02 Oct 1943
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 02, 1943
Page
1
Unclear OCR notes describe two working shafts, engines and gear, prices for tractors and spare parts, with references to Ford trucks, Caterpillar equipment, and wagon gear. The ad lists multiple rural trade items, labor notices, and missing items with rewards and inquiries, indicating a fragmented classifieds page from Cairns area in 1943.
Classified notice items describe private board near city for an elderly gentleman night work, plus vacancies and wanted ads for various services. Includes offers for private home board for Allied Service Officer, government officials, and multiple purchase and employment inquiries across Cairns area, with notices about naturalisation, wares, and household items for sale or wanted. Names and places include Cairns Post context and Box numbers.
Public notices warn of danger areas for artillery practice by Australian Military Forces and Merchant Navy welfare aims. Obscure OCR shows orders, creditors notice, and probate dates, listing names such as Elizabeth Ryan, Jack Davey, Thomas Cranwell, Menico Scale, Adeline Clare, George Arish, Mary Birt, Joan Blair Martin.
Urgent request for a furnished house or flat by a reliable tenant. Applies via Box JT this office. Early move in sought. includes five rooms with beds, showers, and good access. Contact 2B for details.
Alvin Austin Cross a soldier pled not guilty and reserved his defence as the prosecution rested in the unlawful killing case of Louis S. Pannuk. Cross is committed for trial at the next Circuit Court criminal sittings in Cairns on October 15. Witnesses described a taxi collision in Sheridan Street involving American soldiers and Private Pannuk, with factors cited about vehicle positions and road conditions before the crash.
Ernest White reports a military truck and a car crash on Sheridan street on September 4. The car was damaged, a man lay inside, and the defendant's mother, Mrs Cross, insisted he accompany her after witnesses saw the pair near the wreck. Private Cecil Hooper places the defendant near the canteen between 7:30 and 8.00 pm.
A London dispatch summarized from Canberra on September 28 argues that combined Anglo Russian operations would reveal the enormous sacrifices by Russia and Britain. It cites Russia’s killed and wounded totals, German casualties, and multi-front Allied deployments from the Mediterranean to North Africa and Europe, detailing troop movements and the strain on German forces while stressing a coordinated western and eastern front push.
London September 29 King Peter of Yugoslavia has arrived in Egypt with members of the Yugoslav Government. The Yugoslav Army of Liberation reported that Yugoslav forces vacated the port of Split on the Dalmatian coast after intense fighting.
A witness describes a truck trip toward Cairns near Redlynch with a defendant and Private Apps aboard. The truck traveled about 30 mph with headlights misaligned to the left, a working windscreen wiper, and the witness occupying the front seat as another vehicle approached on the near side.
Atherton Chamber debates inter State transport shortages and urges private manufacturers to consider Atherton for a clothing factory site. The meeting also discusses manpower, transport limits, and writing to officials about tyres for tractors and old tractor wheels. Public health and water conservation notes accent drought concerns and rising mosquito issues. The article includes Professor Giblin’s reconstruction projections for post war employment and industry shifts in Queensland.
A brief notice states that a ceremony or event labeled Cele Sy is set to commence immediately, with organizers outlining the start and location details. No further context or schedules are provided in the readable text.
General Paul Legenthilhomme is named Commissioner for National Defence in Algiers. Formerly Commissioner for War to General de Gaulle's Free French in London, he later served as French High Commissioner in the Indian Ocean. The move signals the National Committee’s resolve to resist General Giraud’s overriding powers.
General Qireud has lost some of his supreme jurisdiction in the military field reflecting tension between civilian authority and military power. The article discusses shifts in control and implications for governance and stability.
London report notes that all women MPs attended a national event where Eden Mir John Anderson Bevin Dalton and Lord Wooltemend spoke. The gathering discussed fortnightly secret resolutions and their determination to address constructive issues amid a tense political climate.
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