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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 19, 1947
Page
9
Mulgrave Shire Council reports on Rabinda coast road and Yarkey’s Krab road works. Repairs, grading, and gravel spreading proceed under rain, with speed and quality varying. machinery, materials, and supervision detail efforts and challenges to complete sections.
Fragmented diary style notes describe England under nationalization of coal and state controls. It traces queues, inspectors, and officials managing fuel, and criticizes the growing power of the state over private life while recounting distant naval and coastal scenes and wartime salvage tales.
The Atherton CWA branch details March 13 activities in the Atherton Rest Room, including a meeting with Straughan presiding and over 22 members. Donations, badges, and gratitude are noted, with plans for a fundraising rake and hospital visits, plus roles for Mesdames Straughan Wadley and Cumming in ongoing welfare efforts.
London AP reports frosty weather disrupts British sport forcing cancellations and postponements across rugby football and horse racing. Officials project lost revenue and assess extended seasons while players face compressed schedules and clubs seek funds to bridge gaps amid government fuel restrictions.
Police investigations traced a disturbance aboard a transport ship in the Arctic region with prisoners deported on January 4. Evidence cites improvised weapons and disrupted orders as guards and inmates encountered problems amid harsh weather and radiator failures.
Immerance Court arraigned Maxey William Plath who pleaded guilty to charge of Somanaasig Ie Radiators theft. He was fined £40 with six months imprisonment in default. The radiators, valued at five shillings, had not been recovered. Detective M Noakes and plainclothes Wg Munoc led the arrest.
Fragmentary text mentions Crayford, Gladys Swarthout or Lauria Malcbow and Cooper vacationing in Gun Valley Idaho. It describes Cooper leaving his car to search, with references to tracking and lines, but the event details are unreadable and unclear.
The Land Appeal Court heard an appeal concerning property valuations including mention of portions 138 mub-div 4 and 121, eight miles from a river, with land quantities, improvements and rents discussed. Witnesses including Mr Booth and Mr Rex presented figures on clearing, grazing, and crop potential, while the court weighed scores of valuations and proposed settlements.
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