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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 07, 1952
Page
3
The United Nations in New York reports a tense briefing from the U.K. colonial assembly scene. A.P. sources describe a brooding, dark shadow over African decolonization efforts as voices call for faster progress amid growing international scrutiny.
Report outlines rising independence movements across Africa and debates in the United Nations about granting self rule and potential trusteeship. It notes tensions in borders such as Togoland and the Gold Coast, with calls for rapid decolonization and questions Britain’s role in Tanganyika and other territories.
Mexico City sinks about 18 inches yearly due to clay shrinkage as water is pumped from wells. The city drilled thousands of wells to fill shortages, drying subsurface clay and causing ground subsidence. Piles under monuments tilt, drainage disrupted, and sewers crack, forcing costly remedies and emergency pumping while experts seek water storage and reduced well use.
The eastern Carpentaria highlands show fala readings with Condaming 391 points and Leyburn 381, while Milmerran 27a and Camboon 158 mark other notable values. The Weather Bureau notes a seaward passage of the main evidences under high pressure, with scattered showers and thunderstorms likely in the Far North and cooler conditions along the south coast and Darling Downs.
Innisfail October 4 at Rural School the ceremony saw War. Bro. 17 Robertson present Masonic Bursary certificate to Alwyn Williams. Principal Mr SG Withers welcomed and spoke of the value of bursaries as incentive while acknowledging the need for support where needed. War. Bro. J. T. Robertson praised Masons of Queensland and noted donations funded the bursaries.
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