Higher Betting Taxes Planned for Hospital Policy
Brisbane report says the State Government may raise betting taxes to fund free hospitalisation in public wards. Treasurer Walsh is to preview the budget within two weeks as Cabinet weighs a plan to withhold grants to other states to support free hospital care. Premier Gair confirms the continued free hospitalisation stance and the fight over Commonwealth authority.
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B. J. Walsh
Walsh
Binte
V. Ci Gair
Gair
Stalin Told He May Live to 150
Washington dispatch reports Soviet scientists speculating Premier Stalin could live as long as 150, with experts considering possibilities of extended longevity amid debates over biology and aging. The claim appears in a cautious assessment reported by an independent weekly.
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Stalin
Washington
The
U.S
415 Taken Off Liner Before It Sinks
The liner was freed from its rocky berth after drifting ashore on a calm afternoon, with 200 passengers and crew aboard. All aboard were saved.
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Alskal
Rai
Sgrol
Bere
Reds Blamed for Cairns Wharf Hold-up
Cairns waterfront strike enters fourth day as watersiders refuse to unload sugar at the Glenlyon for the United Kingdom. Union secretary L Brophy says workers will not return until their demands for extra hands and higher wages are met, affecting shipments from Port Beem and Mountpark bound for Canada and the UK.
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Glenlyon
United Kingdom
Cered
Waterside Workers’ Federation
L. Brophy
Watersiders
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Jand
Bel
Port Beem
Newentie
Mountpark
Canada
State Shipping Fares and Freights Up Again
Shipping authorities announced higher freight and passenger rates for Queensland routes. General cargo between Brisbane and Gladstone and the northern ports rose by 3 and passenger fares Bris bane to Townsville and Cairns increased by about 5 percent. Detailed new rates list Brisbane to Gladstone Rockhampton Mackay Bowen Townsville Cairns with specific shilling values. Intrastate freights last rose in June.
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Queensland
Brisbane
Gladstone
Townsville
Cairns
Associati
Rockhampton
Mackay
Bowen
Risbane
Investigation planned into cattle deaths across Victoria
Jurlett stated the inquiry will be conducted by meat and country veterinary officers and farmers. At a recent Victorian Grassers' Association meeting, von was told hundreds of cattle are dying from the disease, largely in the north and east.
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Jurlett
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Army could repulse Soviet attack in Europe
Washington says Secretary Pace believes Seventh Army in Europe could stem a Soviet assault long enough for the nation to prepare a knockout blow. Pace asserts the United States has industrial power and manpower to defeat the Soviet Union in any war and that the Army is ready to use atomic weapons if necessary with permission.
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United States Army
Frank Pace
Sid Fan
Europe
Pace
United States
Soviet Union
Puer
Permissio
Motor Cyclist Killed by Hit and Run Driver in Brisbane
A motor cyclist died after a hit and run crash in Raven Hills Brisbane last night. Police identified the victim as 23 year old Zygmunt Widera of Zillmere railway yard. The collision near Bowen Ridge Road and Butterfield Street left a mudguard torn from the other vehicle. responders found the rider instantly dead. A vehicle was seen fleeing the scene, but its exact make and model were not recovered.
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Brisbane
Bowen Rynge
Butterfield
Wai Aa Spenstom
Jane- Hon
Club Rooms for Disabled Soldiers in Brisbane
The Red Cross will fund up to £10,000 to purchase Qualco House in Melbourne Street South Brisbane for a club complex for the Totally and Permanently Disabled Soldiers. The association will cover the remaining balance to renovate the two tower building into rest rooms canteens billiard rooms and offices for about 700 members. Two delegates from each state attend the biennial congress.
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Brisbane
Red Cros
Club Toms
John Lavarack
Red Cross
Qualco House
Melbourne Street
Asssociation
Defeated Red to Challenge Union Ballot
Sufficient other ALP candidates were elected to give them a three vote majority over the Communists. Mr Brown said the action over ballot irregularities would go to the Supreme Court. The union leadership had sent questions to the Industrial tier of the Arbitration Court.
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Didates
Tunton
Con Brown
Williams
Supreme Court
Union
Arbitration Court
J. E. Tasio
Cone
Brown
Scully
Dutch Migrant Aims to Start Australian Tobacco Firm
A 27 year old Dutch immigrant, L Snoeys, plans to form an Australian tobacco manufacturing company in Queensland. He seeks four to five workers to fund the venture, having sent leaf to his Holland based brother for testing. The brother found the cured leaf superior to Holland’s imported tobacco, and Snoeys notes his Indonesian industry experience from 1945 to 1950. He says Queensland tobacco is finest, but overseas buyers are scarce.
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Srisbans
L. Snoeys
Snoeys
Holland
Queensland
Melburne conference hears Pacific security concerns
Sir William McKell led a 400 delegate Australian Chambers of Commerce International conference in Melbourne. He warned that extremist ideologies have spread across the Pacific in five years, threatening freedom. He called for unity and humanitarian action.
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William MecKell
Chambers of Commerce International
Melbourne
William McKell
Pacific
Huge Drop in State's Beef Exports
Queensland beef exports for the year to July totalled 2280 tons under the Food Ban and 5252 tons privately to various destinations, far below last year’s 37,129 tons. A state meat authority reported stock at Queensland meatworks on August 16 included 6850 tons under the Beltish agreement, with other private and canning allocations.
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Brisbane
Queensland
Australian Meat Board
P. A. Becker
Parfast
Guinea
Drastic Egyptian Sweep Arrests Political Leaders
Egyptian authorities led by General Naguib police overnight arrested prominent leaders including Lir Abdel Neguib Ibrahim and Hafez Shihy amid a broad clean sweep. Cairo reports say the move aims to curb power consolidation as Naguib pledges elections in February while warning against demonstrations and stressing a civilian government phase.
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Naguib
Reuter
Cairo
Lir
Abdel Neguib Ibrahim
Hafez Shihy
Lik
King Fay
Toyal
Polio outbreak tied to raw milk at Pehl farm
Texas health officers linked poliomyelitis in six Pehl children to raw milk from their farm near Fredericks, stating infection occurred during milking. Dr. George Cox said the virus entered milk in the milking process and spread to siblings while one Pehl boy likely contracted it from a close friend. Six children hospitalized, one spared.
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Pehl
Seamen Owners Seek Arbitration Over Curbon Action
Sidney reports a dispute where owners confront demands from the Seamen's Union. Mr Matthews cites union rights but warns against surrendering if current accommodation suffices.MKnight permits future prohibition clauses if circumstances warrant, signaling ongoing negotiations and potential arbitration.
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Union Hat Teen
Seamen's Union
Experts Discount Famine Warning Amid Plan in Victoria
Experts discount famine warning while Victoria unveils a six point plan to boost primary production. The plan targets wheat and broader agricultural output with projections of strong seasons and increased per acre yields.
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Motions
Uae
Victoria
Vieria
Plan to Resume Abadan Production
Sienna, Joe W. Alton Jones, head of an American oil firm, told a semi official paper that he outlined to the Mosaddeq government the plan to return the Abadan refinery to full operation. A newspaper added that Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, the Nazi financial expert, would arrive soon for talks at the invitation of Dr. Mossadeq and visit the government.
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Sienna
Joe
W. Alton Jones
Bes
Teneran
Hjalmar Schacht
Mossadeq
Survey Finds North Suitable To Santa Gertrudis Cattle
The article notes cattle breeder Kleberg stating that northern conditions suit Santa Gertrudis and that breeds north of the parallel could thrive, with some regions not performing as well elsewhere. It mentions the Zand Parallel and general references to northern grazing areas and cattle breeds.
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Vnry
UGA
ME A. Gunn
Albot
Kleberg
Rocksampton
Northern Territory
Smiled When Sentenced to Death for Murder
Two young men in Sydney murdered a taxi driver named Corbett during a robbery on June 4. The Crown Prosecutor said Ireland and Pearce planned the crime, taking cash and a wristwatch which was later pawned for two pounds. Both claimed they did not intend to harm Corbett.
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Corbett
Conte
Brion
Ireland
Ippendale
Aj Ww
Sald
Pearce
250-ton Export Permit for S.Q. Maize
CANBERRA reports an interim 250 ton export permit issued for Southern Queensland maize. The Maize Growers Co-operative Association supported the allocation as provisional, with a plan for final quotas after crop results are assessed. Future seasons aim for earlier export policy announcements to inform growers.
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Canberra
Tation
Maise Growers Co-operative Association
Southern Queensland
McEwen
Heavy barrage by Reds in North Korea reported
Seoul reports the Communist guns and mortars delivered the heaviest barrage of the Korean War, firing 43 221 shells in 24 hours while later going largely silent. Bitter fighting persisted as South Koreans and Communists clashed, with reported heavy Communist casualties and claims of downed tanks and destroyed equipment.
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North Korea
Seoul
Saat
Bowth Bee
North-West
Korea
Porce
Se M.lg
AAP
Reuter
Natiment
Unclear will probate details for James Patrick Knox estate
James Patrick Knox of Datby probate records reveal a will leaving an estate to his family. The gross estate totals £244,440, with £196,000 in real property and £43,088 in personal assets.
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