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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 26, 1946
Page
8
The reader from Narrabri NSW praises Bex Powders, recounting severe nervous breakdown pain eased after using the product. He recalls distant post office access and urges others to seek medical advice if symptoms persist, attributing his recovery to the powder.
The text outlines a wartime and postwar analysis by M Duriet and the WRTU on global income dispersion, investment limits, and price rises. It argues a world scale policy of full employment, tailored by each country’s conditions, to balance wages, purchasing power, and labor use while avoiding domination by stronger economies.
The article surveys Arab states in a race for leadership within a regional bloc and control over Middle East oil. It notes contenders King Farouk of Egypt King Ibn Saud of Arabia and King Abdullah of Transjordan, mentions the Grand Mufti in Egypt, Saudi caution against political activity, and potential Communist influence in Iraq. It traces oil's central role in geopolitics, the Arab League formation, and moves toward regional defense under UN auspices.
In a discussion led by Mr Davis, local officials detailed a plan to establish fire fighting equipment and a two man crew under the Babinda Brigade. The Mulgrave Shire Council would consider needed steps, with government land and insurance companies to cover costs, while awaiting the application result.
Japanese local governments seek revenue through a series of new consumer taxes. A telephone user would pay about 1 year, with 30 to the prefecture and the remainder to municipalities, as officials cite widening deficits. The plan targets services from telephones to permanent waves and other everyday items, aiming to bolster fiscal steadiness in Tokyo and beyond.
Text discusses economic planning versus free market methods, noting transitional period necessities and the risk of catastrophe. It references a controversial account of Constable Conroy, a confrontation with an Aboriginal group, and a later incident involving a Malay suspect, amid Berlin wartime notes and political fallout.
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