Cane Growers Protest 13 Shilling Charge Rise
Delegates at the Queensland Cane Growers Association conference protested an announced 13 shilling per ton increase in the managing and selling charge by the Colonial Sugar Refining Company. The charge was made retrospective to the start of the year after the company's accounts were reviewed.
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Bundaberg
Queensland Cane Growers’ Association
Colonial Sugar Refining Company
W. J. McKinley
Queensland Sugar Board
McKinley
C. P. Lander
C.S.R
Sugar Board faces calls for written claims over price increases
The Sugar Board pressed the CSA to submit claims in writing after Mr McKinley admitted the company signaled a rise but provided no figures. The board faced scrutiny from the Queensland Auditor General and Cane Growers Council over the unexpected price hike amid a loss of funds to the raw sugar industry.
Control Of Major Cane Diseases Outlined In Queensland
The Director of the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations Mr Norman J King outlined progress in controlling major cane diseases in Queensland including gumming, downy mildew and Fiji disease. Downy mildew and Fiji disease have been reduced or confined while Wa? scald and chlorotic streak have not yet been tackled effectively. The bureau urged stronger grower action to prevent diseased plants entering the crop and reduce losses. The discussion also covered rad disease and disease-susceptible cane, with notes on CP 2/110 and CP 29/118 distribution plans as stocks permit. A separate address stressed efficient fertiliser use and soil analysis to lower costs and boost yields.
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Buartae of Sugar Experiment Stations
Norman J. King
Queensland
Fiji
Mr. King
King
Kine
Bee
Advier
A. Franettevich
Racecourse
Baresti
Mackay
M. W. R. Bowman
Pleyatone
Bureau
Bureau of Sugar Coment Stations
L. G. Vai
Vallance
Queensiana
Adverse Weather Impacts Cairns Rural Industry Report
Rural industry spokesmen report mixed effects from drought with some districts like Innisfail and Babinda faring better while most cane growing areas suffer from insufficient rain. Prospects for the next crop depend on heavy rains, with frost risk increasing and cattle sales hampered. Peanut growers in Cooktown anticipate a record yield if rain arrives soon.
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Cairns
Mulgrave Central Mill Company
J. 8. Warner
Warner
Williams Estate
Butehe
F. R. Williams
Williams
Cooktown
Peanut Board
Tableland
Rural board survey plan to aid federal programme
Regional Director Mr. E A Laws said today a survey of the state's rural service officers would be part of implementing the federal government's programme. Circulars would be sent to all service officers sought to support the effort.
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Gional
E. A. Laws
Federal Governeent
Tokio
Libby
Experienced Rural Workers in Queensland Labor Plan
Mr Laws says placement of experienced Italian immigrants in Queensland farms depends on employer demand. About 50 Italians are due next month for farm work. If primary industry employers respond positively to experienced labour, thousands more will be sent to the Commonwealth Employment Service in Brisbane.
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Queensland
Grive
Law
Mr. Laws
Commonwealth Employment Service
Brisbane
Minor Prizes Open in Ipswich Randwick Kangaroo Point
Third Teed VATI syndicate care Michela Street Ipswich. Fourth Betty James Kangaroo Point. Fifth 28277 C Woolley Market Street Randwick Sydney.
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Teed
Vati Syndicate
Care X
Sinn Defeats Petersen For Vacant Bantam Title
Sinn defeated Brisbane’s Ron Petersen to win the vacant state bantamweight title in a ninth round stoppage. Petersen was knocked down late in the ninth and again in the tenth as Sinn dominated with sharp left hooks.
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Brisbane
Bobby bin
Ron Petersen
Sinn
Petersen
Sinn Hairen
Eeteres Psat Hill
Townsville Plans Drive Against Illegal Fish Sales
Townsville launches a campaign to curb illegal fish sales amid past large turnover. W Benyon of the Fitch Board warns retailers and wholesalers convicted of unlawfully buying fish face fines and possible licence cancellations. About 77 licensed buyers operate in Townsville. Breaches involving possession of fish not obtained through the Fish Board will be harshly dealt with.
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Townsvele
Mar
Townsville
Fitch Board
W. Benyon
H—Imy
Benyon
Fish Board
Quarrel Flares Up Again at Labour Party Meeting
London reports a stormy session of the National Executive as the Bevanite faction loses a bid to modify last year’s conference stance on arms policy. Attlee and other Labour figures faced a wide range of opinion, with renewed tensions predicted.
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Bevan
Labour Party
C. R. Attlee
Disaster Threatens Cattle Industry in Australia
A complete disaster threat looms as drought devastates cattle throughout Queensland and Northern Territory areas. Losses may reach one million head, with breeding cows and calves hardest hit. Meat works may halt exports. beef slaughter for the season could fall to about 560 thousand tons, with prices rising amid scarce supplies for months.
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J. B. Keily
Bureau of Agricultural Ecomeics
Queensland
Bowen
Cairns
Townsville
Mr. Kelly
New Petrol Tax Warns Of Slower Engine Advances
A spokesman for Manufacturers and Traders warns the new Budget petrol tax will retard development of higher powered engines. He says British motorists will seek more economical engines, potentially slowing export and design progress as more cars enter a booming market.
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Jin
Mator
Ity
Manufacturera
Sincr Ih
Controversy At Vatican Reported From London Dispatch
A London dispatch dated March 13 reports a Vatican controversy involving Fatima frotoceafe and details remain unclear in the partial transcript from the Australian Associated Press.
Man killed in field near Bathurst during spraying
Sydney reports a fatal incident in the Blayney district when a crop spraying aircraft struck a man directing work. Mervyn Batty of Blayney was killed after being hit on the head by the plane's undercarriage. pilot Clifford Petersham provided the account.
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Sydney
Blaymey
Bathur
Mervyn Batty
Blayney
Iim
Cifford Petersham
UN Secretary Less Optimistic on Korea Armistice Prospects
The UN secretary general and allied officials expressed doubt that a workable Korea armistice is near. They noted stalled Panmunjom talks and possible renewed diplomacy, with high level reviews under way but no detail and no plan to renew major fighting.
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Panmunjon
Washington
Sugar price rise forecast sparks cabinet delay
Political debate centers on a potential sugar price increase after a cabinet appointed committee prepares recommendations. Canberra sources expect at least a 1d per lb rise, with production costs up by 1d, but full crop pricing blocked by existing sales and cabinet limits. Industry groups urge a 2d per lb rise to meet costs.
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Canberra
Secretares
Association
Queensland Cane Growers’ Association
Mestre
E. T. & Perree
R. Muir
Weather forecast for Queensland cool southerly change
March 14. The Weather Bureau reports little or no rain across Queensland for the 2 inch end of the day with isolated light falls and some thunderstorms mainly in eastern highlands. A cool southerly change moves east toward the lower central coast and eastern Carpentaria by Saturday. Fine and cooler weather expected over the weekend in southern districts, with mainly fine conditions elsewhere as a strong high pressure system builds and dominates for several days.
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Bribbane
Queensland
Weather Bureau
Highland
Carpentaria
Queenaland
Differences Persist in Prices and Management
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss ongoing questions about price, management, and the employment of certain terminal signs. The text appears as garbled remnants without clear dates, places, or named entities to anchor specifics.
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Thuerar. Mar
Fopsign Teriniclsa
High Level Appeal Over Australian Import Cuts
Mr Godfrey Nicholson urged Britain to make top level representations to Australia about the harm from Australian import cuts. He warned the measures could damage Britain and the wider inter Commonwealth trade structure.
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London
A_AP
Godfrey Nicholson
Australia
Britain
Australian contract cancellations spark UK parliamentary debate
British MPs clash over Australia’s unilateral cancellation of existing contracts amid import restrictions. Thorneycroft backs measures to balance payments, while Wilson urges caution to avoid harming relations and inflation. Thornycroft notes UK exports and credits risk. officials weigh sovereign autonomy against mutual trade.
Riot at Hampden as Scots and English fans flood for tickets
Mounted police with batons struggled to control a 20 000 strong crowd in Glasgow as fans shouted jostled and surged for advance tickets to the Scotland v England international at Hampden Park on April 5. An orderly queue broke ranks near opening time and ground gates opened a melee followed with two men fined for inciting the rush.
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London
Glasgow
Scotland
England
Hampden Park
Track Forecasts From Grisbane March Forecast
Grisbane reports tomorrow’s track forecasts with Premington and Canterbury listed as fine weather and good track conditions. Magic Farm also marked as fine weather amid partial text noting possible changes or omissions.
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Grisbane
Premington
Canterbury
Magic Farm
Wack Bea
Australia faces crisis without more foreign capital
Sir Douglas Copland from the Financial Times argues Australia needs substantial foreign capital to sustain its development plans amid import cuts. He warns continued policy risks a drop in Australia’s real resources, lower income, and living standards, affecting the sterling area and UK relations.
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London
A.A.P
Douglan Copland
Australae
Australia
Douglas Copland
America
United Kingdom
Sterling
Douglas San
Sterling Sea
Government rules out plywood royalty exemption in Queensland
In Brisbane March 14 the Minister for Lands Mr T A Foley said Parliament that the government cannot grant a special plywood royalty exemption. He explained Bloomfield mill supplied most housing timber and logs used were priced against forest service rates rather than milling quality. North Queensland logs carried extra charges for quality. The Bloomfield mill is not unique in using ply logs for full timber, and the high quality sawn timber from local kauri would not be fed to hawking.
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Brisbane
Bigield
T. A. Foley
C. F Wordsworth
C.P
Cook
Wordsworth
Bloomfield
Forest Service
North Queensand
North Queensland
Gown
Anl
Hawcing
British bacon ration increased to five ounces a week
The Ministry of Food in London announced that Britain's bacon ration will rise to five ounces per person per week starting March 25. This marks the second increase this year, up from four ounces at the end of January.
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London
Ministry of Food
Might
Britain
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