Queensland Institute warns on banking nationalisation
The Queensland Institute of Public Affairs led by Chairman F J Morgan urges Governor-General W J McKell to withhold assent to a government bill on banking. They argue referendum or election mandate is needed before any nationalisation, warning of legal battles and reduced public input during rapid passage of the legislation. Nov 24 Brisbane.
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Foster
Cairns Post
Australia
W J McKell
Natonalisation of
Barking
Commonwealth
Itmn
Queensland Institute of Public Affairs
F J Morgan
Brisbane
Newsprint prices rise six dollars per ton in 194a
International Paper Sales announced a six dollar per ton increase in news print for the first six months of 194a in Montreal. This follows a December 4 action by the Abitibi Sales Company. International Paper Sales is the selling arm of International Paper Co, a major Canadian newsprint producer.
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Montreal
Dec
International Paper Sales
International Paper Co
Plea for Japan Weak and Sincere in San Francisco
Lieut General Robert Eichelberger, chief administrator in Japan, stated in San Francisco that Japan is pitifully weak and has no chance of true democracy. He warned that their sincere attempts to follow U.S. ways may pay off later, urging cautious and considerate treatment.
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San Francisco
Robert Eichelberger
MacArthur
Japan
Nazi Justice Officials Convicted at Nuremberg Trial
An American military tribunal found four former Nazi Ministry of Justice officials guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and sentenced them to life imprisonment. Among them was Oswald Rothaug, the former Nuremberg Criminal Court judge, labelled by observers as the “bloody judge of Nuremberg” for sending Germans to the execution block without evidence.
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Nuremberg
Der
AAP
Ministry of Justice
Oswald Rothaug
Two coastal freighters bring car bodies to Brisbane
Brisbane reports two coastal freighters next week will ship car bodies from Adelaide. The Houndaleer arrives December 1 with 173 bodies and the Cycle follows December 22 with 160. A large Mildura consignment is expected early in the new year.
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Brisbane
Adelaide
Mildura
U S Soldiers Wives in Russia Dispute Over Exit
The State Department said Russia has ignored for over six months the U S request that more than 50 wives of American citizens be allowed to leave Russia. About 50 are Soviet women married to Americans and others are natives from areas incorporated into the Soviet Union or under Soviet military occupation since 1989. The department said the refusal is incomprehensible to the United States.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
United States
Rusia
Arcas
Soviet Union
Europe
Department
World food shortage blamed on farming areas
Brisbane reports that the shortage stems from rural workers. Leader of the Country Party G F Nicklin told Nambour Rural School pupils that urban lure provides only temporary satisfaction, urging youths to apply agricultural training and see soil work as national service.
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Brisbane
Country Party
G. F. Nicklin
Nambour
T. M. Martin
Ravenshor Btute
Alec
Bookall
Dre
Sies
Mesdames Mealing
Roots
Bennett
Condon
Churchyard
Miss Leighton
J. 8
McAlieter
N. Martin Vampere
FP. Churchyard
Georgia
Eallagher
Bhean
Reg Lockyer
Keith Washington
Dearfe
Amalier
Eddie Kerr
Alice
Margaret Baillie
Mad Hatter
March Hare
George Scriven
Dormoyne
Chit Walker
Wight
Audrey Vogt
Jean Withe Mn
Reg Lockver
Annie Laurie
Jeannie
Bernice Lesina
Jennifer Cardwell
Reap
Valley
Melba Piggett
Tan Rookal
Bardell
Pickwell
Charles Dickeng
Pickwell Papers
Heg Lockyer
Gordon Brerkren
Deng Walker
John Walker
Lease
Descents Air
Bing Ag
Four Power Treaty For Germany Proposed By Britain
Washington dispatch says Britain has sent the United States a detailed draft of a four power treaty to guarantee German disarmament and demilitarization. The draft revises the Byrnes plan of 1946 by extending the guarantee to fifty years and removes any single veto by the Big Four on enforcing disarmament.
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Washington
United States
Germany
James Byrnes
Chicago Sun” Ecident
Byrnes
Italian Market Gardener Sentenced for Killing Nephew
Domenico Be fari of Bass Hill, an 8$-year-od Italian market gardener, received ten years in gaol after fatally shooting his nephew Giovanni Battista Callen who had robbed him of £700. The court heard Be fari acted in anger after discovering the theft. he was described as a married, hardworking man with four daughters. Judge Clancy recommended transfer to a prison farm.
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Bydney
Domenico Befari
Bass Hill
Fiz
Giovanni Battista Callen
Fred
Callen
Biefari
Justice Clancy
Ravenshoe Notes Preserve Youth Club and Chamber Meet
Ravenshoe Youth Club met at WA Hall with praise for a kitchen team and reports of a successful picnic at Herbert River Nestles Creek. A school concert earlier in November raised funds, while the Chamber of Commerce discussed council projects and street works, urging residents to report garbage collection issues.
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Ravenshoe
Mins Kidner
Herbert River
Nestles Creek
N Coesr
H. Mealing
N Skyring
H Chatfield
Journalist George Cohen Dies At 89 In Mudgee
The journalist George Herry Cohen aged 89 died in Mudgee on Tuesday. He founded the Mudgee Guardian where Henry Lawson first published verses when Cohen was 9. Cohen helped shape several papers including the Mudgee Independent Walgett Mail Lithgow Mercury and Sporting Life.
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Sydney
Henry Lawson
Mudgee
George Herry Cohen
Lawson
Cohen
Australia
Potato Patch
Burradong
RESEARCH SHIP ADELAIDE SET FOR SEA TRIALS
The polar exploration and research ship Wyatt Earpwee was refloated from Fletcher's slip and nears completion of a long refit. She will undergo sea trials before sailing to Melbourne and Hobart en route to the Antarctic, with improved cooling and living spaces heated by a central oil range and exhaust-warmed ducts.
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Adelaide
Avetrsna
Wyatt Earpwee
Fletcher
Melbourne
Hobart
Antarctic
Americas oldest shoplifter faces 30 day workhouse term
Cincinnati report states 94 year old George McNeal was sentenced to 30 days in the workhouse on a petty larceny charge. Police records trace a petty thief back to 1880 and detectives Martin Steiner and Raymond Brill deem McNeal America’s oldest shoplifter, explaining to Judge Frank M. Gueweiler that he cannot work.
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Cincinnati
A.P
George McNeal
Martin Steiner
Raymond Brill
MeNral
America
Frank M. Gueweiler
Untitled fragment about overdue items and buyers
A fragmented OCR line mentions a list of items and buyers with unclear details. The readable parts reference a trade context and potential quantities though specifics are missing.
Ravenshoe council debates water, telephones, and access
Discussion covers appointing a full time UPA for Ravenshoe, seeking a full time CIP, and representations to Deputy Postmaster-General and Federal member Mr Riordan. Actions include lobbying Innisfail Chamber of Commerce, addressing North Cedar Creek footbridge, and water supply schemes with Holdcroft and Beckham differing before a second engineer’s opinion was debated. Street retention and Beatrice River scenic preservation also discussed.
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UPA
Ravenshire
E. Edwards
Raymont
Ci’ S
Ravenshos
Riordan
Innisfail
Ravenshoe
Millan
Chamber
Teak
Beckham
Meixner
Allister
Mr. MerAlister
Holdcraft
Mr. Beckham
Grieg
Beatrice River
Lands Department
Demand in Britain for Australian sugar
Britain faces a sugar shortage as dollar-country supplies shrink. Australia aims to boost exports to fill the gap, with Commonwealth production recovering after the war. Officials forecast growing Australian output into 1947, reducing Britain’s reliance on dollar sugar gradually.
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London
Dec
J. Birachey
Presa
al Na
Britain
Commonwealth
Ford
DIMBULAH NOTES SHOWERS END DRY SPELL
The Dimbulah region reports showers totalling about one inch ending a dry spell. Waterholes fill and the river runs. A man from the Irrigation Department crushed a finger at Bruce Weir. Glenda Stevenson, six, had a needle removed from her hand under anaesthetic at Mareeba Hospital. Cricket matches featured Chillagoe and Dimbulah with a draw after rain halted play. Trotter announced £20,000 for Walsh River works and £2,000 for log dam studies this year.
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Dimbulam
Mr. Casey
Irrigation Department
Bruce Weir
T. Stevenson
Mareeba Hospital
Mareen
Glenda Stevenson
Mareeha Hospital
Dortoe
Chillagre
Pimbulsh Tenma
Tooley
Chillagoe
Trotter
Brace Weir
Dame
Walsh River
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Citves
Rookong
Tablelands
Booking Office
Spence Street
Cairns
Hilona
Rubiatin
Ap Blowam
W. C. Balzer
Craig's
Abbott-Street
Brooke
Plea For
NAZI
Liv
Aile
Aly
Lemos
U.S
Chamber of Commerce
Thoma
Mears
McAlister
Herberton
John-atreet
Herbert-Street
Couseil
Gar
Rrene
Behool
Arie
Wakooka-mtreet
R. Kinzbrunner
Conseil
Americas
Conse
Dimbulah Notes
Cricket
Dimbulah
T Chaney
Hamill
A. Wagenecht
Prior
Byrne
Mildren
I Havies
Blakeney
Havies
Fells
Pillar
Morrison
F. Bronges
Campbell
G. Vickers
Sundries
L. Pillar
Neil
J. McDonough
Lew
Hb Burr
M. Cameron
O'Neill
G. Harvies
P. Avene
Burr
G. Hamill
T. Prior
O. L
Bow
T. Ihery
Vigor
Hillagoe
Picnie
C.W.A. Meeting
Dimbulab
C.W.A
H. Collins
Mesdames Selby
Horne
FE. Short
Mra
Stevenson
Mins J. Hay
Myreeha Howital
Ve Parenta
Thmivilah
Mise
Pat Wanley
Cairne Rorsing Btaff
Leafgold
Pat O'Neill
Railway
Btaff
Mareeba
RK. K. Groth
Mr Neill
Grace Jarkeon
Atherton
Rindley
Mareeha
Chartera Towers
Dimbolah
Merle Horna
Abiler Marabell
Pat Ryle
John Collins
Bill Gordon
Hilton Kelly
PEAR
Paul Kelly
Oca Masson
Love
Andy Hardy
Rooney - Stone
FOX
Maureen O'Hara
Dick Haymes
Karen Morley
Dennia Morgan
Barbara Indiscretion
Stanwyck
Sydney Green Street
Walter Pidgeon
Claudette Colbert
BRE
Pat O’brien
Claire Trevor
Olivia de Havilland
Si So
Thomas Mitchel
XMAS
O.P. Rum
Xmas Caeer
Polar Star Ice Cream CO
Sheridan-street
Henderson
Price
Fayrefield
Skymaster
Danbury
Bond Street
Charles R
Lake Street
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