03 Jun 1943
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 03, 1943
Page
1
A dense wartime job ad listing from The Cairns Post shows general notices for board and lodging, domestic service, and labour positions. It includes openings for clerks, waitresses, maids, cooks, dock workers, timber cutters, and farm help, with National Service Officer references and locations across Cairns Atherton Mareeba Mulgrave and surrounding districts.
A mass meeting for sugar workers in the Mulgrave area is scheduled at Nelson Hall, Gordanvale, on Friday June 4 at 2 am. Secretary G Bennett and the Deputies Committee organize the event to discuss local labor matters.
Real estate listings for sale in city and suburbs include mixed properties such as hotels cafes wood and residentials, with prime Trinity Bay views. Advertisements warn of lost items and reward info, plus vacancies for furnished flats in Gordonvale and an officer or businessman house share. Listings callouts include contact details and booking boxes for offices.
Auction notice for Swayble Auction Freehold Sugar Farm near Tully on June 3. The property comprises 190 acres 2 roods 28 perches total with 32 acres gross assignment and other met acres. Full particulars from JFP Donohue Auctioneer Box 202 Tully.
General notices record watchmaker absence from June 6 and King’s Birthday being observed June 2. The North Queensland Employers Association notes June 7 as ordinary nonworking day unless directed to work. Cane growers announce crushing season sign-on and field activities in Mossman on June 10 and 11, 1943. A divorce petition in New South Wales Supreme Court proceeding Margaritis versus Margaritis is noted, with defense steps and copy availability. Mining lease application Castle Rock details, with objections to be heard at Chillagoe July 1, 1933, in the War dens Court, presided by Warden McDonough.
Real estate and property salesmen listed with phone numbers for inquiries and listings. Potential buyers and sellers can reach out via the provided telephone contact.
A list of auction sales conducted with minimal notice by managing agents for Fire Insurance National Insurance Cap at NZ Ltd, Life Assurance National Mutualife Assurance of Australia Ltd, Wills and Estates Union Trustees Co at Australia Ltd, and Loans W North Queensland Mortgage and Investment Ltd.
Auctioneers and property salesmen, forwarding agents, and general commission agents are listed in this notice. The document outlines the roles and regulatory scope of these professions within the trade, including licensing and conduct expectations.
A fragmented notice mentions P O Box Abbott and UB Properties with sale terms and managing agents. References City Mutual Life Assurance and The Queensland Trustees Ltd Crotty Time Works appear among entities. The legibility is limited, but the item indicates an auction or sale via property agents and trustees.
Tender invitations for Lease of Portion Y in Glady Parish, about 1.5 miles north of Garradunga. Tenders must state annual rent and lease term, envelopes marked Tender for Lease. Lodgement by 1 am Monday June 7 1943. Shire Clerk Williams Cairns June 2. Also assorted classified notices for saloons hairdressing steam waving library sale and local services.
A fragmentary report mentions a person or entity named Head Ofte Herb and references locations or groups Calhns Marezeba and Port Douglas Mt Garne Molloy with unclear connections. The readable text suggests a regional setting and potential ranching or maritime activity but lacks coherent narrative.
Malta stands as a pivotal Allied stronghold in the central Mediterranean. The island, bombarded since Italy's war entry, sheltered RAF and Allied aircraft that struck Axis forces in North Africa, Sicily, and Pantelleria. Its harbors and location enabled critical naval and air operations, with Malta increasingly poised to aid the liberation of Europe and hinder Axis conquests.
Allied patrols in western Burma report daily operations against Japanese forces on the Assam Burma border. Brigades of Gurkha and Indian troops trek jungle terrain to strike small patrols, seize documents, and rescue prisoners while suffering few casualties. A jungle observer recalls near clashes and selective fire fights, noting aggressive patrols and occasional, tense encounters near Japanese positions.
Mick McHugh a Galwey man born May 6 1857 emigrated to Australia 26 years later and built a life in Cooktown and Cairns keeping safe the railway roadway around the Endeavour region. He served as ganger on the Cairns line and Atherton extension overseeing the Stoney Creek area near No 2 tunnel. Retired after leading a relaying gang on the Mulgrave section. Survived by a large family including wife who died in 1937 and eight children plus grandchildren and great grandchildren. He died May 25 aged 68.
The Melbourne Letter surveys petrol shortages for doctors and ticketed car sharing in London versus Melbourne. It notes rising Australian tobacco production targets for 1943 44 and discusses shifts away from imported brands toward locally produced leaf amid wartime supply concerns. It highlights a push by the Production Executive to steady output under the Australian Tobacco Board and Department of Trade and Customs.
Representatives at a five hour conference in Melbourne discussed transport saving measures across cities and rural areas. Back-loading practices used in Mildura could cut trips as growers deliver and return empty loads. The Victorian Directorate of Emergency Road Transport may publish recommendations. The Victorian Milk Board plans an embargo on sale of milk drinks from milk bars to curb shortages for service personnel and households.
A Ravenshoe meeting of Table sub branches discussed population and immigration under White Australia policy, support for Italian treaty abolition, defence funding for soldiers, repatriation issues, and amusement tax. Delegates from Atherton Ravenshoe Herberton Malanda and others urged state action and outlined plans for August Millaa Millaa meet.
London reports eight Belgians were executed by a military court at Charelra after a trial for forming a secret society aimed at obtaining firearms and organizing sabotage.
The premier Mr Dunstan pledged no effort will be spared to ensure a clean milk supply with a spring increase in milk. He aims to maximize use of pasteurization plants and seek extra equipment from Federal authorities. The Victorian Labour Party weighs in on the Comintern dissolution, while noting it changes nothing about the anti Communist ban. The move to dissolve the Communist International is criticized as a subterfuge amid the Allied fight against Nazism.
A Cairns Post reader argues Social Credit claims about bank created money are flawed. He explains credit creation is costless to banks and the public, via overdraft facilities and deposits, with interest only on specific loans. He cites Australia’s banking commission data and previews a future reply.
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