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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 13, 1945
Page
2
A weather affected week left few completed ends in bowls as storms halted play. Frank Meth and Bill McKeown managed to finish their singles after two attempts, with the match starting Saturday and stopped by heavy conditions.
At the wartime championships in Brisbane Keith Pardon of New South Wales set nine new state marks in discus and hammer. His 188 foot hammer throw surpassed previous Australian best, though just shy of the Canadian record held by G Sutherland. Results list placements in 200 yards, discus, and the one mile walk with multiple competitors named.
The report describes efforts to expand rail networks from Kenya to Persia, noting targets to raise daily tonnage, enlarge ports, renew track, and relocate locomotives. It details Allied and local contributions, war disruptions, and a broader debate on industrialisation, trade, and living standards as economies shift.
Man power directors from all States meet in Melbourne to discuss urgent measures to recruit women for metro canneries. Heavy losses of fruit being processed threaten operations unless women volunteer or are called up. Conference likely to recommend prosecution of all women who disobey orders. Only about one third of directed women have obeyed.
A fragmented note discusses labour management and fair laws, amortisation on loans, and dividends on equity. It argues for a reasonably broad policy framework and a profitable operation with production costs at ten per cent.
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