

    Article : 68 words
  32. Flying Fish Point Exodus.

    The exodus from Flying Fish Point to other parts of the State continues, and it was stated yesterday that by the end of this week only two of the ...

    Article : 77 words
  33. Red Cross Cake Shop.

    The Cake Shop in Abbott-street will be open for the sale of cakes on Friday, February 13, as usual, and will continue to be opened every Friday, ...

    Article : 98 words
  34. A.I.F. DOCTOR.

    Dr. Harry. C. Whittle, formerly of Maryborough, who died abroad on June 2, while on service with the A.I.F., left a gross estate of £16,259. It was ...

    Article : 47 words
  35. COL.J. A. CHAPMAN.

    The Minister for the Army (Mr. F. M. Forde) announced that Colonel Jas. A. Chapman, O.B.E., has been appointed to the charge of the administration ...

    Article : 107 words
  36. WAR EXPENDITURE.

    War expenditure continues greatly to exceed the average monthly rate provided in the Budget estimate. For January it was £24,312,000, which is at ...

    Article : 186 words
  37. CAIRNS PATRIOTIC FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 66 words
  38. ELEVEN COAL MINES IDLE.

    Six coal mines on the northern field and five on the southern field were idle yesterday. ...

    Article : 23 words
  39. Tropical Agricultural Bureau.

    The fact that three of the staff of the Bureau of Tropical Agriculture at South Johnstone have been called up for full-time service with the V.D.C. ...

    Article : 116 words
  40. OBITUARY. MRS. ANNIE RICE.

    The death occurred in a private hosPital in Cairns early yesterday of Mrs. Annie Rice, an old resident of Cairns. Deceased was born in the County of ...

    Article : 108 words
  41. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 90 words
  42. Allen Service Registration.

    In pursuance of National Security (Alien Service) regulations all male aliens resident in Australia who are of the age of 18 years and upwards, ...

    Article : 128 words
  43. MR. L. F. BRENNEKE.

    Mr. Louis Frederick Brenneke, of Victoria-street, Clayfield, who died on February 2, aged 80, served as a teacher in various parts of Queensland ...

    Article : 90 words
  44. DIETL'S NEW APPOINTMENT.

    The Vichy radio states that General Dietl, prominent in Narvik and Poland, has been appointed commander of the German forces on the F[?]h front. ...

    Article : 39 words
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