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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 07, 1951
Page
5
Sydney reports a timber carrier fined £50 for making beer without a license. His beer formula mixed sugar and essence with water, boiled and fermented, then bottled. A London tea tester named Margaret Irving is noted for tasting many brews daily.
Mossman notes recap last week’s 7201 tons of crushing at Mossman Mill, season totals, and weekly averages. A Development Association dance at Shire Hall raised funds with Monte Carlo games, prizes, and performances by local residents. Numerous social, sporting, and civic notices follow, including farewells for Mr. Hill Cooper, rainfall figures, radio reception comments, and a wide roll call of visitors and residents in Mossman.
Italian government agrees to hand Mussolini's body to his family for burial in a village near Perugia where he was born. The ceremony is to be private with no publicity and attendance limited to relatives. his body was seized by partisans on April 28, 1945 and displayed in Milan before burial in secrecy.
A reader protests Harbour Board grain poisoning to kill pigeons at wharves and critiques aerial pesticide drops. The letter cites cruelty, wildlife harm including kangaroos and birds, and questions faunal protections amid drought and hunting policy, urging humane methods and better enforcement.
August proved dry with no total rainfall amounting to 71 points. Cold weather and a very dry countryside were noted. A council grader began road grading in the area including Rex Highway in Mareeba Shire. Trucks hauled gravel for the MRBLC reed project via Laura Valley, with timber and logs awaiting transport to the mill. The Julatten School of Arts Library annual meeting occurred August 22 in Mr. Geraghty’s building. balance sheet showed most expenditure on new books, and the library operates from various donated spaces rather than a dedicated building.
About two centuries ago in certain European regions it was customary to hire private baths by the hour. Private bathrooms were then unknown, and bathing customs varied with local practice.
The total value of orders in Britain shipyards is estimated at 1.3 billion pounds with about one third for export including 50 million pounds in hard currency orders. At current output the yards have four years of work, easing earlier fears of unemployment though risks remain.
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