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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 30, 1946
Page
4
The Herberton field report for November records dewatering at Canberra, surface prospecting at United Bradlaugh, ore drives and face developments at Elainz Mary and other leases, with tonnages and values from several sites. Mining progressed at Brown Beauty, Fanny Square, Vulcan, and Rainbow areas, noting ore grades, waste, and drainage work, while some shafts and drives were extended or halted due to ore body conditions.
Rear Admiral Richard Byrd leads a young polar mission aboard an Admiral Byrd ship with 400 men and 13 ships. He weighs risk to air crews against safety, prepared to abandon Little America land planes if weather endangers lives, while emphasizing welfare of the crew and readiness to endure Antarctic storms. The report notes Greenland coast duties and previous polar experience.
In a Willian Falkiner style piece a man recounts a private victory won through a long involvement with security loans and wartime finance. He hides a lie from his wife while describing postwar plans, rebuilding, and a stealth success as bush fires spike timber and stone work and water shortages halt operations.
The open cut road was extended to a timbered area where about 10 tons of ore were raised. Estimated values are around one per cent, indicating potential mineral content.
During the month operations continued with dredging yielding 343,000 cubic yards for tin oxide valued at approximately 58 tons. Work on the Return Creek dam strengthening and the Eastine Creek dam overflow spillway construction has been completed, enhancing water control and safety.
Geneva AP reports the Red Cross sent sixty million letters over seven years to inform relatives of prisoners, trace missing persons, and connect dispersed families. The effort, aided by prisoners of war networks, aimed to sustain communication and aid family links despite wartime disruption.
Amid ruined Ruhr towns, Germans endure hunger and freezing lines for bread and soup powder. 23 million people in the British zone face poverty with crowded, squalid housing. Children suffer rickety health, typhoid cases strain schools, while officials warn of a perpetual crisis and decline.
A test in Carlile England measured alcohol effects on an experienced driver with Senior Motor 7 apparatus. After whiskey doses the reaction time, pulse, and control of the vehicle deteriorated, with the driver later judged unfit to operate a motor vehicle. Three further trials showed progressively longer reaction times and impaired coordination, leading to a medical verdict of unfit.
A Cairns reader critiques editorial pieces in The Post. He cites Young Discharged Men Workless and Goal of Enduring Peace, condemning platitudes and calling for urgent aid to veterans over lavish salaries and lofty rhetoric. He urges open columns for clearer definitions of democracy and values.
The Atherton Fire Brigade Board held its December meeting with chair W G Young and members J A Parsons H C Ullman and secretary in attendance. They inspected rubbish and fire escapes at hotels, discussed missing parts from the kiiler, licensing and a new brigade building loan, rubbish in Evans paddock, and accounts totaling 46 410. The superintendent noted pump maintenance and trailer dump issues, and a note of appreciation to The Cairns Post was voiced as greetings were sent for Christmas and New Year.
A fragmented report describes Yugoslav and Italian talks to settle territorial and governance tensions. It references PMs and ministries, proposes direct negotiations between governments, and discusses financial support to end longstanding disputes and finalize boundaries and sovereignty arrangements.
A priest conducts Mass at two places each Sunday. After the morning service, Father Behumacher climbs into an airplane and flies himself to Mangely, a town in north western Colorado, to celebrate another Mass.
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