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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 15, 1947
Page
8
A Melbourne column laments postwar urban strain on housing and infrastructure. It notes rising building costs and shortages, limited warehouse space, and a lack of essential materials. Parking congestion, lane bottlenecks, and crowded streets around Flinders and Lonsdale persist.
A man impersonated another and faced a divorce proceeding by his wife who petitioned on grounds of insanity. The estate valued at £47,508 left nothing to his wife and £10 to his three children. An attempted alibi involved a chemist’s shop hair restorer and a bag with valuables, while a lorry momentarily distracted bystanders. A letter to Rivlub’s secretary from Melbourne mentions an art exhibition with four portraits and a time-laden brotherly display.
The city manager system expands across the United States with 105 communities and three counties adopting it in 17 months. Major cities like San Diego and Miami use the council manager form, while states such as Maine, Michigan, and Florida show high adoption. The article notes ongoing growth, debates over effectiveness, and lists examples of cities retaining or abandoning the system.
Reader letter correcting two typographical errors in a previous Belfast correspondence about wage policy and profit limits. The writer argues the internal Wade term should be internal and says the original conclusion misstates that profit limitation under steady demand for more production can be approved without harming output.
At a recent dedication ceremony the committee announced the move to create cottages and a memorial area near Pine Mountain. Attendees including officials and neighbors spoke of the late President and local traditions. The event drew many from neighboring towns and included a Washington celebration component.
A novel ointment with just under one percent rhembala cain para amibo benzoin compounds described by Gumbel Resenkr and colleagues at New York University College of Medicine and others in California. The drug allegedly provides anesthesia and antiseptic effects, relieves pain, reduces infection, and softens scars with limited contracture in most third degree burn cases and ulcers. Report notes immediate pain relief in 103 patients with burns and ulcers, though healing time remained long.
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