Free doctors in New Zealand debate and risk
A critical look at New Zealand’s free doctor scheme shows widespread abuse and rising costs. The Health Minister warns the system may be scrapped as doctors earn far more than anticipated while patient care deteriorates. The report cites inflated charges, signed prescriptions, and reliance on telephonic consultations.
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Australia
Ake
New Zealand
Gorinuady
Hokienga Public Hospital
G. M. Smith
Law
New Zealand Social Security Fund
Wellington
British Medical Association
Agricultural report strains into sparse data from damaged OCR
A garbled OCR note reports vegetable crops at Stralian with acreage changes. It mentions potato acreage and a comparison with last year, but the details are illegible. No clear figures, dates, or entities are readable.
Tobacco Supplies Melbourne October 26
Civilian supplies for November will be pressed to beat eight per cent of average monthly purchases as announced today by Minister for Labour Senator RV Keane. He said action would be taken to ensure supplies, with deacon to nene altos consistent from the program.
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Melbourne
Bette
RV Keane
Workman mobbed at Pyrmont house during strike in Sydney
An employee of Sydney County Council who had worked at Bunnerong power house during the strike was mobbed by about 40 men at Pyrmont power house near noon on Thursday. He agreed to resign, returned to work to change clothes, and narrowly escaped as part of a chaotic chase ending with aid from disputes and capules committees.
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Sydney
Sydney County Council
Bunnerong
Ovecs
Pyrmont
Ciapulés Committee
Primary Producers Council Meeting at Cardwell
The Queens land Primary Producers Council will be held at Cardwell on November. The Queensland Department of Agriculture has agreed to provide posters for public instruction and to assist in controlling pests in fruit production. Inspections at principal railway raising centres will pass produce before dispatch. Investigations into white ants aim to curb this serious pest in fruit trees.
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Paxtetty
North Queens
Department of Agriculture
Banana price reductions announced in Canberra
October 26 Acting Prices Commissioner Mr M McCarthy announced a reduction of about 1d per lb on the maximum wholesale price of bananas. Ripe Cavendish bananas will be 1d cheaper per lb from October 20 in Brisbane, while retail prices rise by 1d per lb. Country sellers may add freight but not more than 1d per lb above city prices.
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Canberra
M McCarthy
Brisbane
Forestry Employees Brisbane Wage Award Variation
The Industrial Court yesterday approved a variation of the State Forestry Award for general wages. Public demonstrations highlighted trade concerns and urged increases for foresters, overseers, and related workers.
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Brisbane
Ostoger
Industrial Court
Fed
Visit by Super-Fortress lands at Cass Aerodrome
The famous Americas Saner-Fort ress Waltzing Matilda, veteran of 29 missions over Japan, will land at Cass Aerodrome at 12.10 pm on Wednesday October 31. Purchasers of £10 bonds in the Fourth Victory Loan may inspect the machine at close quarters during the inspection time of 3 pm. The Divisional Meteorologies Bureau suspected isolated showers and light fall across North Queensland with variable winds from south west to southeast, easing near the central coast. Innisfail Gaming Raid: police raided premises in Ernest and Fedirth streets, Innisfail, arresting two men. bail granted. The emcee will be called at the Court Petty Sessions this morning.
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Americas
Japan
Cass Aerodrome
Queensland
Perth
Innisfail Gaming
J. ER. Gaoanon
J L. Markey
Ernest and Fedith
Innistail
Prime Ministers party notes Cairns foliage and gifts
Prime Minister and party depart after a civic reception in Cairns noting colourful Council Chamber decorations. The baggage includes a box of pink frangipani from the city Council and a case of Dapaxs from the Committee of Direction of Fruit Marketing.
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Prime Ministers
Cairns
Chifley
W. J. F. Riordan
Committee of Direction of Fruit Marketing
Ambulance Cases From The College Grounds
A Marist Brothers College scholar received a large laceration to the left heel yesterday after jumping a fence to fetch a cricket ball during a rough incident. He was treated on site and taken to District Hospital. A fourth child sustained a wound above the right knee from a rusty tin while playing and was also sent for care after first aid. Another pupil suffered a forearm injury from a protruding nail and was treated before hospital transfer.
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Fitzsimmons
Marist Brothers’ College
Tistriet Hospital
Argus Roy
Willian Shepard
Land Transport Regulations Relaxed After Emergency
The Directorate of Emergency Road Transport announces withdrawal of road transport orders issued during the national emergency. Vehicle operators may resume services free of Commonwealth control but should check their status under state regulations. For passenger services longer than 15 miles, applications for permits or licenses must be made to the State Transport Commission in Brisbane before starting.
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Directorate of Emergency Road Transport
Trevemant
State Transport Commission
Main Roads Building
Upper Albert Street
Brisbane
Appointment of Seenereeteer Commissioner in England
Mr Norman Mighell named as Australian Acting High Commissioner in England to succeed John McCann, acting since Bruce’s retirement. Commonwealth Government also appoints Mr Duncan as minister to ???, with the official announcement to follow.
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Sydney
Seenereeteer
Norman Migheili
Australian Actin Hig
England
Ely
SCOT
Nin Bb
John Mncan
5. M Bruce
Commonwealth
Duncan
Legion of Ex-Service Men and Women Sub-Branch Forming
Preliminary steps toward forming a Cairns sub branch of the Australian Legion of Ex-Service Men and Women. Two meetings held, local support noted as Cairns lags state. A provisional committee of Owens, Orton, Whitehouse, Chen, Ronald. planned meeting Friday November 9 at seven thirty at the Aerial Hall Abbott Street. All former servicemen and women invited.
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Amstralian Legion of Baker
Thomas ¢Hon
Medonald
Abbott Street
Wave of Violence Hits City As Armored Robberies Rise
Police report a surge in violent crime after the war end with a taxi robbery at gunpoint and a spate of brawls and hold ups. Officers warn of unrest driven by racketeering, sly grog trade, and black market profits, noting 22 cases in 30 days and the reorganization of the Criminal Investigation Bureau.
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Underworld
Watchman Shot In Chest Amid City Robberies
A night watchman was shot in the chest during a struggle at a Balmain area, with multiple robberies reported. A man and his wife were assaulted at their Sussex street home, a Chinese market gardener robbed of £10, and a woman attacked returning home to Bulli. A gunshot struck Ernest Vesey near Rozelle, while a timber yard incident at H Cash and Co. involved a pistol threat and a struggle. Several other houses were robbed and a stolen Air Force Band instrument later found abandoned. Police noted £527 stolen from a Marrickville shop. Shots were fired at burglars in Bellevue Hill.
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Sydney
Sussex-street
City A
Bull
Mumie
New Zealand
Air Force
City Street
Marrickville
Bellevue Hill
H. Cash and Co
Rozelle
Vewey
Land resumption sparks protest in Brisbane
October 28. War Service Land Settlement Acquisition Bill debated in the State Parliament would ruin many landholders in the district says Mr A Price president of the Wandoan Primary Producers Association. Graziers could be forced to switch to dairying or leave to seek other land to continue in their best suited industry. He calls the proposed compulsory dispossession and penalties a serious injustice and warns of unacceptably low compensation.
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Brisbane
War Service
A Price
Wandoan Primary Producers’ As- Association
Price
State Government Employees Kept In Post As Parliament Seats Open
Brisbane Oct 27 The Government announces an amendment to the Parliament Officials Act allowing state employees to contest Parliament seats without losing status. Employees will receive necessary leave to stand for election, fulfilling a Bundaberg Labour Convention pledge made by Premier FOA Cooper in 1944.
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Brisbane
FO A Cooper
Bundaberg
Thomas Mercer obituary and life as a sugar farmer
The death of Thomas Mercer, a retired sugar farmer, occurred at Mossman Hospital. Born in Townsville 71 years ago, he arrived at Port Douglas as a boy with his parents. He worked on his farm and with relatives, and was a bachelor.
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Mossman Hospital
Thomas Mercer
Townsville
Port Douglas
Communist Claims Exaggerated by Local Radicals in Bundaberg
Report notes that Bundaberg residents exaggerate communist propaganda claims and ridiculed R.A.A.F. personnel and Javanese supporters. The piece argues such reports are unreliable and future belief should be cautious.
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Bundaberg
Communists deny strike as guards force plane to Casino
A Communist circular is labeled a misstatement of fact by a commissioned officer who warns against believing such reports. RAAF personnel deny plans to strike, saying no undue force was used to load men onto a plane to Casino. A Javanese sergeant deflects claims of patter and shooting, while the group is moved under Australian Army guard to the south amid chants of Long live the Indonesian Republic.
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Ficer
R.A A.F
Casino
R.aaf
Dutch Dutch indonesian soldiers denied Bundaberg shooting claim
A spokesman for the Royal Netherlands Indies Army in Melbourne stated on Saturday that Indonesians were not shot or injured at Bundaberg on October 25 or any other time. He said several soldiers refused duty, were confined to an air base, and would face military law. He condemned reports as unverified and anti-Dutch agitation.
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Melbourne
Royal Netherlaands Indies Army
Bundaberg
Bundabere
Australia
Dutch Soldiers Accused of Attacks on Australians at Casino
Mr G M Dowson of the Trade and Labour Council alleges armed Dutch troops assaulted Australian civilians at Casino. He claims a railway worker was detained on Oct 13 and another home was raided during a party with Indonesians present. Casino police deny the detention and deny the raid, saying they heard nothing of the events.
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Brisbane
Vic
Trade and Labour Council
G. M. Dowson
Eet
Peter
Casino
Forde
Dawson
Inquiry Ordered on Bundaberg Aerodrome Trouble
Melb utler 28 The Minister for Aviation announced that high ranking RAAF officers have gone to Bundaberg to investigate alleged trouble at the aerodrome involving Indonesians Dutch and Haa personnel. Drakeford said a full inquiry would be called and that details would be released when available. He warned that reports of incidents had been greatly exaggerated.
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Melbulase
A &. Drakeford
R.aa
Bundaberg
HAA
Drakeford
British service personnel depart Brisbane aboard Stratheden
About 23 British servicemen and civilians will leave Brisbane aboard the Stratheden for England tomorrow, joined by 100 Royal Navy and Marine personnel. The ship, which arrived from Sydney, carries Army and RAF units and civilian evacuees. It will call at Fremantle, Bombay and Suez, with 250 Australian Army personnel and around 100 RN personnel disembarking at Fremantle. Some evacuees may remain, while others head to Britain or see service in China.
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Brisbane
England
Royal Navy
Marine
Stratheden
Sydney
RAF
RAN
Btratheden
Fremantle
Bombay
Suez
Britain
Return of Tracks Brisbane October 26
Estimates from the executive of both the T C and the B ALT C suggest that at least four months will lapse before either repress United or Doom
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Brisbane
The
T.C
B.alt.c
Uae
War Service Homes on agenda in Perth meeting
A Perth RSL conference reviewed 44 war service homes issues on October 24. Delegates pressed for a broad War Service Homes scheme with J C Boyes noting a rush for homes and Mr H Richardson answering questions about deposits and land needs. He cited 179 homes completed under the Commonwealth scheme with 974 allotted, and debated deposits from 10 to 28 pounds. Land and small holdings cases were discussed as outside current schemes, with a motion to correct the anomaly agreed to.
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Perth
Queensland
War Service
Cairns 4CF closes rooms after 15 months of aid
The Cairns branch of the Australian Com fends Fund hosted a final evening at Lake Street recreation rooms marking the close of this phase. Hundreds of service personnel enjoyed tea and tribute to the volunteers and women who staffed the canteen. Mr. E McKewen noted the ongoing need for services outside Australia and thanked the ladies, YMCA, YWCA, and St George's Club for their support. A service orchestra provided bright music during the event.
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Cairns
4CF
Lakestreet
ACF
E McKewen
Australia
Acfymca
Esplanade
Acfywca
Servicewomen's Club
Lonestreet
St George's Club
McKewen
YMCA
Servine
Australian Comforts Fund to close by March end
Brisbane report states the Australian Comforts Fund, which has supplied comforts and amenities for services for over six years, will cease operations by the end of March. The notice notes the fund’s winding down in response to upcoming changes.
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Brisbane
Australian Comforts Fund
Troops in Islands May Be Home Boon
Reports from London and Canberra indicate planners expect many troops in the Pacific islands to return to Australia by February or March next year. Six Victory ships plus the Canberra will shuttle troops between Australia, Asia, and the islands, easing the long carrier shortage and allowing families a Christmas reunion.
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Islands
Thomas Ae
New Gaines
Meee
Australia
Commonwealth
London
Washin
Canberra
Austeasia
Ration anomalies spark talks on meat relief
In Brisbane on October 28 deputations urged immediate fixes to rationing flaws that threaten closures of shows and butcher shops. They demanded government action to study coupon bankruptcies and consider ending meat rationing if needed. Officials pledged a meeting of meat authorities and federation reps to fully investigate.
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Brisbane
Trade and Customs
J. V Keane
Melbourne
Queensland
J Munro
Martin
Nursing sisters Sydney ship POWs home after Sumatra camps
Fourteen nursing sisters who had been held in camps in Sumatra returned aboard the hospital ship Manunda on Saturday with 240 released prisoners of war. There were 11 ambulance cases on board. Most men appeared comparatively fit and received a hearty welcome as they were driven through city streets to Concord military hospital.
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Sydney
Sumatra
Manunda
Concord
Chinese Deadlock Reported as Talks Stall in October
October discussions between the government and Communists in Chungeing have deteriorated to a deadlock with virtually no progress since early October, according to an Associated Press correspondent.
Queensland Patriotic Fund to Cease by March End
Aid. J. B. Chandler announced on his return from the AJC that after long discussion the Queensland Patriotic and Australian Comforts Fund would cease about the end of March and close down then while continuing services to forces abroad. Hostels remain open during the period and ACF funds may be handed over to the Patriotic Fund as Queensland division winds up.
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Queensland Patriotic and Australian Comforts Fund
Aid
J. B. Chandler
AJC
Sydiney Ald
Chandler
ACF
Ald
Queensland
Patriotic Fund
Super Fortress Waltzing Matilda Visits Cairns For Bond Drive
The B 29 Super Fortress Waltzing Matilda arrived in Cairns for a Victory Bond display with 335 buyers pledging 10 or more to view the giant bomber up close. Lt James W Walker leads the crew with 33 missions. Lt Donald C Dubbins piloted, others include Lt Davie A Wobleman and S/Sgt Gene Romalie. The aircraft will tour Australia then proceed to Rockhampton Townsville and back.
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20Th Air Force
Hirohima
U.S
Walkering Matilde
Simeral
Middle East
Ifi
Super-Portreses
James W Walker
Tennessee
Donald C. Dubbins
Davie A Wobleman
John J. Allan
Harrell D. Price
William M. Almeling
Hedar
Gene Romalie
Robert L. Pettinger
Darwin F. Grant
Eastham
William H Harter
Cairns
CIO
Australia
Eagle Farm
Rockhampton
Witte
Townsville
Factory Made Houses In Australia Move For Mass Production
Sydney reports plans for prefabricated Tarzan houses to be produced in Australia led by British engineer R Mackay. He says Australia has steel concrete and materials to mass produce homes within months. 10,000 Tarzan houses built in Britain in nine months. cost about £750 in England.
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Sydney
J. B Chiffey
New South Wales
WJ. McKell
R. Mackay
Tarzan Industries
London
Australis
Australia
Britain
Tarren
England
Resumption of Work At Bristol and Avon Docks
The Transport General Workers Union reports Bristol and Avon dockers have voted to resume work and urge other ports to follow immediately. The Food Ministry warns over ration shortages caused by the strike. Government notes soldiers and dockers keep quotas, but slow ship turnround alarms officials.
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London
AAP
Transport General Workers Union
Bristol and Avondele
Food Ministry
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W. McColm
W. J. Francis
H.R Thurston
J F Gallagher
J. M. Brown
W J. Francis
W. Gardner
Mareelos
MR. N. R. Mighell
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Legion OF
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Netherland East Indies
Washington
the Associa Press
S Couger
Miller
Redfern
SP Fae
Mackay
Watchman
MR. Thomas Mercer
Lerz
RAIL
R.A.A.F
Dutch Dental
Braid Clatm
Aboot
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