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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 20, 1952
Page
4
A collage of stray notes and jokes discusses stuffed colonels, crow deterrence, fashioning amusing tips for letters, and humorous critiques of aging. The piece touches on manners, marriage hopes, and light social observations with quirky anecdotes and dated humor.
Report outlines claims that wholesale monopolies conspire to limit market entry. Farmers allege unfair competition and interference with free trade. Vague references describe a fighting fund and price manipulation, with complaints of access timing and shortages in Woodford area.
Troops described as Communist shark troops overran an Allied hilltop outpost on the Korean central front near Tokyo. Allied forces reportedly withdrew after fierce fighting as air reports indicated heavy rail damage and numerous casualties among Communist forces.
A Brisbane ironworkers meeting notes no recognition for M Phillips and reports that the State branch and federation leaders did not engage in a Trades Hall event. Secretary J McPhillipa will receive no reallocation. The Brisbane association warns no speakers will attend tomorrow night.
Complaint filed January 24 to Bilbe Bay with recall issues for the detective. Innisfail notices prompted police inquiries led by Devertive Baicman and Plsinclotie Consanit Weis. The defendant admitted stealing socks from a net, involving a boy from the Children's Court.
Fragmentary report covers Mariemba tobacco sales dates from 1952 to 1963 with multiple lot totals and sale days. It mentions defendant proceedings, employment issues, and potential sentence terms tied to a 23 pound restitution and 6 shillings fine, with references to Pine or Flying Fish locations and court statements by Mr. Pearce.
A brunette painter Bre Prinee wowed Rome with vivid market scenes. Her canvases, displayed at Gan Mares Gallery, drew strong sales as crowds and crates of vegetables framed the bustling scenes.
Italy's final pre election ballot tests loom for Premier De Gasperi as the Christian Democrats seek to preserve influence across municipal and provincial posts. The system favors coalition voting amid pressures from Communists and anti Communist groups, with national elections shaping the future of the Atlantic Pact and European unity. The campaign centers on land reform and party realignments, with major districts and key parties positioning for the next chamber.
A limited Washington dispatch describes a composite paper structure involving a cotton content core with a half inch of sorbent material and multiple layers. It notes an outer tough layer called imas land and suggests developments in papermaking and cellulose materials.
City affairs cover the council's view on an eight shilling weekend burial charge. Donations for the Municipal Band and Cairns Boys' Band are set at 200 and 150 pounds respectively. Other items include speed limits at the Immigration Holding Centre, funding for a copy of a publication, talks with aviation and school site permissions, and property revaluations. Water usage figures for January are detailed alongside a health remark about body parts.
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