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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 16, 1943
Page
4
A damaged OCR note outlines priced seed sales with mentions of Purmekine and Gouatres varieties. It notes casement and white types among offerings and references a 07 or similar code. Readable items suggest bulk lots and pre auction context.
Fragmentary notes describe a sale selling a mix of cattle and sheep. Highlights include quality corms and wethers, primes among ewes, and various classifications from fair to good, with prices and lot numbers only partially legible.
The document outlines an auction and appraisal process for tobacco leaf consignments. It lists graded seal receipts and values per unit, with consignments allocated to firms such as EXLMALIQ BROS and PLUMB AE, detailing quantities and prices in a compressed tabular form.
In Sydney region three aircraft crashes have killed ten BAAT members, including Pilot Officer MCF Hoban and Sergeants W Sweetman and Bailey. Authorities report fatal incidents in New South Wales with no survivors among the BAAT personnel.
Lasberra April 15 An amendment to the Navigation Regulations was issued today detailing new submarine boat equipment standards. Austrian ships must carry bilge dumps bilge rails and a rescue device to save mariners adrift and prevent capsizing.
Melbourne reports the Prime Minister plans a comprehensive malaria incidence survey among the Igbeng in North Australia. Sir le Pege a medical practitioner with social qualifications is appointed to undertake the study with War Council approval.
The article extols Britain's air strength and RAF leadership as decisive in delaying and defeating German plans. It argues air power transformed sea power, refutes terror-bombing claims, and cites Hitler's belief in Luftwaffe dominance. It notes British strategy, bomber types, and Allied misreadings of air power in 1940.
The piece traces how Britain built an independent Air Ministry to plan air attacks, notes the Army and Navy control over bomber types, and credits BAE's success to meticulous preparation and a pioneering airpower concept begun in 1939.
The easter events include a show and appeals for volunteers as the Hoden Committee reports progress. A smoking ban on wharves is discussed, with officials noting growing compliance, while a warning to parents stresses supervision of children in city streets and near traffic.
Brisbane reports on a London File comment noting Australian sugar output may need substantial quantities for postwar distribution to certain countries. Officials cite a complete survey by the International Sugar Council and possible factors like manpower, fertiliser, transport, and storage as critical to shaping future production and prices.
Postwar discussions note potential rise in production to meet demand, with hopes for rehabilitation of facilities and greater processing capacity. Analysts debate whether expanded output can be sustained given mill limits and market conditions.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a Dutch patrol vessel at sea and a 000-ton tally case, but details are obscured leaving the event and parties uncertain.
The Prime Minister Mr Curtin warned that Japan aims at a sustained air and sea assault in the Pacific, calling for maximum civilian effort and unity with General MacArthur and General Blamey noted as decisive in the next 48 hours. He emphasized sustaining supply lines and manpower to keep Japan from leveraging the European war.
In Queensland a proposal aims to form a cooperative to obtain and share lead leam equipment for land cultivation. Mr Williams would meet a deputation to discuss approaching Mr Williams for access to machinery. Farmers note many cannot fund gear on their own and highlight crops like potatoes and onions.
The commerce minister announces the appointment of a three inch commonwealth controller of egg supplies to oversee industry reform. The new authority, chaired by R Blake and based in New South Wales, aims to standardise distribution and prevent any single state from gaining undue control.
Allied communique reports a daylight raid on Milne Bay with Japanese force of about 75 to 100 aircraft. Australian aircraft and AA defences repelled the attack with limited shipping damage and negligible shore installation losses.
A detailed wartime summary notes allied air attacks near Wewak and Madang including fighters and bombers. It cites 32 bombers and light fighters involved, 15 seen to crash, and damaged ships and shore facilities across the New Guinea theater with fleets returning to base.
The message notes Iusriers in the South west Pacite area issued yesterday. The terse dispatch references military activity in the southwest Pacific region and identifies General MarArmar as the issuing authority.
The fragmentary text sketches Allied operations in the Pacific against Japan. It mentions South African forces and various locations such as Sal and Porto Rico, with references to ongoing combat and leadership, but the report is incomplete and OCRed poorly.
About nine girls and forty men walk out at a Sydney munition factory on April 15 over pay. The firm reportedly pays zero per cent of the female rates awarded by the Women's Employment Board.
Fragmented wartime summary notes General Mateo Seomitar reporting Japanese naval movements near the Pacific theater. It cites US and Allied positions around Rabaul and potential defenses within range of Australia, with figures on forces and projected durations of operations.
In a tense House of Representatives session on April 1 Mr Barnes failed to defeat two crucial clauses of the Coronors Act Amendment Bill by votes of 30 to 8 and 37 to none. The bill would empower coroners to order inquests where death followed suspected murder or manslaughter, with safeguards on who may read or witness proceedings. Critics argued the powers challenged rights and could harm due process, while proponents said it strengthened state authority.
The State Full Court ruled it had no power to grant Hubert Bruce King’s application. The case concerns the National Security University and whether it must admit him as a student in the faculty of science. The High Court will decide constitutional issues raised by the regulations as the matter proceeds. Judges Sir Frederic Jordan and Justice Halse Rogers concurred. Justice Gavitson Green dissented.
A release claims Dutch prisoners of war in the NEI were released after three Allied planes fired on February 23 off the Burma coast. Sweden confirms ships with Dutch prisoners were mined by British planes, and Japan admits to certain wartime actions amid criticism of international usage.
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