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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 07, 1946
Page
8
A weather battered but hopeful London sports page argues postwar cricket can regain appeal. It notes batsmen grinding out results, selectors reshaping teams, and stars like Len Hutton and Maurice Tate shaping a season amid rain and renewal.
Fragmented OCR reports an orange free state land rush tied to a growing gold boom. Offers of £7500 for a hotel site near Odendaalrust are noted as land and property rapidly rise. Roads and new railway plans spark regional planning, with proposed green belts and water powered sewerage to support a new gold city.
The fragment describes historic rocket use by Americans, tracing early rockets to the Mexican War era. It notes innovations like curved vanes to stabilize rockets and their role in aiding landings and military operations. The text references figures such as Stonewall Jackson and events around Chapultepec, illustrating a century of rocket development.
Reported plan by Italian leader to assist emigrants abroad and form committees across All Allied countries. A June 2 election is noted with a promise of a wide review to address unemployment and postwar disorders among returning soldiers. Mention of surplus population and colonial empire ambitions appears, with focus on peace outcomes and economic outlets.
A 1940s specical report notes that despite references to the Ottawa Agreement of 1938, the United States held a $248 million trade surplus with Britain and empire countries, challenging claims that imperial preferences unjustly favor the US. It cites imports of £72.09 million from Britain and £135 million in exports, arguing that even removal of tariffs wouldn’t give empire products easy access to US markets.
The Cairns Harbour Board secretary reports to the Innissall Chamber of Commerce on a board meeting. He notes strong support for prompt measures to move Tenlafail cargo from Cairns wharves and to arrange cooperative efforts with the Adelaide Steamship Company. The letter also records telephonic assurances from the past president and emphasizes the board’s readiness to assist, including potential emergency arrangements to ensure delivery.
The Commonwealth Government plans an Observatory directed program at Stromlo to advance astrophysics, solar observations, and ionospheric studies. It aims to bolster the pre School of Physical Sciences at the University while expanding meteorology and radio telegraphy facilities with global links and nuclear-focused energy research.
A Warsaw dispatch details Poland's rising "Ormo" reserve squads linked to the police and government, claiming 3000 members with reports of up to 16,000 trained within a month. The force wears civilian clothes, trains weekly, and is seen as an enforcement arm amid looming national elections and unrest.
AP reports a cooperative international effort from Mexico to North America to study and combat vanishing wildlife. Agencies include US Fish and Wildlife Service and Audubon Society joining in a joint mission with law enforcement and researchers across Carlton College Northfield and national wildlife groups to track and preserve birds and habitat amid threats.
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