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Newspaper
Charleville Times
Location
Charleville, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 25, 1941
Page
2
The member for Landa states parks and recreation reserves must be kept for public use. Crown lands reserved for public purposes should not be occupied for revenue or leased to private interests. When trustees lease or allow occupation, reserves may be reduced or canceled and returned to Crown control.
A fragmented report outlines a 19th century vision of a Suez Canal linking the Mediterranean and Red Seas, detailing its strategic value to Britain and allies, potential wartime disruptions, and the multinational control of the canal’s transit, amid competing powers and German aims to seize the route.
An Admiralty note details a black cat stationed near the Admiralty in London receiving milk and meat allowances from Home Guard funds. The payroll overlap led to critique of wartime economy, with a recommendation to dispose of the destroyer class post, later undone by moving the post out of the cat’s nightly range.
Oscar Dabikamp, 55, of Chicago, reportedly boasted to friends he could put his big toe in his mouth. The stunt went wrong resulting in multiple bone breaks and fatal injuries from complications.
The piece argues stable prices would aid wool trade after the war, with Queensland growers split between strict market control and freer market mechanisms. It notes wool prices track overseas buyers and Britain remains Australia’s key customer, urging schemes like minimum reserves to restore buyer confidence and prevent ruinous prices while considering postwar marketing challenges.
The record notes defence expenditure in the first year of the war. Estimates show defence costs rising from £10 million to £17 million in a later year, with projected totals of £39 million to 1999 and £55 million to 1994. Named figures include Mr Faden and supporters of the defence program.
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