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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 09, 1951
Page
3
Cairns market notes mixed demand with mandarina apples selling around 2/8 and jonathans steady. Grapes, tomatoes, cucumbers and carrots show heavier supplies and easier values, beetroot fair, strawberries scarce, tomatoes mainly choice quality 1s to 2s with some higher lines. External stands report 30,000 spectators.
London reports that civil defense resources would be strained by heavy blasts and that Allied military coordination aims to form a strong shock barrier. The piece notes widespread unpreparedness and vague references to treaty organizations and defense readiness.
An Associated Press survey shows US and Canada moving to integrate civil defense against air war threats. Governments lack funds, while municipalities bear planning weight. Britain and Denmark expand recruitment for emergency services as plans consider dispersal, shelters, and Red Cross involvement amid fears of future air attacks.
Singapore April 7 report outlines government advisories and the Board of Trade decision to ease rubber exports from Malaya. Talks cover supply to Britain, the United States, Canada and other allies, with prices reacting to the market and a prelude to export adjustments. Notes on blood bank support and wartime defense efforts interlace with mentions of Red Cross mobilization and international pressure shaping policy.
A dealer noted that U S consumers would invest only in free market goods and warned that control measures might push rubber prices higher. The observer suggested the policy could have serious future effects on the rubber industry and market stability.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer told the House of Commons that Britain’s gold and dollar reserves rose by 434 million dollars in the first quarter of 1951, bringing the total holdings to 313.8 billion dollars. The rise reflects stronger current account earnings from area countries and higher import prices affecting overseas assets, with Britain facing ongoing deficits in the dollar area.
Fragmentary OCR text describes alterations or valuations with numbers and names like Mesias and Perrier. The snippet is garbled, listing amounts from 240 to 20 and 245 to 38, mentioning consent and various non-coherent terms. No clear event, date, or location is recoverable.
A garbled line describes a rattling malfunction and a red corpus of blood and waste in vessels, leading to severe dehydration of a single body. The text is incomplete and unclear about context or actors.
In the court session the commissioners considered an application from Arthur Yetoe for security and related matters. The document notes the case of Johnstone and others, with a focus on preparation for a pariah of various proceedings and the acceptance of a calved item.
At the fortnightly meeting of the serial carts at Ot Celabrations a loss of the lodge Sertioy heute was bald.
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