Newspaper Cuttings from"The Cairns Post"
(Downloaded from the Australian National Archives and in no particular date order)

·  MELBOURNE LETTER. DR. THOMAS WOOD AND KOALAS.

Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909-1954) Tuesday 2 May 1944 p 4 Article

... I MELBOURNE LETTER. DR. ' DK. THOMAS WOOD AND KOALAS. 'Two paragraph's appearing in the Press on April 10 announced the arrival rival in Australia of Dr. Thomas Wood and. the transference of koalas ... If Dr. Wood saw them, he would be more interested re- garding what was said about the koalas than ... 1624 words

·  VISIT OF DR. THOMAS WOOD. MALANDA, Aug. 5.

Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909-1954) Tuesday 11 August 1931 p 12 Article

... VISIT OF DR. .THOMAS ? The; représentative: in Aástralia' ,of,'.the'Associated;Board ... WOOD. MALANDA, Aug. 5. The representative in 'week.' Dr. -"Wood ' caine-tb - Australia of the' ... Board, Dr. Wood deliv çered a j series of illuminating lectures, Î.Tvhich àvefe greatly appreciated by ... 367 words

·  AUTHOR OF "COBBERS" IN AUSTRALIA. CANBERRA, April 24.

Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909-1954) Wednesday 26 April 1944 p 3 Article

... AUTHOR OF "COBBERS" IN AUSTRALIA. CANBERRA, April 24. Dr. Thomas wood, of England, author of "Cobbers," arrived here to-day. day. ( ... 21 words

·  Post-war Playground.

Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909-1954) Tuesday 29 August 1944 p 2 Article

... Post-war Playground. Other Australian States are good, but the cream of the continent rises to the top of the milk in, North Queensland. This is the opinion of Dr, Thomas Wood, author of the famous "Cobbers." Speaking to the Old Players and Playgoers' Association re- cently, Mrs. T. J. Ryan,. ... 119 words

·  ST. MARY'S SCHOOL, HERBERTON. MUSICAL EXAMINATION RESULTS.

Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909-1954) Monday 31 August 1931 p 12 Article

... ST. MARY'S SCHOOL, HERBERTON. MUSICAL EXAMINATION RESULTS. List of passes in the practical examinations exam-! inations of the Associated Board of the] R.A.M. and R.C.M., held at St Mary's School, Herberton, on August 5, Dr. ; Thomas Wood being the examiner. i Six candidates sat and all passed, as ... 177 words

·  MUSIC. R.A.M. AND R.C.M. CAIRNS SUCCESSES.

Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909-1954) Monday 24 August 1931 p 4 Article

... . MUSIC. R.A.M. AND R.C.M. ^ CAIRNS SUCCESSES. ." " At the annual examinations of the Associated Board of R.A.M and R.C.M. recently (examiner, aminer, Dr. Thomas Wood), all the the pupils presented by . .-Mrs: Wales. ; L.A.B., were successful. The results were as follows: LOCAL- CENTRE. ... 121 words

·  BRITISH COMPOSER. RECORDS PIXIE MUSIC. SAYS HIS PRE-TUDOR HOUSE IS HAUNTED. (From a Special Correspondent, by Air Mail.) LONDON, January 21.

Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909-1954) Friday 3 February 1939 p 13 Article

... Correspondent, by Air Mail.) LONDON, January 21. Dr. Thomas Wood, the British composer, poser, declares ... Their voices-are all I know of them." Other people, continued Dr. Wood, have heard the voices. ... distinctly by a com- pletely deaf woman guest. Once Dr. Wood heard supernatural music He wrote it ... 211 words

·  TOWN AND COUNTRY.

Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909-1954) Wednesday 20 August 1930 p 3 Article

... Hamwood, and'Miss Wifley. At the examinations recently con- ducted in Cairns by Dr. Thomas Wood for the ... TOWN AND COUNTRY. CQUWTEY. Mr. Marcus: .Clarke'; (Sydney. University) will arrive will-arrive in Cairns by to-night's mail train and will >spend the' Michaelmas. vacation / with :? his parents, Dr;- ... 195 words

·  AUSTRALIA AS A NATION. AUTHOR'S IMPRESSION. RESPONSIBILITIES ACCEPTED.

Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909-1954) Wednesday 17 January 1945 p 6 Article

... AUSTRALIA AS A ACCEPTED. PERTH, Jan. 15.-"Perhsps the outstanding impression ingression of my visit to Australia is that. Australia as a nation is maturing," said Dr. Thomas Wood, noted English ... of 14 years ago when I was here has gone,'*.continued Dr. Wood. ' In those days the people would ... 237 words

·  CORRESPONDENCE. APPRECIATION OF ABILITY. (To the Editor "Cairns Post.")

Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909-1954) Wednesday 13 August 1930 p 4 Article

... given to Miss Madge Egan by Dr. Thomas Wood on his departure from Cairns after having beard Miss Egan ... attainment of her ambition. Copy oí thc letter from J. Dr. Wood is attached hereto. I Yours, etc, -! I. D. ... 321 words

·  £500 FOR A POEM! BRITISH FESTIVAL PRIZES (From Our Special Representative.)

Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909-1954) Friday 17 February 1950 p 2 Article

... successful composition to be given during the Festival. The panel of judges consists of Dr. Arthur Bliss, Dr. John Ireland, Dr. Thomas Wood, Mr. Eric Cun- den and Mr. Constant Lambert. Application ... 305 words

·  CAIRNS A.I.F. MAN. MENTIONED IN HEROIC DEED. DURING LONDON BOMBING.

Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909-1954) Thursday 26 September 1940 p 4 Article

... giving a midnight B.B.C. broadcast interview with Dr. Thomas Wood, entitled "In It Together " the ... 271 words

·  MUSIC R.A.M. AND R.C.M. EXAMINER AND DATES.

Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909-1954) Saturday 12 July 1930 p 3 Article

... MUSIC R.A.M. AND R.C.M. EXAMINER AND with the R.A.M. and R.C.M. examinations. Dr. '". Dr t. . Thomas Wood, M.A., will officiate in the Far North this year. ' NorJJi-this.year.... .'. :?' ?..,. f ... HERBERTON. ¡ Doctor Wood examines in Herberten 1 at St. Mary's School and the Convent 'cn July 31 ... 252 words

·  PLANE PASSENGERS

Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909-1954) Wednesday 24 August 1949 p 6 Article

... To Sydney: ur. Gibson, .Mesdames Needham, Thomas, Gibson, Dr. Thomas; to Brisbane: Messrs. Smith, South- wood, Pashen, Fawcett, Treft, Mesdames Rateliff, Pashen; to Townsville: Needham, and Mrs. Still- ... Townsville. Mr. and Mrs. A- L. George, Dr. Richards; to. Rockhampton, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence; to Bris- bane, ... 242 words

·  IN RURAL ENGLAND. PRIVATE HENDER[?]SON'S TOUR.

Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909-1954) Thursday 5 June 1941 p 7 Article

... Hender- son met Dr. Thomas Wood, author of "Cobbers." "I spent the day with Dr. Thomas Wood," he writes. ... Alford) wants me to. go up to London next Wednesday to make a recording of this stuff- myself. Dr. Wood ... Monday. Dr. Wood tells me our : dusky cobber developed a bad attack of static, at the start, bul he ... 1835 words

·  HERBERTON NEWS. THE "BRADLAUGH" TO BE RE-OPENED. HERBERTON. Aug. 7.

Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909-1954) Monday 10 August 1931 p 8 Article

... view to rc-opening. MUSIC IN THE SCHOOLS. Dr. Thomas Wood. M.A, D. Mns. «Oxford). Hon. A-R-CAL. the ... Tbc doctor's own compositions from, Dr. Woods conducted a similar exam- ination at St. Bernard's ... 768 words

·  THAT AUSTRALIAN ACCENT. DISAGREEMENT OF CAUSES.

Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909-1954) Thursday 19 September 1940 p 10 Article

... something more in dia lect than this. Dr. Thomas Wood author of "Cobbers," declares. thai the Cocknev voice ... dialect (writes Sid- ney J. Baker, in "SM. Herald"). Only this year Dr. Halliday Suther- land ... 1000 words

·  MELBOURNE NEWSLETTER Victoria is to try desperate remedies for its appalling road toll.

Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909-1954) Friday 29 October 1954 p 9 Article

... Englishman, Dr. Thomas Wood, said in his best-of-all Australian books "Cobbers": That Mel- bourne's climate ... Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne. Dr. Mannie, had : long been a place to be peep- ed at through the trees, ... 958 words

·  WALTZING MATILDA. WHAT WAS ITS ORIGIN?

Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909-1954) Friday 2 June 1944 p 1 Article

... WALTZING MATILDA. WHAT WAS ITS ORIGIN Dr. Br. Thomas Wood, famous English composer and writer, the ... that of an old English marching song of Marlborough's wars, "The Jolly Fusilier," but Dr. Wood ... tune may possibly have been brought to Aus- tralia from America as a revivalist hymn. Dr. Wood has ... 538 words

·  AUSTRALIA CRITICISED.

Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909-1954) Saturday 23 June 1934 p 10 Article

... When Dr. Thomas . Wood, the author of "Cobbers" (Oxford University versity Press), told friends in ... across in the whole of. my life." Dr. Wood, who arrived here in 1930, spent "two happy years" in ... pipe. "But there's something which balances all this," he said. ' x . f I "What's that?" asked Dr. ... 2140 words

·  CHURCH OF ENGLAND. NORTH QUEENSLAND SYNOD. THE BISHOP'S ADDRESS.

Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909-1954) Thursday 11 July 1935 p 10 Article

... in Nortli Queensland , is Dr. Thomas Wood, the distinguished musician; who visited Australia to ... our staff during the year: The Rev. Thomas Bird left Gordon- vale lo go to England. The Rev Edward ... President of National Educa tion (Dr. Smith, of the University o Indiana), speaking of U.S.A., tells ni ... 8227 words

·         Text last corrected on 13 March 2011 by RosaMaria