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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 04, 1946
Page
5
Readers learn how car dealers, avoiding official channels, push used cars through backyard channels. Reporters uncover inflated figures, nonstandard parts, and buyers facing inflated prices. A proposed government and industry scheme could curb the black market by licensing secondhand dealers and restoring dealer responsibility.
A strong roster is expected as the English Table Tennis Open Championship enters its six year run. Invitations have been sent to France Belgium and Czechoslovakia with several top players from the United States also anticipated. Preliminary rounds are scheduled for March at Wembley, with event organizing details noted for the Empire Pool venue.
Clinton Bzanley reports on General Leclerc stepping into command of France’s Far Eastern forces amid wartime upheaval. The piece notes Leclerc’s administrative duties, anticipated arrival of his eldest son, and his aim to return troops to service, while touching on wartime propaganda and strategic pressure in the region.
March report from Johnstone Shire Council and South Johnstone Sugar Milling Association details proposals to ease flood damage to cane lands and settlers. Officials planned watercourse changes, ballast and gravel work, and possible early flood relief funding. Affected farms near Liverpool Creek show severe erosion and crop loss, risking further damage to roads and main transport routes.
An inventor claims a new lighter uses a scratch on a surface to ignite a cigarette. The online presentation boasts ease of use and a striking mechanism, with samples reportedly created.
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