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THE CAIRNS POST,1o |•lt;*lt;w ill work in »lx-linur shift*I he churches will l»r located atop of :li- great commercial buildings. com-nun 1111f_- attention, or be buried ill hi ipt building* below.Mr t nrbctt base* his prophecies on In. inn- nl leadership in designing gri .1 building*, alul i -i u.lt;ld author-I uy H» lt;*.111 inuvi) Uuihling* will|»n\«r the entire block*, reaching tn * sci ir. ..I l;li . and tower* to supreme height*of the skyscraper! will brInll mile high, ami will hollar sliull-uin- Stores will occupy lowerI Inn will come bank* of ilcor* nl in office*. Atop of thinon will be the residential part, floor* where those who are employed in th*-o-iin division of the structure npbt In i Schoolrooms, churches, ii .itre-. .iii*l social feature* will take i. r tin next M clinn of floor*. The h .| w ill be used for aeroplane land-11*s or station top* for air transit to .ariou- *ectioii'» of the country. **r toi t»-at mailer, the world.NO SMOKE.Imagine llirse new cities with no ink', where the brat, the power and tin light are all supplied by burningili»- mine that is transformed ileitric power and .sent to thecities, where the upper portions of I the building- arc more attractive than ' tlie lower, where we can take advantage of our ten.icc.* and Use them for our gardens, if we wish.’’Hu* tbrr. ate problems other lliAtitb«t of foundation* 1 • H-ct such a j;«. .it dream, *»v* Mu r l nr ran.Major I urrnn sec,- i i !•. skyscraper the cause ..f much do«There art evcrvd.'i' worker.' win count their ribs .-n r.h..-r fr„m it. elevators and tin subways that taki them tn their nllievs. They must pop out Of kiosk* like prairie dog* andcraw lino nrntifh that spit fumes runt curb to curb.Major Curran continued: Now a New York architect announces a budg of llu * lories! This inverted lJfttf feet in the -tripping not only lei-liort. bin also the Eitfid l ower rt-. whic|; i soil the highest lt;coii-trm ti.ui in the worhl 1*1* -»cal diftu nit ol digging inearth Ilia*' deter the super-.-u-I'crimps a great.illeiTr»thel.u'ld - ilt;mndatt«.n- must be Ire. : i* lt;M lies must he watched carciullv, and frci|ticut1v a new found-.vtmi ruu-t hr placid beneath the ad-b 'ii*ih* ••truettirr. Such complicated underpivnnig and tram-ferring of load*. .iM|di*b«'I in the facello.andTHE MAFIA.NOT EXTINGUISHEDCUNNING CAMPAIGN..* time it go tlu- I nsci-ts told •I I rii.it the Mafia, that ancient Mianrdtnary *tcrvt society of li.ul been completely wipe.l out.Mus-'-liiii had (they said) dc-I I w an I cunning campaignMoIn•1*1-.m.l•pea red in the Italian rscribing h**\v M*ri and \ id p.dtrcuicu hud at-pturrd the Mafia strong-upwhole I terrorism spoudiut ofanarchv salt;s tin Mars. ill.-te I i ’idon Dailv 'Much | r„. .i was bestowed upon 'T1 nee” ifud his chief of ,staff. andappears the inucli-!^n of extermination and the vainglorious In- world's newspapers ss- .!ini‘* clever I’reax rue. The Mafia Mill Ik - t xcccdingly.STRONGER THAN BEPORE.ha■I. tin recent assault upon it nglhoned it- hold upon Sicily, ml 1 Tic- l.isci't tiovernmellt admit* In- ladun in that it announces att-IIiit and sterner attempt !lt;• atiuilul-P the organisation, liuudreds and hnndrcds of peopletinlluhealthv littV **Jt\ »l-i.M-1 t Sicily, i It *s a thankless t. idi-oose of a legend.i a trial, a.id • .mi-, and. uit-l.nnls off the-k. of course,that the Mafia | i- a W'-mlcilnl spi-n-t ...,:cfy. with — mad- of roinaiiiic highwaymen--. d ihing Robin Hood* and picturenue l»;.k I urpiits sin amazing organic ti. .11 which, flouting all csiabtishrd author.tv. i a law unto itselfNothing could lie farther from the truth There is little that i« romantic about the Mafia. The members of tin* .society and the people for whom il stands arc. in fact, among the im»t \. retrhed ami oppressed beings in all I isroprpreyfmnt tin* I'ho.’ttiriansl.ettheregime. nrdt r. and dlt;*• cent eciHioimr conditions.Who are the people on whom wrongs an I miseries the mvsterioti Mafia has been limit | 1* ,rst d all. i!living in roi' td:, aim.•pialohullTheir hoitheworked brutally hard all the h light. I'll, e tat*-,- on whiili tin I belong I ahsentre landlord*, who l«l out the laud I - agenis onli . vii im d with stpn-. /iiig the last lira out of laudoiibltollb.-:-i-rahl«- agru nl i nr a I •••mnuimty in world than the farm labourers Sicih .LAWS POR THEMSELVES.j Worse, prrhaps, •* the lot of the j workers—large numbers of whom are I mere children—in the iiulphur minesI i the islandi I hey are abjectly poor; tbrir pay J il a mere pittance, and the work i* I done in vilely unhealthy conditions.I h *- ntiimh ilr.. frightful economic | .1 • , atfairs, coupled with an agr-j o|.| lai k of ordinary elementary ! ju*;ice, that has bred ihe Mafia or\- in-1ice i- denied the people I*, tin ruling authorities, the Mafia ad inim-ter *t themselves and after their own crude violent fashion.Sentence-. a* often a* not, take the lonn ot i a. i nation1 fine, ind tace air . -11 ‘ tiJ I'J lutce.Natural!' tin- had bred widespread lawlnitirib'-murder, arson, and rob be 11—throughout Smly. but the poor rr people do believe—and with •owe reason— that they an- tints defended, and that “justice i- udtiin-i'lei d • their oppre,The Mafiosi, well organi'* d hi i '*r par? li tlw- island, hold their i.mrl* and make their decisions in Mini. Ages of ihi* mystery have created -* allrn Mafia honor among them and among the people in general 'I o tun informer is to be guilty of tlie wor t posL- blv treason, and t court early and violent death. A word, a sign front a Mafia clncftan. .md the wli-.-'e Iiland obeys.ordered a campaign again- t them be l.ctlsi ilirlt; wire 111- political ciirmn , in.r biiaiiM' they were Mahcy.iI u-l ol all. ip |**2S. he pftuet! a *1 »'*.»l uka*. to be apidicd i ulv t-. ii »l It declared that those persons who were lU-pccted by p«blic opm i..ii which i» otdy I .iscivl opilMoii. u.itiu.illy— lt;f heing lawl iiak.Ts wlt;rc t,. I.. rre*ted mul bmii^lied. Even the formality ol a trial \\..s to be di»-priisid with.LABORQC.E AIMORI.I'oln e-l'rcfccf t.sftre Mci. a i oO and a tof.iir ar-illerynian,gistn the tA.sk of tarrying oUlSILENCE.ellt nt i hoitv. from I li.New D i*covery—1A ft Id thethinMagistnitcs and Judge.* oiicu find it iuiponsihle to extract a* much as a word from u single witntsi in a «usc. The Mafia ha* decreed .silenceMussolini lined to value the Mafiosi political alliea. As recently a* 1*04iooknlscrKeant-iii.ii.*their rifles, revolvers, and daggers helped him win political victorie* for Fascism.Ail organ i.sa lion like the ll'atk Shirts of early dnys ratio r appe.iled to tin- Illack Hand- f Sicily. It w--possible to be Mafiosi and l;a«ci-t-,bis oflicial duties wa.s to brilie tin Mafiosi m tinier to secure the return ot any • M'venniunt 1’arb.oi;. ntirv candiclaiu whom tin (iovern. i in or*lcred him to ser was rcttirmd i Nurly ull It illan I i. vei mill (its haw n*id 'he Mafia b-r stu li a pur|io-« t.I lt;*r their • I'vratioit Mori notlutu or s« inetbn .,.n .is you teel a ilme *•: I J* Slu I*I*s ft'ei I ullltifew days it wii eg Ili.. - developtd nloo. 11 Ducc, therefo to win many over to bis side.Winn, however, the Mafiosi s ■'* that Mussolini wa- using them merely ' ir his own political end-, that li ex had I submit they, the liwb - andiliark.ll)le r.iaiilltv.t lake i* ■igul.irllroiit Inti in. v * i Hr Sin 1*1.in’ • \that wI .-n -b' Hiack Sbiri*theIvxthat no itT-irt was being o- ol. «.. right the wron-r* and evre the ecof.omie miseries ol Sicily, tbvy diverted wholesale from the I'.tsiisi rank.-.Thereuplt;»n Mussolini tlet lared llu r vxtermination—that t v. heallowid a discoSh. Idon N and I obi -i very where.
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Cairns Post
Cairns, Queensland, AU
Mon, Jul 09, 1928
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