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Newspaper
Warwick Daily News
Location
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 10, 1952
Page
1
Reports indicate a stall in wheat negotiations with no clear path to a solution. Major producers and consumer countries clash over price levels, Australia remaining silent while South Africa seeks a maximum around 22.6 dollars per bushel.
London dispatches report three new Chinese Communist armies have been sent to reinforce Korea’s front, raising total Communist strength to 13 armies against the United Nations Eighth Army. General Van Fleet said the Eighth Army is ready and would defeat any offensive. Lord Alexander suggested possible talks with General Bradley, and commented on prisoner handling and germ warfare allegations as unlikely. The United States studies proposals on POW repatriation amid armistice talks.
Secret naval documents found in homes of Communist trade unionists in Toulon trigger an inquiry. Police detain 162 Communists in Paris area and 40 more in Marseilles as authorities pursue a nationwide conspiracy case said to threaten state security. In Sydney, multiple road and motorcycle accidents during a weekend carnival injure several people.
Sopra to supply arms to Belgium. The article notes reducing part of Belgian surplus credits in the European Union context. It mentions British deliveries valued at £39m sterling and French deliveries near £20m sterling as part of the relief.
Dent's smart fabric gloves on sale with special price 11/9. Readable snippet mentions white gloves and straight pallet items in a promotional listing.
Queensland and New South Wales state ministers meet with the Federal Agriculture Minister in Melbourne to press for a five year price guarantee for dairy. They discuss the Commonwealth taking full responsibility for price control and the hoped trade of export subsidies amid the subsidy debate.
Reuters reports a large flow of refugees from Soviet dominated East Germany into West Germany on Sunday the ninth day of the border security measures. Border officials in Hesse and Bavaria said the weekend wave appeared to ease. Counters in US circles recall wartime promises of freedom to prisoners choosing their country. For Japan Korea issue, Peking radio seeks end to armistice recess. UN officials say full note contents will be disclosed later. U.S. paratroopers conduct a second Koje Island drill with tear gas and improvised trenches around POW compound 76 as preparations for a break-up proceed.
Lasori correspondent cites informed sources on Mr Menzies meeting Mr Sandys for talks over Australia’s request for military equipment and support. The discussions aim to gauge Australia’s capacity and contributions in potential emergencies while signaling Britain’s intent to shape Australia’s role.
Mr Hales of Buryrus Erie Company proposes a gravity driven conveyor belt project to haul coal from mines to markets. He notes rubber belts cheaper than steel and cites a 300 mile American example to move open cut coal to Cleveland, Ohio.
In Sydney the Glen Davis shale mine stay-in strikers completed their first week underground. Two miners pass time by playing cards and listening to the radio while their wives send food down and set up stoves at the pit head. They protest a move to close the shale oil works.
The British Admiralty said HM Tracker and part of the special squadron sailed for Australia ahead of tests. The Tracker was two days distant, with a land craft aboard, while the camp and others await orders at the testing ground off the northwest coast. Churchill had announced the squadron would sail in about two months, with scientists ordered to join at Portsmouth.
The note discusses eligibility for RS.L. membership for those who served in Korea since 1945. It mentions political decisions and potential openings for survivorship programs and medical or welfare operations, with unclear references to ships and locations.
Frank Weaver nicknamed Boomerang escapes custody from a Japanese immigration detention facility. He claims guards are dirty and a health menace and asserts he will not surrender, having allegedly cut his way out with a two inch hacksaw blade over four days.
By Wednesday morning all 350 Manoora passengers will have left for Sydney and Melbourne by alternative transport. Stewards again yesterday refused the union's direction to sail to Sydney. Union officials said only time would mend the dispute. The six day strike has cost the Adelaide Steamship Company about £10,000 and disrupted tourist schedules and 350 tourists booked for the next Melbourne trip.
In Brisbane a young serviceman, A. C. Bounders, 19, driven four miles with a bullet wound, collapsed at a police depot. He, stationed at Amberley and home in Teo, was found soaked in blood after an accident claimed to be self-inflicted on Mt. Coot-tha road. Police await full recovery details and event context.
In New South Wales the ALP faces internal upsets at a Labour conference shifting power amid opposition to Communism. Delegates ousted many leaders as the NSW Legislative Council members gain influence, likely stalling urgent water, sewerage, and electricity capital projects and risking contractor dismissals.
Crowns valued at 100000 dollars were stolen from the Regna Facio Votive Shrine in Brooklyn and were sent back by post to the church on Sunday. A special season sale was delivered of Gloffi, who stated that 18 of the 700 jewels were missing.
The RSL campaign urges amendments to permit land ownership via trustees where aliens cannot hold land. Mr H D Dick leads the motion, citing district cases in Innisfail area and two examples from Par North involving RP Stack. The proposal seeks to allow landholding through trustees when direct ownership is prohibited.
Inquest opened into the death of Diana Ramsay in Lismore the day that would have been her 34th birthday. A witness from Thornleigh identified the body near a lonely road after it was found by her car. Ramsay, a former plane pilot during the war, had a troubled history and underwent treatment for recovery. Her aunt Mrs Try White of Warraweesyd New is her closest Australian relative.
The Brisbane hospital project will be the most modern of its kind. Minister Dr Moore stated the hospital, with a two million pound budget, aims to be a leading medical facility.
A fragment notes calls to seek higher war pensions and automatic increases linked to workers’ basic wages. The discussion, tied to 1920s concerns, centers on those fully dependent on pensions for livelihood and the push to restore a basic wage framework.
Four men escaped unharmed as flames ripped through a Sydney factory. The fire damaged wiring and leapt high into the air, with reports indicating significant property loss. Local authorities and witnesses described rapid emergency response and a swift containment of the blaze.
Brisbane reports tanneries will deliver leather to footwear factories today, averting threatened unemployment. The situation centers on an association meeting where they will decide whether to accept the proposal from the Prices Minister and the union secretary notes all depends on One Master Tan.
In Katherine Northern Territory a police constable William Brian Condon aged 29 was killed and Sergeant J J Manion wounded in a shooting affray on the main street. The town attracted visitors from the NT and interstate as authorities search for the killer and residents stay indoors. Condon’s widow remains with relatives in Katherine. the pair had married only months ago.
A high powered armour plated motor boat was intercepted off Kedah coast with about 1 million dollars worth of opium hidden in 110 cases. The cargo valued at roughly 133 thousand pounds marks the largest seizure in North Malaya since the war. The vessel was en route from Burma when engine trouble drew police attention. Mr Menzies is to discuss the future of the Dutch government as he prepares to depart for the United Kingdom with talks planned with Prime Minister Drees and other cabinet members. A memorial to Mr J B Chitley is noted for June.
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