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Newspaper
Warwick Daily News
Location
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 04, 1954
Page
5
Sydney customs officers thwarted a £10,000 smuggling bid. Coeds were seized while being landed from the Taiyuan. Investigators believe Chinese operatives in Sydney worked with a ring to move the goods into Australia.
The Sydney Collector of Customs stated that a substantial shipment of food was one of the largest imports since the postwar era. The cargo traveled from Tokyo via Japan and Hong Kong, reflecting a major regional trade flow.
Douglas Robert Ashe, 81, detained at Capalaba near Brisbane, faced Police Court on two counts of robbery with actual violence tied to June 2 incidents. He allegedly stole £25 from Leslie Bates with violence and, with another, £6 10s plus two cheques from John Coward. Detective Winders arrested him after detaining him at Capalaba Station. Bail was set at £100 with sureties. police opposed bail without substantial security amid claims of a fractured nose and cheek injury.
The Queensland government plans a brigalow spraying effort using Wirraway aircraft piloted by A W Miller and E Tadgell. The operation targets brigalow scrub choking grazing land with hormone spray. Tests will occur this winter at Condamine Taroom and Wandoan before a full campaign in spring.
Wool sales at Brisbane closed yesterday with about 16 000 bales offered and top greasy wool at 1261d. The sale supported by mills from Victoria and New South Wales with buyers from the United Kingdom, the Continent, and Japan. Prices remained firm. Warwick and Merina Park consignments led the day with notable bids and the season total now just over £57 million.
Sydney reports a vaccine panic as supplies run out following a rush by parents to immunize children. Nearly 200 cases have occurred. Fresh vaccine will be flown from Melbourne and then England. Metropolitan councils still hold serum to inoculate about 500 children.
The Army rushed Mrs. H. Lorenti of Ascot to Tenterfield yesterday to visit her severely injured husband, a private in No. 1 Ordinance Depot Wallangarra. His jeep crashed into a tree on a wet Wallangarra road. he was taken to Tenterfield Hospital and remained dangerously ill.
OTTAWA: Trade Minister C. D. Howe outlined a far reaching atomic energy policy to make Canada more nearly self sufficient in uranium and to provide electrical power for industry. Work would start immediately on a new process for refining uranium oxide to bring Canada closer to uranium metal for reactor operation. The oxide is presently shipped to the United States for refining. New methods promise electrical energy at a cost comparable to coal fired steam plants.
Witness describes hacksaws entering Boggo Road Gaol via unknown persons with prisoner contact. Chief Warder Randall testified before Public Service Appeal Board that such smuggling endangers warders, details a near escape attempt, and notes security gaps. Board clears Warder Winson of charges and discusses security measures and staff entry practices.
Being State surplus shows a big improvement with receipts exceeding expenditures. Revenue is up, expenditures down, and the principal revenue sources include Railway. Figures cover 11 months, with loan and expenditure totals around 15,186,806 compared with prior year.
SEDNEY Communists were trying to cause chaos in vital power houses. Trades Union assistant secretary Mr J Keenhan told the State Labour Council that officials of the Party had attempted to interfere with and sabotage an industrial agreement between the State Electricity Commission. An interview with an electri...
Brisbane Trades and Labour Council proposes a long service leave stamps scheme to extend benefits to seasonal and casual workers. The plan would reduce entitlement from 15 to 10 years, issue stamped leave books tied to employer service, and fund payouts from stamp sales. Mr. A McDonald outlined purchase, stamping, and payout mechanics with Labour and Industry authorities.
A Brisbane Abattoir stop work from 10:00 to 11:15 yesterday reduced production by 12 cattle and 750 sheep. The action aimed to press Industrial Court for an early wage decision for freezers. The Meat Industry Employees Union State Executive approved targeted action in Queensland plants.
RISBANE The discovery of gas at Roma in a thin sandstone bed at 3505 feet drew no excitement says W Mott chief geologist for Australian Associated Oil drilling at Roma. Similar finds in the past two and a half years were not significant. The gas could later help evaluate possibilities for industrial and home supply and for carbon black and other products if quantities prove sufficient.
Singapore based Somerset Light Infantrymen in Malaya report killing a bald headed map tracer known as Ah Fei at Hawthorn den rubber estate near Kuala Lumpur. His chief Wan Deek faced tan Wan died with him while Lau Wan and Pit Yin are listed on police wanted lists. The tracer’s death is described as a loss to the terrorist organisation which relied on his map work.
A 2000 pound reward has been offered for information leading to the recovery of 30,000 pounds stolen from the Katoomba Commonwealth Bank mail bag. The money, insured by London Assurance, Sydney, was en route to the bank’s head office when taken.
Actress Shelley Winters wins a divorce from Italian actor Vittorio Gassmann on mental cruelty grounds. She testified he sought freedom in marriage and was temperamentally unsuited for marriage and responsibility. They wed in April 1952 in Juarez, Mexico, separated October 17 in Italy. Winters gains custody of their 16 month old daughter Vittoria. judge orders Gassmann to pay 10 percent of earnings for child support.
A 17 year old Toowoomba girl named Marie Drew, a violinist, is among Queensland finalists in the ABC concerto and vocal competitions. She performed the first movement of the Sales Symphonie Espagnole and will perform again on June 23 with five finalists and the Queensland Symphony Orchestra at Brisbane City Hall, where an instrumentalist and singer may be chosen for an all Australian concert.
The United States announced plans to ship military aid to Honduras within four to six weeks to bolster Central American defenses. Officials said the aid is needed to counter Communist influence in the region and to protect strategic interests near Panama Canal and Guatemala.
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