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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 14, 1950
Page
8
Heavy floods hit Gatret area with water covering paddocks and roads. River rise stopped harvest work, machinery damaged, and gravel pits flooded. Boxing tournament at Sunkist hall proceeded despite poor weather with several bouts and points decisions.
Fragmentary report notes Mt Isa Mines award details with names including Allan from Brisbane and Dickinson Marty. Mentions seven prize placement for local children on Prannigan Street and absence of SM Mr F, with Gordon Linkister on leave from the RAAF. Also reports a National Bank manager, Mr Luddy, being transferred.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a band or act with unclear titles and names. No clear events, dates, or organizations are readable. Summary focuses on attempting to extract the main item.
Australian import policy on froduction machines and 400 iustantee referenced, with discussion of credits under concessional rates. Text notes equipment of this nature imported against credits under dol. Oe at concessional rates, citing regulatory context and potential impacts.
A parliamentary note outlines a British tariff proposal affecting farm implements and machinery. It lists tractors, threshers, winnowers, seeders, ploughs, chaffcutters, mills, and other equipment with duties from 5 to 10 percent, while many items are exempt from Primage duty. The conference backs continuing the current preferences for another year, starting 1950.
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