Maritime Unions Seek 20 Percent Wage Rise
In Sydney on December 15 the Maritime Unions pressed for a twenty percent wage increase as compensation for risk in a Commonwealth Arbitration Court in camera to protect Navy tactics. Chief Justice Beeby adjourned the case to February 6 and said any decision could be retrospective. All maritime unions joined the application affecting Australian ships trading within and beyond the region.
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Sydney
Maritieme
Beeby
Commonwealth Arbitration Court
Navy Department
Pacifie Islands
New Valand
America
Far East
Tully Chamber of Commerce Holds December Meeting
The Tully Chamber of Commerce met at the Tully Hotel lounge with officers J. P. Donohue chairing. Discussions covered Friday night shop hours, potential holidays for retailers, grape growing viability in North Queensland, road plans from Butler Street to Red Hill, and Christmas decorations with Cardwell Shire Council offering lighting assistance.
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Tully
Tully Chaber of Commerce
Tully Hotel
Messrs
J. P, i Donohue
Damora
F. Mellick
C. Roman
M. K. Courtney
Southern Employers’ Federation
Townsville
Adone
Cairns
J. E. Stephens
Cadwell
Murray
Queensland
Cardwell Share Council
Butler Street
Red Hill
Townsville Chamber of Commerce
Tully Chamber
North
Brisbane
Philppines
Queensland Bush Childrens Scheme
Cardwell
Tully Mill
Lally
Palmerston settlers debate direct telephone link
At the Innisfail Chamber of Commerce meeting Mr R A Steed complained the plan to cut ten miles to a telephone sign on the Millaa Millaa road was missed. A letter from GW Martens MHR attached a note from J Malone Deputy Director of Posts and Telegraphs stating the InnisfailMillaa Millaa Palmerston link was not warranted now. Instead action may extend an extra circuit on the InnisfailAtherton pole route and a direct circuit to Mills Millan Wheo.
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Innisfail
Millaa Millaa Road
R. A. Steed
Millaa Millaa
Palmerston Settlements
Atherton
Mills Millan
Innisfail Chamber hears on air mail and fares
President C J Dufin presided at the Innisfail Chamber meeting with J T McNamee H Eggers L R Ferguson R A Steed C Lang T R Harmer and secretary J Davey present The secretary was tasked to further inquire into concession fares for Christmas holidays A Cairns inspector noted air mail costs exceed revenue and advised Innisfail air mail on Sundays is unfeasible except for boxholders and post deliveries. air mail runs daily except Sundays and a delay fee could extend posting to 1 15 pm Saturdays The chamber agreed to thank District Postal Inspector Holland for the information.
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Innisfail
C. J. Dufin
Innisfail Chamber of Commerce
Messrs
J. T. McNamee
H. Eggers
L. R. Ferguson
R. A. Steed
C. Lang
T. R. Harmer
Davey
A. Hastie
T R. Holland
Cairns
Innisfar
Holland
Circuit Court Christmas Display and Coquette Point Road
The Circuit Court discussed reestablishing sittings and approved a Christmas decorating competition with judging on the Thursday before Christmas. Judges appointed were Balfe, Harmer, and Bayles. Residents of Coquette Point seek Johnstone Shire Council road access to Nind's Creek with bridge and offer to fund remaining highway work. Chamber of Commerce renews support for a road system to Coquette Point.
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Messrs
B. C. Balfe
T. Harmer
N. Bayles
R. A. Steed
Coquette Point
Johnstone Shire
Chamber of Commerce
Nind’s Creek
North Queensland candidates pass intermediate exam in October
The Federal Institute of Accountants announced the October intermediate examination results received by the Queensland secretary Mr G K Seabrook. Eligible candidates from North Queensland include J B Kehoe Cairns A A Koetel Cairns W T Marrs Herberton and L A Williams Cairns among others across various subjects and syllabi.
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Queensland
Federal Institute of Accountants (Incorporated
Melbourne
G. K. Seabrook
North Queensland
J. B. Kehoe
Cairns
A. A. Koetel
W. T. Marrs
Herberton
L. A. Williams
Chinese forces recapture towns isolate Japan from sea
New York aged dispatch from Chungking reports Chinese forces reclaim four strategic towns and isolate Japanese troops at Nanning from accessing the sea, marking a significant shift in the war dynamics.
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New York
United Press
Chungking
Nanning
Bingo politics and petrol fears split Australian city council
Labour aldermen boycott a Barry Parade lands meeting while Duggan condemns Sligo. Petrol scare fades as car sales rebound amid editorials warning about press influence. Talks for Acting Attorney General stir Queensland politics with Mullan’s health and potential retirement. Brisbane housing and welfare needs sparking calls for humane homes and pork market optimism rise.
Kuranda District Notes Holiday Closures and Local News
Kuranda and surrounding district report holiday shutdowns from December 19 to January 15 for P E I and Main Roads works. The Heo Electric Works line upgrade by Hume Steel Ltd ends next week. Christmas activities at Hunter Hall, with gifts for 100 children, plus visits from residents and visitors, mill progress, and local social notes. An overseas segment follows detailing Anne-Marie Conway Lloyd’s Air France departure from London to the United States with her mother and escort.
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Kuranda
P.E.I
Heo Electric
Barron Falls
Hume Steel Co. Ltd
Township
London
Anne-Marie Conway Lloyd
U.S.A
Mr. Lloyd
T. C. Conway Lloyd
Anne-Marie
Air France
Rhodes Scholar Named for 1940 from Brisbane
Brisbane December 15 1940 G L Wilsch has been chosen as the Rhodes Scholar for 1940. An agriculture undergraduate, he has a strong scholastic record and has held the university athletics championship for one year and was awarded a Blue.
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Brisbane
G .L. Wilsch
Pork and Heron Demand Puts Ministers Words in Spotlight
The text notes baconers selling at 7d and comments that two pounds are as good as a 12 pennyweight reef while the Minister for Agriculture and Stock asserts pork and heron demand is nearly unlimited, implying strong market appetite.
Printing firm Nichols and Sons closes after 240 years
After 240 years one of Britain's oldest printers, J. R. Nichols and Sons Ltd., plans to cease all business. They have printed the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons for 210 years, missing only three days during the 1924 general strike. The firm, founded in 1699 in Whitefriars by William Bowyer, faced wartime pressures that led to its final closure.
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London
Britain
J. R. Nichols and Sons Ltd
House of Commons
Frmat
Whitefriars
William Bowyer
Miles Fletcher
Court of Star Chamber
Answers to What Do YG Think
A compact note lists items and names. It names a tight rope walker Z Elgar and a set of figures or surnames Delano Bysshe Ewart Waldo Wadsworth. It includes a tally of twenty four and a paradox about being bitten by an ant.
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Elgar
Delano, Bysshe, Ewart, Waldo
Wadsworth
Palmerston settlers seek direct telephone links feasibility
Discussion notes that new facilities will meet two districts telephony needs and improve service. Trunk-line rates are radial, so a line from Innisfail to Millaa Millaa via Palmerston Highway would not cut costs. Mr Steed proposes sending a letter to Mr Martena requesting direct communication for Palmerston settlers, noting some areas on the highway have the nearest phone ten miles away.
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Innisfail
Millaa Milla
Palmerston Highway
Steed
Millaa Millaa
Palmerston
Martena
Moten
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Joseph Henry McVilly
Cairns Post” Pty. Ltd
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Townsville Grammar School
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