Wangs Home Fire Traced To Market Ham Delicacy
Wang and family lose their fourth home as a factory engine fire destroys the thatched dwelling. Neighbors and friends supply salvage items like a cooking pot and beds from ruins. The incident follows a wartime shortage but prompts concern over drainage and disease in the city. Snowy Tongue and family face the aftermath with aid from local charity.
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Wang
Bone
Wang Emily
Palves
Dorraivary
Tuat Wang
Airvich
Snowih
Irey
Chungking
Wallace and Deputies Aid Road Ahead Rescue
Wallace and his deputies arrived to assist as two men were bogged down on the road earlier in the day. They helped secure a path to free the trapped travelers and clear the obstruction.
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Wallace
Pawa
Tour’ Barrete
Letter to the Editor on Spence Street dump issue
A Cairns Post reader thanks the paper for publishing a February letter about the Spence Street dump. The writer notes ongoing rat feed from dumped kitchen waste and questions how long the local authority will allow this nuisance before action is taken to prevent a plague.
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Langer
Jack Skinner
Cairns
Cairns Post
Spence-street
Ron Iinus
Prom Jame Laughlin Navy Service During World War I Years
Prom Jame Laughlin joined the Navy in 1918 and served on ships including HOSS Iron Duke Barbare and Courageous until 1938. He recalled choosing labour schemes during low mood and signing reserves for pay after ten years. At the war's outbreak he was drafted to the mine sweeper Foxglove where he met Froges and they conducted channel patrols and convoyed.
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Wrst
Beym
Dolly
RMS
Foxglove
Froges
Australian Troops Garrison Remote Pacific Atolls
The Australians establish a coastal and lagoon watch on a chain of atolls near Green Island and Emiray Teland. Troops patrol shores, build roads, and use improvised craft to access crystal clear waters and abundant fish. Tropical storms are rare, with hospitable beaches aiding convalescent patients and daily life aboard.
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Bougainville
Lina Mili
Fir Island
Te Island
Fonceen Islands
Green Island
Emiray Teland
Equator
Twin British sailors share one ship in eerie naval twin bond
Our Special Correspondent reports two sets of twin seamen on HMS Howe create identity puzzles for officers. Dene and Ken Cole from Southend reveal mirrored looks and synchronized minds. Denis and Ken joined Navy together in 1943 and persistently stay aboard the same ship with other Cole brothers and Pugh siblings also serving, while their father and other relatives angle through various naval roles.
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Ems
Howe
Dene
Ken Cole
South-End-oo-Sea
Essex
Joe
Cole Twins
Jon
East End
Renex
Denis
Ken
Navy
Non
Kins
Bath
Othe
P. J
BA Mayers
Portsmouth
Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Army
Duke of York Miltary College
Bluejscke
Naval Raining College
Ble i Mun
Tr Nan
Tey
Vic
Eadie Pugh
Detore
la Traning
Wiliam
Norway
LMS
Sugar subsidy debate drives Cairns growers discussion
Stewart of Port Douglas urges Cairns cane growers to back a sugar export subsidy to stabilize prices at 22 4 per ton, citing past cyclone losses and Board concessions. He argues a fairer scheme requires substantial subsidy funds and collaboration with state and federal governments to avoid financial hardship for small growers.
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Cairns Post
Surat
Mosman
Smajit
Falla
Nots Beiea
Becaue
LS Wet Mossman
Dows
Beibane
Kaiping
Stewart
Pert Deugien
Marc
Veterans recall perilous sea service and bombings in war
The article profiles veterans including Jolly and French who endured bombings, shrapnel, and long hospital stays after engagements with German forces. It details their wartime duties on ships like the Kingston and HMS Legion, Mediterranean patrols, and Mediterranean and Greek evacuations with Australian troops.
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BEA
Jolly
Navy
Ioning Ams
Wilfred Chatfield
Selsey
Sussex
Usique
Destoyer
Kingston
Mediterranean
Ingston Fabruk
Greece
Ione Merbour Seid
Seria
Malta
Legion
Vittorio
Veneto
Chatfield
Waa
Sahore
Sta
Rome
Hugh Tevel
Surrey
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Follows unclear OCR fragment from an apparent local page. Readable words point to a company or group name and a city state, but no concrete event or facts to confirm. Summary limited by fragmentary text.
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Seers
Meeager
Sencanor
Ures
Wien
Eidl
Gore Han
Aya
Dakar
Kon
Union Trustee Company OF
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Denhaw Street
Townsvile
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Toren Syoeey Aot
Fe Pewee Mirren Pest
Misia
Impanre
W. Summ
Henle
Agee
A, Uraper Pty Ltd
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House of Philips
Cmchage
Lateoe
Tresmenes
Het Ieee Ebay
Owl Femme Aed Sk
Ows
WANGS
Tor Li Seo
Mia Weng
Errauer
Poe Ay Et
Spence
Prom
Jame Laughlin
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U.S
United States
Holtz Bay
Attu Island
Office of War Information
John Loughlin
I Union
Orland
Elms. Howe
Advenx Tyre Aad Motor Service
Cairne
LRU Ryote
Smallgoods
Pont Matt Sor
Electrolux
Ace Agen
Them
the Gas Supply CO. Lid
Cairnsea
Woopen
Watts
Beitain
Bali
Eagle Preeus
Pcicoee
Srood
Beiern
Joka Betell
J. J. Margary
Coresrie
Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd Oe
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