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Newspaper
Warwick Daily News
Location
Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 11, 1954
Page
1
Canberra reports a probable year end federal surplus around 80 million pounds with eleven months to May showing 31.56 million. Revenue totals exceed April by 20.1 million and defence spending looks to come in below budget, while customs and excise revenues rise, boosting overall year end in excess of 40 million to 50 million pounds.
Four men escaped serious injury when a two ton electric crane toppled onto the City Corner power station under construction at Tennyson. Norman Carey, 22, the only widely hurt worker, was treated for left side injuries and later released. Two other workers, Alfred Head and Alfred Brookes, avoided serious harm as debris and crane gear fell into the brick-laden box.
Final count in the Wannon electorate confirms Labour member D. McLeod retained the seat by 17 votes over Liberal challenger Malcolm Fraser. Final tally shows McLeod 10,??? Fraser 10,492.
RSL delegates warn that Indonesian nationals infiltrating New Guinea threaten Australia, urging tax and defence policy shifts and cautioning against pacifist or lenient stances. Delegates press for stronger measures, stressing peril from communism and the need to safeguard national security amid regional tensions.
The Executive Council approved a Treasury loan of £2900 to the GoonliWindi Hospitals Board to rebuild the external walls of the maternity block. It also granted the Millmerran Shire Council a £200 loan to fund the provision of sporting round facilities at Ceell Plilns.
A fatal accident occurred on the Bruce Highway 20 miles south of Sarina at 230 pm when a utility car plunged 120 feet from Colston Park Gap. John Lucas and his daughter Susan Doris Lucas were killed instantly, and John Frederick Lucas, aged 12, was injured but survived after being thrown clear. Onlookers described a gruesome scene as the crushed utility cabin trapped the victims. The family had sold their Brisbane home and planned to move to North Queensland.
In Brisbane the Liberal party and its government allies polled 40,120 more votes than Labour. The two government parties contested all 18 seats while Labour contested 17, signaling a strong win for the governing bloc in the regional results.
The Petrov Royal Commission is expected to announce that Mr and Mrs Vladimir Petrov will appear before the inquiry in Sydney within about two weeks. The commission will sit throughout the day and adjourn for a fortnights. One witness, Mr Arthur Birse, is expected to be called today to give evidence about documents.
In Bowral near Sydney, Sunderland an English migrant shot himself after a dispute with his fiancée Miss Bunt. She sustained a gunshot injury to her hand while restraining him. Sunderland, a rural worker, died from a gunshot wound in the yard.
In Townsville a former Mt Isa miner seeks £50,000 damages in the Supreme Court over injuries from a bicycle collision with a utility truck on Isa Street, Mt Isa, on September 15, 1952. He alleges paralysis below the waist and organ damage. The defendant denies negligence.
Police watch on the cell of an arrested boy continued on Thursday. Two youths arrested with him are identified as Victorian age 17 and an Austra- lian, with stolen mantel radio sets valued at a reported amount. All three were remanded in custody.
An administration survey in central Western Papus New Guinea reports unknown valleys housing about 190,000 people. Directors A Roberts and J Arthur led the aerial survey in an Anson aircraft piloted by Arthur from Tarlo toward the southern highlands, with ground patrols to follow.
Brisbane court recognises ambulance superintendents and employees as eligible for long service leave across multiple centres. Justices Dwyer and Hirvey upheld the decision rejecting a proposed scheme to establish and administer a long service leave fund funded by a 25000 ton repayable loan over two years with payroll taxes.
New York dispatch from Kwajalein quotes Rongelap Atoll leaders calling themselves the poisoned people after the March 1 hydrogen bomb test. John Anjin describes the blast, the smoke, and rain of radioactive ash that burned some residents. About 46 of 82 reporters suffered radiation burns. three days later a destroyer evacuated 208 islanders to Kwajalein and Utirik.
Historic Trooping the Colour parade draws large crowds along Mall as the Queen, sidesaddle on Windsor Pony Winston, reviews the march. Spectators cheer, and the event marks the royal ceremony with a traditional review from a long-standing rider.
The sovereign leads the troops in the first Trooping the Colour wearing the brilliant scarlet uniform of Colonel in Chief of the Coldstream Guards. Behind her Duke of Gloucester rides in full formal attire as Duke of wears, with the Duke of wearing for the first time in the Coldstream Guards uniform. Flag pennants flutter and sun shines on the Household Cavalry escort.
Rebels capture two posts near Hanoi as the High Command announces advances from Dien Bien Phu toward a pass near the Vita River Delta. The operation involves four divisions and aims to reach within 40 miles west of Hanoi within five to six days.
Alwyn Lambert, a baker, was jailed for 18 months with hard labour by the Criminal Court yesterday. Mr Justice Townley stated Lambert committed a brutal assault on an 11 year old boy Donna, harming her on April 12. The jury found him guilty of unlawfully assaulting and bodily harming the girl, with a maximum three year gaol penalty advised.
Ipswich mourns the sudden death of John Joep Reilly at his Ferrett Street home. He was 101, Ipswich’s oldest resident, with much of his life spent in the town. A quiet, home-loving man famed for his garden.
BRISBANE reports the Minister for Labour and Industry denies growing discontent in the police. He refutes a press claim of 70 resignations in 11 months, notes eight resignations under investigation, and says age limits affect readmission. He calls letters from the Queensland Police Union unfounded and cites normal recruitment memoranda.
In Police Court Detective J W Clark testified Lionel James McKay confessed to poisoning John Malcolm Wright after Wright spurned McKay’s advances to dancer Jean Morris. McKay allegedly admitted lacing strychnine in Wright’s beer powder and writing a note blaming others before fleeing toward the scrub, with Jean Morris linked to the motive.
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