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Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

Feb 12, 1946

Page

4

Fragments Describe Flight Test Conditions and Crew Notes

Readable fragments describe a Miami area test involving multiple aircraft and crew. Mentions Compton, Holloway, Jack Lewis, and Eastern pile. notes a record claim at 13 000 feet and references storms, wind, and rugged terrain.

Miami Amore Empton Compton Sears Howe Creymanglace Bud “Holloway Gotsuight Jack Lewis Eversane Billy Coun

Franco's Spain Faces End of Dictatorship, Critics Say

A historical forward-looking review notes Franco’s weakening hold as calls for change grow. It cites commentators stating the Spanish dictatorship teeters amid international pressure and internal repression, with mass arrests and camps fueling resistance to Franco’s regime. Numerous references describe Soviet and German involvement and phrasing about the “non intervention” policy, while Bevin denounces the regime. The piece portrays a Europe waiting for Franco’s fall and the rise of a potential republic.

Sengurja Franco Sears Moro Sre Germany Pssie Taillion Tealy Russie Spain Europe Aed Amla France Bevin Madrid Barcelans Franca

London Stands Where It Did Expatriate Remembers Home

An expatriate recollects London past and present scenes near Parliament, Westminster Bridge, and busy streets. The diary-like narrative recalls fog, bobbies, shopfronts, and family life in a nostalgic, historically rich urban panorama with references to Westminster, bonds of home, and wartime memory.

London Parliament Bobby Westminster Tuter Bridge Real Marl Fifth Avenue Bill Weil Duslest Saill Sears Steenee Richard Mel Res Perel Berk England Maidstone Kent Mpiles Thair Rudy Tachen Ewart Perea Brey

It used to be great fun during the Mete bombing day

The speaker recalls a wartime scene where a formation over Mete pressed the town as 20 men wheezed and a German poster child near Gore is mentioned. A laborer fell near an orchard crater while a family discusses rationing and reconstruction. Churchill is cited, and Australia’s role is praised against British wartime moods.

Gore Fale Pedder Nalin Boc Pigantic Aes Atretca|edo France London Churchill Churenill

Debate over postwar oil pipeline use and privatization

The article discusses American wartime oil pipelines the Big Inch and Little Inch, their costs and postwar viability. It notes controversy over transferring oil transport from tankers to pipelines and the plans to sell lines to private buyers with allowances for usage and demand. It mentions capacities and the potential for broad distribution of petrol products domestically.

Australia USA America Asbington Seearcee Senena Ee Phoesisville Ieee Diienenetnesers

Dutch Population by Indonesian Extremists

Report from Bandoeng details mass abuses by Indonesian guerrillas targeting men ages 18 to 40. Victims kneeling with bound hands suffered fatal harm from improvised devices and hazardous weapons near a local camp. Inter-regional authorities note Indian troops and medical units present during the incident.

Broabe& Sre Bandoeng Waitoeuan Ube Ritish Aumortuer Wey

New London Double Deck Bus Tested Across City Streets

A new double deck bus type is being tested on twenty London thoroughfares. The design aims to improve passenger flow and safety with multiple entry and exit doors. Trials include conductor-assisted boarding and device features to prevent crowding at doors.

London le Bunigg Buttetin Mollane Senate

Global Wheat and Oil Surplus Exports Amid European Demand

Amid rising European needs for wheat and coal estimates show increased oil lubricants and surplus sales to foreign buyers. US and UN relief programs push shipments worldwide including Australia, Asia, Guam, and the Philippines as coal and lumber output declines impact industry.

Association Coopers Bye Kansas Somouthern Australia Latin Amache Guam Cam Ender Peron Tomer Sbe Europe Kame Nary Lowee

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