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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 28, 1952
Page
3
A pundit laments wartime food controls causing bread and milk shortages while bakers butchers and milk deliverers strike. mothers face kitchen hardship as government stalls on meat and bread supply and households rely on scarce refrigerated stock and improvised meals. The piece critiques policy and highlights impact on housewives and families.
Jubilation over looser DUI penalties faded as offenders evade heavier consequences. Early Brisbane cases show fines around £49 to £50 with licenses suspended months. Critics warn that light sentences may spawn more drunken driving. A Brisbane correspondent urges land grants to spur production, but past “equipped farms” schemes failed, with many settlers displaced and little long-term success.
A fragment discusses proposed meat docketing policies forcing butchers to issue dockets to customers. It argues crowding, long waits up to half an hour, and possible shutdowns should dockets be required. Citizens fear serving times would double and many may go without.
Cardwell Shire Council held a special meeting at Tully on Saturday approving a 5509 loan to buy a diesel crawler vector with loader and 1258 for authorities. The engineer reported on Main Toke maintenance and waterworks progress while several road and bridge projects were outlined and permits granted or deferred.
A Cairns correspondent questions the Cairns Regions Board mismanaging cash reserves. He cites £80,000 in funds from Barron Falls Hydro Electric Board and planned £7,000 investments, urging inquiry by Mr Wordsworth and seeking consumer benefit under the Act.
The Tully Hospitals Board held its meeting with new Medics Superintendent Dr. Maruff attending for the first time. Nurses quarters accommodation was deemed insufficient, and the department will be urged to upgrade housing as a major factor in nursing staff shortages. Miss A Hurley granted four weeks recreation leave from May 5, 1903. Accounts totalling £7531/8/5 approved. £496/12/4 paid. Efforts to recruit trainees continue. Proposals to hire a dentist at Tully Hospital discussed. Queensland Radium Institute approved a higher capacity X-ray machine. tenders awaited. A loan of £1400 for laundry equipment and £1000 for a cold room were approved on 15-year terms. Mount Tyson area may be proclaimed national park, with executive authority sought for about 3000 acres in Rockingham parish.
Innisfail April 24 court heard Robert McGowan charged with stealing a woman's purse. The accused, formerly employed by the Water Supply Commission, had prior Ravenshoe convictions. The purse was recovered after the thief left it in a basket at Penneys, later seen returning to claim it. He was fined 5 pounds with one month’s imprisonment, payment to be arranged via his employer.
The Johnstone Shire Council in Innisfail weighs a plan to use a town band to render services in exchange for a council ferry with a driver. The proposed arrangement would cover the boat’s cost and the driver's wages, with Dr. A. J. Laurie as chairman.
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