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Toogoolawah School Appointment Urged

The Esk Shire Council yesterday decided to urge the Education Director-General to appoint a leatherwork instructor at the Toogoolawah State Rural School to replace the late Mr. Blunt.

Submitting the motion, Cr. G. Launder stated that the Toogoolawah School Committee had been advised that no successor to Mr. blunt would be appointed. He added that there had been a leatherwork class at the school for 25 years, and he considered the subject one of the most important taught at the rural school. Children from all parts of the district attended the classes.

Cr. Launder contended that councillors were appointed to look after the interests of the people, and this was a cause where it could help.

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Queensland Times, 14 September 1950

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Fine Display By High School Girls

Parents viewing the outstanding display in arts and home science yesterday at the State High School, had reason to be proud of the children, and thankful to the teachers in charge.

The cooking of the girls, under the supervision of Mrs. D. Hoyle, teacher-in-charge, and Misses S. Springfield, M. Monro and J. Carstens, showed a wonderful degree of skill.
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In the cooking section there was a wide variety of sponge sandwiches, large tarts in the following variety: heavenly, coconut, lemon cheese, caramel, merangue, pineapple, banana, all were piped with merangue or mock cream.

Small cakes were in the shape of frogs, bunnies, clowns, baskets, and coconut balls.

These cakes were on sale as were the beautiful sweets – coconut ice, date creams, russian toffee, chocolate fudge, nougat, fondants, pascals, and marshmallows.

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Maryborough Chronicle, 7 October 1950

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An agricultural aircraft is an aircraft that has been built or converted for agricultural use – usually aerial application of pesticides or fertiliser, but also for hydroseeding.

Crop dusting with insecticides began in the 1920s in the United States. The first widely used agricultural aircraft were converted war-surplus biplanes, such as the De Havilland Tiger Moth and Stearman.

After more effective insecticides and fungicides were developed in the 1940s, and aerial topdressing was developed by government research in New Zealand, purpose-built agricultural fixed-wing aircraft became common.

In the US and Europe, agricultural aircraft are typically small, simple, and rugged. Most have spraying systems attached to the trailing edges of their wings, and pumps are usually driven by wind turbines.

In places where farms are larger, such as New Zealand, Australia, the former Warsaw pact nations and parts of the developing world, larger and more powerful aircraft have been used.

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With almost 1,100 aircraft built the DH-82A Tiger Moth represents the largest production run of any aircraft built in Australia. de Havilland’s Mascot factory produced the aircraft between 1940 and 1945 with General Motor’s Holden manufacturing the engine at their Fisherman’s Bend plant.

The Tiger Moth was the basic flying training aircraft of the RAAF during and after WWII and, as such, was involved in the world-wide Empire Air Training Scheme through which many thousands of young men had their first experience of flight in locations as diverse as Kenya, Canada, South Africa or Australia.

Post-war the aircraft went on to become the mainstay of many flying clubs and is now a highly prized veteran aircraft.

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Australian National Aviation Museum

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Aerial Sowing Experiments in Queensland

Brisbane: The managing director of the company which introduced air assisted agriculture in New South Wales is in Queensland hoping to do the same in this State.

He is Mr. L. Ross Anderson, of Air Agriculture Control Ltd., Sydney, which took over the pest control section of East-West Airlines 12 months ago.

Using Tiger Moths, the company has already done some work with linseed and barley near Toowoomba.

While he is in Queensland, Mr. Anderson intends to visit most parts of the State looking into the opportunities for plane assisted agriculture.

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Warwick Daily News, 22 February 1951

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Aerial Farming

In an article on “Aerial Farming” the “Quarterly Survey” of the Australia and New Zealand Bank Limited states that “Aircraft have become the instruments of one of those lesser-known revolutions assisting rural industry’s progress in recent years. They are making a special contribution to the present drive to expand primary production, particularly in New Zealand, but also to some extent in Australia.”

After describing the use of aircraft in spreading fertiliser, sowing seed for pasture and cropping, pest control, weed control and laying of baits, the “Survey” points out the “While small aircraft are suitable for small-scale operations where manoeuvrability around trees and hillsides is essential and small landing stripes and small paddocks are the rule, they are less suitable for large-scale work at some distance from the airstrips or from the source of materials.”

The article concludes that “The aircraft’s efficacy in saving valuable crops

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Brisbane Girl Will Teach Hairdressers

A girl whose earliest memories are of pinning up her doll’s hair into elaborate styles has reached the pinnacle of her career in hairdressing – she has been appointed first instructress for apprentice hairdressers in Queensland.

She is Miss Norma Davie, who has been selected by the State Government to be women’s hairdressing instructress to Brisbane’s 140 apprentices at a salary of £505 to £605.

Her rooms an equipment are ready at the Central Technical College, George Street, and in three weeks’ time she will commence on two-hourly lessons, one day a week, according to the syllabus drawn up by the Government.

“There’ll be no more trial and error in our beauty salons by the time these young apprentices have completed their five-year course at the ‘tech'” Miss Davie said yesterday.

“First they will fully understand the hair as part of the body, then the

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Judge Brennan Apologises For Taking Seat Minus Wig and Gown

Lack Of Dressing Accommodation At Bundaberg Court House

Bundaberg, Monday.- At the Supreme Court sittings to-day Mr. Justice Brennan presided without his robes. On taking his seat on the Bench he apologised for appearing without his wig and gown, stating that there was no place for him to robe, as the room usually, available to the judge had been set aside as a jury room. He searched all the court house for accommodation without avail. The police magistrate should have seen to the accommodation before he left Bundaberg. Perhaps the magistrate thought that his car shed in the back yard might be sufficient.

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Recently the Government transferred officers from the Labour Bureau building to rooms in the court house, where they have taken possession of rooms formerly used by the jury, witnesses and counsel. The court house is

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Courthouse For Mt. Isa.

A contract for the erection of a new Courthouse at Mount Isa at a cost of £1819 has been let by the Public Works Department to Messrs. Harvey and Clarke, Townsville.

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Daily Standard, 18 December 1931

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The Roma Court House is an impressive building which was opened in 1901. This heritage listed building replaced the original structure which was opened in 1873 for the trial of the infamous cattle duffer, Harry Redford alias Captain Starlights who had stolen 1,000 cattle and driven them to South Australia. The court house is still a working court house today.

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Outback Queensland

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