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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 12, 1950
Page
5
A chaotic wartime discussion from Queensland references defense lines, policy shifts, and potential measures to strengthen the state. Officials stress readiness and the need for rapid improvements to border and attack lines while forecasting broader war impact on the nation.
Fragmentary report notes cloudbursts along the Asw coast with unclear details and scattered observations from witnesses. The brief text provides few concrete facts beyond weather activity near the shoreline.
In a tense match at the Spabey stadium, Williams defeats Hayes with a late surge as referee Bill Henneherry oversees a hard fought game. The bout features key plays by Star players Wal and Desai with Hus fans cheering throughout.
In Melbourne a boy’s life is described as unsalvageable amid a medical case touching ACTH treatment. The article notes doctors and family expressing despair while researchers discuss lack of a cure for the disease. The scene centers on Mr and Mrs Marinone and a public reaction in Melbourne.
The page lists memorial and funeral notices for family and friends connected to Cairne and Mansfield areas. Names include Harry, Vivian, John Hose, and others with dates and places such as Cairne, Wellendaye, and GoraSEvale Cemetery. The notices mention memorial services, inheritances, and family remembrances.
Local station report lists northern rainfall figures with Babinda 460 points Burme 45 Malanda 30 Mila 28 Moeaman 1 Ravenshoe 42 Cardwell 25 Ingham 129 Taniatait 378 Lucinda 3k Tully and surrounding areas show varied totals as of Menday end.
The report covers Australian court appearances including a man remanded for two weeks over charges tied to a serious injury case. It also notes a Cairns weather bulletin with temperatures, humidity, and rainfall observations. A separate item mentions crocodile hunting club activity and expeditions, including vessel Tropic Seas carrying skins and plans for future shoots.
Heavy rainfall stops work at mills across the region including Mulgrave and Tully affecting sugar cane and maize harvest. Workers report cane burning suspended, fields waterlogged, and shipments delayed with maize stock piled awaiting dry conditions. Officials note expected harvest totals and ongoing impacts on milling schedules.
Forecasts warn showers along the eastern Peninsula with some winds near the coast and Tauieluede. A medical report recalls a trial of a free drug scheme while noting that wartime air force activity over Par North Soest and Eastlands caused bombers to fly sorties and impact targets during a recent week.
Dr. Hoenig told the seventh congress of the International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists that world cane growing only partially applies knowledge. He cited fertilisation and irrigation rates, with less than 20 percent of the global cane area properly fertilised and under 10 percent irrigated.
Dr Koenig reports a rise in world sugar output since 1938 with gains in Africa and the Western Hemisphere. He calls for higher production, soil management, and new cane varieties while warning of overcropping and variability in hybrid life spans.
A plan to assist the tobacco and cotton sectors outlines priority investment in vital machinery. The general manager, Mr Be Token, discusses guaranteed prices and harvesters to reduce costs, improve yields, and expand cultivation across regions from the Brisbane River to the Burdekin.
A London novelist, Mrs Lordon, announces a travel book project about Australia and its New South Wales colony. She will write a fiction based work about a post war family settling in Queensland, while researchers discuss plant varieties and bean breeding in Queensland and North Queensland.
The report outlines Air Force Association led events across the service, with wreath laying at a monument and a major recruiting push for the Citizens Air Force Reserve. Officers like T Cowles coordinate Cairns district recruitment while ministries plan budget measures and public exhibitions during Air Force Week.
A disrupted report on a civic reception in Innisfail outlines speeches by council figures and remarks on the High Commissioner’s retirement. It notes community sentiment, attendance by prominent locals, and reactions to the event amid political and social commentary.
A garbled dispatch describes Matons abroad and mentions the Lord Mayor of London and a prisoner in a murky legal case. It references a court scene with a presiding judge and a discharged prisoner amid vague notes on Mediterranean incidents.
The Industrial Court heard opposition by the AWL to a variation of the Brewers Award for Rockhampton with proposed wage increases of 15 percent for adults and eight percent for youths. The case noted a waiting list of men seeking brewery work and debated production levels and pricing figures amid wartime conditions.
Townsville receives a shipment of potatoes via the Potato Marketing Board with about 4000 more expected from Ayr, Home Hill and Woodstock. Prices in Townsville run around 237/184 per ton, about 8 higher than Brisbane. Merchants anticipate supplies lasting another month as barge movements resume, with harvests continuing into October for some Lower Burdekin growers.
An officer reports a mouse was discovered in a loaf sold in Toowoomba. The bread lacked label or product marks and was delivered amid a local abuse of safety controls. Police note prior similar incidents and consider prosecution options if identification is possible.
Fragmented OCR notes show Sept 11 remarks by a state education minister about rotating duties among teachers. Text references include school, August, and pressure phrases, with unclear names and locations.
A Korean student refugee recounts fleeing Suri Risen and facing suppression and danger as he seeks asylum. He describes interference by Russian authorities with schooling, threats of punishment, and shortages of food and clothing amid broader regional turmoil. The report notes his family’s uncertain fate and the perilous conditions for others in exile.
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