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Townsville Daily Bulletin
21 March 1951

RECLAIMING TIDAL LAND

There were many opportunities of profitably reclaiming tidal land in Queensland, the Opposition leader, Mr. G. F. R. Nicklin, said in Parliament to-day.

He praised provisions in the bill to amend the Harbour Boards Act which will allow tidal lands to be leased for reclamation.

Harbour Boards could lease tidal land for reclamation advantageously, and more land for industry would be available, he said.

Mr. Nicklin said provision allowing a Harbour Board to en gage in stevedoring would provide competition and speed up the stevedoring service.

‘It will bring into stevedoring some competition, which would be an advantage to everyone,’ he said.

The bill passed all stages without amendment.

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The Courier-Mail
17 June 1950

B.H.P. SEEKING HAMILTON SITE

BROKEN HILL PTY. LTD. has applied for the lease of about 120 acres at Hamilton to establish a heavy industry.

The company has already obtained a lease of the former Hamilton Navy wharves, which are being converted to commercial use.

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The tiny township of Serviceton was selected in 1946 by the Serviceton Co-operative Society for development to help meet the shortage of post-war housing. The Society purchased 850 acres of land which was taken over by the Queensland Housing Commission in 1950, to which it added another 200 acres. The area was renamed Inala in 1953 to avoid confusion with the town of Serviceton in South Australia.

Inala was planned as a satellite town of Brisbane and houses were largely Modernist Revival style with elements of Art Deco.

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The Courier-Mail
9 June 1950

Zillmere housing.

The State Housing Commission would buy 45 acres at Handford and Church Roads, Zillmere, on which to erect 181 French prefabricated houses, the Housing Minister (Mr. Hilton) said yesterday.

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The Courier-Mail
17 December 1948

Model home suburb for Holland Park .

SECOND model State housing suburh, with 294 modern homes, is to he established at Seville Road, Holland Park.

When the area now used tor temporary housing is taken in, there will be 600 homes.

The project was announced by the Housing Minister (Mr. Power) last night, it will be carried out by day labour, and will mark the second big model scheme revealed by the Government in a week, the other being at Grovely, where 653 homes are to be built.

As at Grovely, the Holland Park project will be carried out according to town planning principles, with shopping, community, and playground centres provided.

Mr. Power said that the subdivisional survey of the sites at Seville Road was nearly complete, and clearing of the land was well advanced. Roads and drainage had yet to be surveyed.

The Housing Commission’s survey and

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From the Queensland Heritage Register.

The first hospital in Townsville was opened in a cottage on the Strand in 1866 and was known as the Burdekin and Flinders Districts Hospital. In 1881 it was relocated to the present site on Stanton Hill. A two storied building was completed in 1882 and numerous buildings were subsequently built on the site.

The new Townsville General Hospital was designed by Donoghue and Fulton between 1935 and 1939 but construction was delayed due to the outbreak of war. The foundation stone was laid in 1945 by EM Hanlon and the completed building was opened by him on April 21, 1951. The new hospital was to be the largest facility of its type in Australia outside a capital city and had been built at a cost of approximately £500 000 for building and equipment. It opened with approximately 270 beds. Dr Kiernan

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Lieutenant General Sir John Lavarack became Governor of Queensland in 1946. In February 1952, he proclaimed Queen Elizabeth II as the monarch in Queensland following the death of King George VI. Lavarack’s oath of allegiance and oath of office were then re-administered at his own request to reflect the new monarch. Neal Macrossan, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland, is administering the oath.

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John Henry Mann was Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 10 October 1950 to 3 July 1957.

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Seated left to right.

Hon G.H. Devries, Secretary for Public Instruction
Hon J.E. Duggan, Minister for Transport
Hon J. Larcombe, Attorney-General
Hon T.A. Foley, Secretary of Lands and Irrigation
Hon V. C. Gair, Premier
Lt Gen Sir John Lavarack, Governor of Queensland
Hon H.H. Collins, Secretary of Agriculture and Stock
Hon A. Jones, Secretary of Labour and INdustry
Hon W. Power, Secretary of Mines and Immigration
Hon E.J. Walsh, Treasurer
Hon P.J.R. Hilton, Secretary of Public Works, Housing and Local Government

Standing left to right.

Mr R.B. McAllister, Clerk of the Council
Mr H.D. Muhl, Assistant Clerk

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