Flood Rains Disrupt Far North Services
Flooding and heavy rain disrupted rail and road traffic across Far North districts. Rail services from Atherton to Millaa Millaa were cancelled indefinitely, bridges and lines between Nyleta and Wongabel and Mt Moloyala areas suffered washouts, and a special train to Mt Surprise did not run. By morning the Barron River crest appeared to subside, but continued rain threatened further closures. Tobacco crops in Mareeba Dimbulah suffer standstill as wet weather spreads through the region.
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Northmouth
Gordonvale
Barron River
Kolar
Atherton
Millan
Mt. Moloyala
Etheridge
Finnsleigh
Elaine
Almaden
Foreayih
Mt. Surprise
Chillagoe
Min
Bebula
Walah
Mulligan
Mareeba-Dimbulah
Tolga Brigbane
Weather Bureau
Carpentaria
Queensland
New South Wales
Britain May Boost Rearmament Drive Beyond 2.6 Billion
A London source says Britain may expand the rearmament program beyond the 2 600 million pounds planned for the next three years with a larger overall arms drive. A reintroduction of wartime controls and price measures is likely under new defence plans from the Foreign Secretary on return from the Atlantic Pact talks. The Cabinet may meet in Christmas week to discuss boosting the program as production scales up for a future greater effort.
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London
Britain
Yeserday
Bevini
Reuter
May Discover Major Polio Virus
Doctors in Sydney discuss research on a mild polio virus isolated by Dr. Stanley at Prince Henry Hospital. Dr. Walters notes that virus isolation does not guarantee a serum, but helps map the threat and guide steps. Funding from Mr. Arthur Bowt enables equipment import for low temperature storage as work continues with monkeys for spinal studies.
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Ydney
Prince Henry
Stanley
Australia
Prince Henry Horpital
G. J. Walters
Walters
Scanley
Beunee
Austria
Institute of Epidemiology
Prince Henry Acorpitel
Arthur ‘Owt
Muckfield Rai
Bionley
United States
America
Department of Agriculture
Taronga Park
Princess to Marry Son's Schoolmaster in Seville
Seville reports a formal vow that Princess will wed her son's schoolmaster. The ceremony is planned for December in the private chapel of her ingen Seville cataw, despite pressure from Don Juan and other royal figures.
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Seville
Orleans
Ashe
Heringen
Don Juan
Carlos
Commonwealth plan to form timber joint venture in New Guinea
The Minister for External Territories Mr P Spender announced that the Commonwealth would form a joint company with Bulolo Gold Dredging Ltd with £780,000 capital to harvest timber in New Guinea. Three tender areas totaling 15 to 20 million super feet annual output would be offered, aiming for majority Commonwealth control, and plans include reforestation and potential plywood and veneer exports.
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Bydney
External Territories
P. ©. Spender
Commonwealth
Bulolo
New Guinea
Aresa
Balolo Co
Wee Mley
Spender
Frama
Lee
Port Moresby
Bune
Papua
Iber
Timber and Seed Trade Notes From Toowoomba Territory
Government issued timber permits in Papua and New Guinea cover about 200 000 acres and 200 million board feet. Native and administration ownership mixed, with protracted negotiations over permits. By June last year about 1 million super feet logged in the territory and exports reached one million feet. plans aim to use Bhilolo Valley softwoods for veneer and battery plant savings.
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Ubee Callong
Papua
New Guinea
Uch
Persais
Eran i
Spender
Bhilolo
Rev F A Walton Dead in Brisbane Church Fundraiser
The Rev F A Walton MA rector of SL Anghoul led religious education in Australia. He sat outside the church to raise funds for improvements. In October 1648 he raised £86 through all day site donations from supporters as far as Gratton. He served as a director of the Church of England general board of ven re ven education from 199 to
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Brisbane
F. A. Drew
SL Anghoul Australian
Mar. Walton
Gratton
Church of England
General Board of Reven Education
Bishop Hudson Moves From Cairns Hospital
Ossop Hudson of Carpentaris was taken from an aircraft at Cairns last Saturday with pneumonia. He was moved to Dodent hospital in Cairns Base and is expected to stay three or four more weeks. He had travelled north after attending the Church of Exal and General oynod in Sydney. His doctors report his condition satisfactory.
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Cairns
Ossop Hudson
Carpentaris
Taland
Cairne
Catr
Crystal Palace Centenary in London Prompts Museum Plans
The Victoria and Albert Museum readies a centenary tribute to the Crystal Palace, famed for housing the Great Exhibition. As debates echo Festival of Britain critics, Paxton’s glass hall concept surfaces amid long‑standing public interest and a historic financial legacy from the 1851 spectacle.
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London
Thames
Victoria and Albert Museum
Crystal Palace
Bal
Aph
Joseph Paxton
Duke of Dewarre
Fils
Lettiang
Jurne 3
Prince Consort
Queen Victoria
Lion's
Paxton
London News
Cressey
Formalities Before British Troops Under Ike Command
Foreign sources say integrating British forces under General Eisenhower in the Atlantic Pact plan requires consent, with parliamentary approval unclear. Britain would contribute fully in Germany as discussions with Eisenhower and alliance governments proceed, and Ike plans a first European visit to meet Attlee Bevin and A defences minister.
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Germany
Armen Alaneral
Eisenhower
Ttia
Korea
Britain
Agent Loses Action Against Grazier
Brisbane report of Thomas Hinmley Milburn of Charneville suing grazier Blamley for specific performance of a Tara property sale. Commissioner had refused consent earlier. March 26 land became controlled and consent no longer needed. Judge O’Hagan found sale conditional, dismissed action, Milburn to pay costs.
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Tara Grasser
Thomas
Campbell McIntyre Milburn
Charneville
Hinmley
Tara
Blamley
Blamiey
Milburn
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Warwick
Far North
Central
Nuthern
Oma
U.K
O’wealth Govt
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Sudan
Con Bowdler
Toowoomba
F. A. Walton
Bishop Hudson
Cairns Hospital
L. B. Eastwell
Ward
Smith & Miller’s
Smith & Miller
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