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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 12, 1946
Page
10
Fragmentary OCR notes mention board actions related to Tartwen Dam construction and a hospital board. Names and details are garbled, with references to a Mr Jonsson and a Box 44 address, but the exact actions, dates, or entities remain unreadable.
The text outlines wartime and postwar trade patterns with Britain as the sole purchaser of Ceylon exportable surpluses and tin concentrates from Nigeria, East Africa, and Malaya. Contracts and pricing terms are noted, with emphasis on exclusive buyer status, long-term supply agreements, and adjustments in response to market conditions.
The Mareeba National Pitmen committee held its first meeting at the gymnasium with President Mr. Ward listing members. Debutante ball plans and proceeds for National Pitmen funds were discussed while Mareeba CWA hosted a year-end gathering at Mrs. Herons’ house. St George’s Hall hosted a Christmas event for children with tickets, fruit prices rose, and local residents traveled to Bundaberg for holidays.
The plan outlines parking and short storage meters across Manhattan to fund a large midtown highway network. It envisions widening Second Avenue and Queensboro Bridge approaches, a Midtown highway around Manhattan, underground pedestrian passages, and limits on loading times. A major arena and convention hall near Columbus Circle is proposed, with funding from sales of existing properties and corporate backing.
Mr Campbell spoke of leaving Mouriken district after years in the sugar industry due to labour shortages and low cane prospects. He hopes to return to North Queensland if government policy improves and notes selling his farm to a returning soldier and a local buyer.
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