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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 03, 1952
Page
4
In Innisfail on July 1 Bow admitted tossing an empty beer bottle from a bus window striking a car traveling from South Johnstone to Tunisfill. The car sustained £1 in damage. Bow offered to pay if granted 71 days. A judge fined him plus costs and imposed seven days in default, with three weeks to pay.
In a Ma ree ba Danbulah area briefing farmers warn of rising costs and risk of loss as government land takeovers loom for irrigation. They urge easier loan terms, fair valuation, and timely guidance on procedures, while officials note possible cabinet committees to advise on the relocation and compensation process.
A fragmented exchange outlines resumption costs for farmers, irrigation potential in Larkver Valley, and suggested block layouts. Officials note government input on priority and funding, while promising to present findings to landowners for their opinions.
A fragment from Cain dated July 1 questions if the council and fire board should pay the clerk an extra day’s pay. It describes weekly rates and requests reconsideration of clerical remuneration.
A Cairns reader defends the Cairns Regional Electricity Board against charges of overpricing. The letter argues that keeping electricity supply within Cairns would raise city rates while benefiting country towns, notes tariff adjustments favor outer areas, and cites substantial pre-war cost rises in wages and materials to explain current prices.
July 1 report from Dimbulah notes welcome rain easing drought, helping ploughing. Weirs on Walsh River and Eureka Creek full. Wolfram Bridge nearly complete. Minister T A Foley toured the district with officials to inspect Springmount Weir and South Walsh main channel, confirming £450,080 funding for the year’s irrigation work.
Residents in Herberton were urged to assist finishing a public playground near the Club and work on a concrete tank at the site. Funding was discussed for a boxing tournament and a footbridge over Wild River was raised due to safety needs for students crossing between schools and the town centre. An appeal for funds from Lemency in Cairns supported an ex serviceman through the Bab-branch.
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