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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 10, 1947
Page
7
Britain outlines a scheme for new residential blocks dedicated to the elderly. The plan envisions each unit with a bedroom and accessible bathroom, a communal area, and rooms designed to provide social support and care within a dedicated elderly housing complex.
Calcutta industrialist M. G. Bhagat sees the film industry adopting world responsibility. He asserts Mollywood faces critique and must help lead cinema toward constructive global influence.
Canberra reports 1946 47 wheat production near 1688 million bushels from about 124 million acres a 844 bushels per acre average. Victoria South Australia West Australia show higher yields while New South Wales suffers poor conditions. NSW Queensland and Tasmania totals push nationwide output near 47 million bushels. shipments expected with limited margins.
Antarctic researchers from the Woods Hole institute report new underwater features south of South Island including a bleak rocky peak 130 feet high and a massive crater two miles deep near Scott Island. They mapped undersea mountains, gathered volcanic rock samples, and noted glaciers once extended farther from Antarctica coast.
A historical note outlines the value and uses of industrial diamonds in the automotive industry, highlighting their hardness and role in grinding and finishing crankshafts and camshafts. It cites a large corporation with 90 carats in use and recounts the history of diamond No 3160 worn 17 times from 1231 to 184 carats, illustrating durability and varied wartime applications.
Local Herberton CWA holds a farewell party for Mrs Powell wife of the headmaster amid transfers and a lively evening. Guests include Kenny Mood Kemp and many from the district with competitions and a humorous skiing contest. Mrs Powell thanks the community and wishes for a happy move while Mr Powell prepares for relocation and new duties.
A brawl outside a New Jersey nightclub leads to injuries as Gene Tierney and Pat Oleg clash with Jimmy Costello during a festive night. The quarrel centers on alleged infidelity and jealousy as bystanders scramble and the party continues amid chaos.
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