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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 03, 1950
Page
5
A garbled wartime market and consumer piece notes buyers seeking bargains and inventive new clubs for cars and sports gear. It mentions taxes on wigs, rising car costs, import duties, and aging tradesmen, with reflections on domestic industries and personal finances amid shortages.
Keith Thomas Harris a 27 year old policeman successfully appealed his dismissal after admitting to borrowing £20 from a hotel keeper in Narango while stationed at Nanango. The Appeal Board upheld the reversal though Inspector Mackay dissented and recommended a reprimand. Harris had paid the debt within a week and lost pay since September.
Monthly report details sinking and driving at numerous shafts led by Weymouth mines including Victory, Wing of the Ranges, Little Western, and Brassbottle with ore grades from 1.5 to 7 percent. Dredging at Tableland No. 13, including claim 806, shows 58 percent run time and 110 workers, while the Surprise Syndicate continues dredging as water works mount.
Reports describe training and tunnel activities at multiple mines. Roof and shaft conditions documented by supervisors Deep Lead Tunnel and Big Zag detail ore losses, timbering, and depth progress. Mahara notes water halting operations while Ronan and others report limited progress and staffing.
William J. Levitt of Levitt and Sons is praised for rapid assembly housing methods shaping the US building industry. The firm’s Levittown project near New York demonstrates a system that constructs homes in minutes using prefabricated components and contractor networks. The article notes a 1.25 million house projection this year and forecasts further expansion as demand grows.
The United Nations plans to end bans on Franco Spain and allow Madrid to resume full relations. The 37 to 10 vote included 23 abstentions from Austria New Zealand Brazil and others, with General Assembly approval pending a five thirds majority.
Annie Bi s son Cree Punchbow was charged with murdering her ten month old baby James Thomas Crowe at their home on October 1. The woman did not appear in court and the murder charge was adjourned to November 14 for the coroner's inquest.
Moscow dispatch reports the Red Fact organ asserting need for strengthened state organs and intelligence to resist capital powers. The article quotes Stalin warning against weakening the country and pledging to reinforce defense and security services.
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