Brisbane Weather Update Yields Widespread Rain
Weather report notes continued rain for two more days across Queensland with light to heavy falls from Emerald to the NSW border and coastal shields. Central Queensland reports inches of rain in hours while the drought areas pulse with showers. Dairy farm outlook remains cautious as rainfall supports winter supplies, with officials citing improving feed and animal health prospects in Burnett Mary and Brisbane valleys.
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Eains
Weather Bureau
Emerad
New South Wales
Shields
Queensland
Urea Department
W. Webster
Burnett, Mary
Incentive To Be Big Note of Budget CANBERRA
The 1952-53 budget will focus on incentives for individuals and economic development while avoiding over expansion. Treasurer Sir Arthur Fadden cautioned taxation concessions for next year would be hard to provide, as Cabinet discussions prepare the budget ahead of Prime Minister Menzies' return. He touted full employment, a stable economy, and a buyers market with improved production and labour shifts toward essential services and heavy industry.
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Canberra
Sir Arthur Fadden
Arthur
Menzies
Australia
Sie
Arthur Fadden
Arthur Adden
Commonwealth Governent
Wence
Commonwealth Bank
Dingo With £300 Reward Trapped Near Twverell
A dingo killed several sheep worth over £1200 and was trapped near Twverell after months of drives by trappers. The animal, dubbed the Pindary dingo, measured 5 feet 1 inch from head to tail and was shot when trapped on a Wednesday. A £300 reward had lured more pursuit as its notoriety grew.
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Glenes
Twverell
Special Escape Route Planned For Rebuilt Rabaul
Canberra reports a Cabinet decision to rebuild the New Britain town at Simpson Harbour with a permanent escape route. Hasluck notes Simpson Harbour as best port site, with volcanic observation offering warnings. Twenty thousand pounds allocated for immediate work on a new wharf and initial construction funds approved.
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Canberra
Babes
Simpson Harbour
Territories
Pawl Hasteck
Hushick
Hasluck
Hart
Rabawl
Brisbane City Council agrees bank to meet wage bill
Brisbane City Council and Commonwealth Bank officials held talks on meeting the immediate wage bill of £307,229 and other essential service costs. The bank signaled possible support for a new loan to cover obligations until July when rate revenue begins, with detailed council information to follow.
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Brisbane
Commonwealth Bank
Roberts
Bergan
Ald
Richardson
Messrs Bryson
Phillips
Ald. Roberts
Brisbane ‘Council
People's Bank
Brisbane City
Walsh
John Chandler
John
Food Price Rise to Thwart Wage Peace Talks
Melbourne union leaders warn that rising prices will feed a wages spiral. The Trades and Labour Council secretary urged a pound value review and an inquiry into the price regimen. The AGTU secretary noted an interstate meeting in Adelaide on June 33 to discuss price hikes and worker purchasing power.
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Melbourne
Baste Wate
AGTU
BR. R. Broadley
Adelaide
Public statement timing questioned by official
A local official argued that the public and state government were fully apprised of the situation before elections. He said he informed the Acting Premier on May 28 and asked if there were any objections to issuing the statement, asserting all parties were aware of the position.
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Duggan
U Fe Nad
Quilpie Shire Council Reports No Rate Arrears
Quilpie Shire Council has no rate arrears for the year ending June. The council collected £38,681 from all rates, praised by Queensland Local Government Director J. Bewell as a remarkable, unique achievement. Clerk J. Flanagan noted most revenue comes from large landholders. town rates are chased, notices issued with 30 days to pay, then two months before legal action. He added every house in Quilpie had electricity and power.
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Quilpie
Queensland
Pa J. Bewell
Juilpie
J. Flanagan
Reds beaten Back after Fierce Battles
TOKIO AAP reports North Korean and Chinese Communist forces attacked key points along a 155 mile battle front yesterday in the fighting of the year but were repelled by Allied infantry tanks and air power. Blunted by infantry, tanks, flame throwers and fighter bombers the assault was followed by counterattacks Thursday and Friday morning beyond starting points in some areas. Also notes Britain’s Defence Minister Earl Alexander arriving in Korea with a tour of the British Commonwealth Fleet and ground forces. Prison camps on Koje island show resistance broken with prisoners dispersed to smaller stockades as truce talks at Panmunjom continue and voluntary repatriation remains a sticking point.
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Tokio
A.A.P
Neieragin Army
Ely Te Toop
Soman
Boatner
Kore
Peace
United Nations Authority
Kose
M- Seventh
Jinsan
Panmunjom
Nam I
Deregistration Threat to Three Unions
Court orders threaten deregistration unless unions appeal by set date with return to work unclear. Text references the Full Avitention Court and groups including the Commonwealth Steel Co. Ltd and Ryland Bros Phy. Names and details are fragmented in the OCR.
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Avitention
En- Union
Austra- Baan Society of ‘Imagineers
Beer Makers’ Ety
Commonwealth Steel Go. Ltd
Pauperis Tron and Steel Lud
Ryland Bros Phy
Sickness drought blamed for Cumner bankruptcy
Victor Morris Cumner of Jandowne formerly Beaudesert was made bankrupt on May 2, 1969, after blaming drought and illness for preventing any offer to his estate. He listed £152 unsecured debt to William Blee and £64 to J. EB, Blee and Sons, with £34/89 assets. Cumner, a share farmer, promised to pay £10 a month into his estate.
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Brispave
Victor Morris Cumner
Jandowne
Beaudesert
Oh William Blee
Oxley
Blee
J. EB
Cumner
J. T. Johnstone
Coroner Finds Unknown Murderer in Finch Hatton Case
Coroner states wilful murder by person or persons unknown in the Finch Hatton shotgun death of Edwards on January 10. Detective Bardwell described X ray evidence suggesting Edwards was awake when shot and identified a pellet from a shot removed from his heart. The coroner found no evidence naming a responsible party.
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Mackay
J.C. Baker
Yeaverday
Vida
L J. Bardwall
Edwards
Anne Ey Finch Hatton
Homad
Bardwell
Charles Lawrence
Cheshire
No Week end Work in Port if Sydney
A garbled note mentions no weekend work in Port if Sydney and hints at a resumed plan or schedule change. The fragment references a potential project pause and unclear navigation of the port tasks and responsibilities.
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Port
Sydney
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