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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 24, 1945
Page
4
The readable fragments describe a discussion of tariffs, production, and contacts. It references notes about treaties, resources, and maintaining communication. No clear event, date, or named entities emerge from the legible lines.
Fragmentary text appears to reference Stewart and Lloyds Veseratial ty and various scrambled terms. No clear event, date, or identifiable entities emerge to form a coherent news item or summary.
December session in Maherba gathers growers from Arrebe, Thmbalaly, Merion and more to debate leaf quality, grading units, and price terminology. Riordan outlines current system flaws, urging federal support, representation, and practical reforms to improve farmer income and work conditions.
Britain outlines postwar labor shift and farm policy to boost home food production. Government plans assure markets and four year advance orders while maintaining wartime measures for efficiency. The manpower budget shows civilian industry employment rising by about one fifth by year end, with four million in War industries reduced to 2.48 million in the forces and 1.45 million in munitions.
Victorian brown coal, long a Cinderella industry, shows gains as graded brown coal replaces briquettes amid fuel shortages. Major firms like Ford Geelong Kraft Cheese Kodak switch to graded coal, challenging state briquette policy and prompting calls for dry processing research. Industry leaders note high calorific value and low cost, despite government funding gaps and industry prejudice.
An extract from a Riverside notice reports government plans to sell land at Lunnisfail Bamboo Creek and related parcels. Local officials discuss the sale process with Mr W E Prichard and a Shire official stressing compliance and sale terms.
Forfeiture notices detail lease violations linked to Dee Maerbertos and others related to mining claims near Werberton and Willow Henry. The record lists rent arrears, property parcels, and court actions including rulings and land portions in 2008 and 2009 referencing Gerald Arte and William Hawtin among others.
A long, disjointed report covers timber production and open cut operations at the Bambra Coal Mine. It notes 1 305 400 and 38 84 300 timber figures, savings from reduced output costs, and a Harman excavator purchase blocked by authorities. The Rustan shovel resumes use after 30 years, begin overburden excavation for new coal faces at Wensley Bay, and confirms coal reserves exceeding 4 000 000 tons with improved quality on deeper benches.
War era traffic light lapses prompt warnings of rising road accidents as drivers forget rules. National Safety Council and groups push a national right of way rule at intersections, prioritizing vehicles from the right and traffic signal control to curb crashes.
The Mossman Cane Growers Conference discussed preferential railway rates for tractors and farming machinery. Motions called for abolishing the 1945 Stock Routes tax and financing the Sugar Board via the Commonwealth Bank. Officers and meetings dates were announced, with focus on disease control and resistant cane varieties amid hot, dry weather.
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