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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 20, 1951
Page
8
A British firm offers a rotary hoe that cuts costs and optimizes crop production. Drawn by a tractor and operated by one man, it replaces ploughing, discing, harrowing, and enables seeds to germinate in fine mould beneath looser soil. Particularly useful for potato and sugar beet tilth and summer seed beds where ploughing is hard.
A chaotic scene on Cambodia's largest rubber plantation shows workers under wire barricades facing constant risk from raiding Communist bands. Guards patrol amid ambush threats as families live in a fortified zone, while production centers on foam rubber and related goods near the jungle clearing.
A fragmented 1940s style report details Burmese banditry and murders near Rangoon. It notes rising rebel bands, their tactics with firearms, and claims of widespread crime affecting officials, with references to post war unrest, mercenary activity, and plantation economies in Burma and adjacent regions.
Newspapermen and editors from Syracuse Herald Journal and others urge the United States to expel Tass News Agency representatives. They argue American press officials should be barred from Moscow and Vienna galleries until Tass freedom is secured. The debate includes calls to pressure the Kremlin and to resume expulsions as leverage amid Oatis and broader Soviet control of information.
The Tamnistail Chamber of Commerce meets to discuss sugar shortages and the need for extra shipping to Mouruvan Harbour. A letter to the Australian Milling Industry Board notes rising stocks to 90,000 tons and delays in shipment. The group seeks authority for a Mouriyan Harbour Board and calls for government support.
RACQ Cairns Division reports on main road improvements including yellow center lines like Kuranda Highway and a new line-marking machine. Council notes deck fragments on bridges along Cook Highway and commitments to address ram bow crossings and water indicators at Barron River, Mareeba, and Mulgrave districts.
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