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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 31, 1941
Page
3
Fragmentary text mentions players and names such as Bennie Morgan and Sha, with references to Rostes and Virgins Brug. The readable portion lacks coherent events or outcomes to form a complete summary.
A chaotic account blends aviation action with theater listings and local dances. The article mixes notes on air force pilots, a German convoy incident, and a tropical theatre bill featuring Conveys, Rockies, and a Knights of the Range attraction, alongside community dances and dance band performances led by Bil Ward.
The article records a naval gunner earning the Order of the British Empire for service at sea. It notes the remains of a man who was killed at sea and mentions later events and official notices related to the award and the ship. The piece reflects wartime honors and the fate of sailors in action.
Fragmented notes describe Cairns to Townsville and New Guinea passenger movements aboard ships including Carmania and Carmania related flights. Names such as Wan and Townsville figures appear with references to passeng ers, crew, and cargo events during a week ending with cordite and a box of cartridges going overboard.
Fragmented wartime reminiscences describe gun crews, Maltan sorties, and American pilots with nicknames amid aviation chatter. The piece shifts to an obituary for Henry Thomas Prettied, a Birmingham native who spent decades in Cairns and ran a Sheridan Street butcher shop, with funeral details at St John’s Church of England and Master Butchers Association pallbearers.
Audree Lillian Tobler wife of Arthur Tobler of Topaz near Peeramon died in Cairns at age 24. Born in Townsville she was known in Misa and was sister to Gordon Adam of Mutual Tafe and Citizens Insurance Cairns and to brothers Bert Donald Norman Les and Douglas Adam of Isa. Funeral at Central Methodist Church at 5 pm today with Mrs LG Adam and Mrs R Campbell of Mt Isa arriving by plane to attend.
A copied telegram from the Yugoslav committee in Manila to Australia’s acting prime minister expresses royal and government support for Australia in the war. John Brees and others report the message, noting grateful reception and broad Yugoslav solidarity with Britain’s war effort across the Commonwealth. The note mentions new wartime support groups in Far North districts and connections with associations in Sydney and other cities.
A wartime communique from a major press bureau describes a fresh landing by Japanese forces on the Revantune coast near Finte Syesteriay. Allied naval escorts report a strong contingent disembarking at dawn as tensions escalate along the western shore and near Ireland.
William Greenwood, a Gordonvale district pioneer and sugar farmer, died at his Riverstone residence on Sunday evening at age 72. Born in Huntingdonshire England, he once owned the Family Hotel at Gordonvale and leaves a widow and grown family. Funeral arrangements set for 2:30 pm at the Masonic Temple with Freemason and allied lodge members expected to attend.
Innisfail March 29 the Innostal Horticultural Society met with Mr E Haddrell presiding when word arrived that Mrs E M Trower wife of Mr EM Trower had died The society extended heartfelt condolences to the Trower family and adjourned the meeting in mourning with a letter of sympathy to be sent on their behalf.
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