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Edited news file 64
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TitleEdited news file 64SummaryNQTV News stories compile.ContentsFines increased for traffic offences for 1988 -- Premier Ahern’s new tobacco tax opposed by Keith De Lacy -- 19-year-old Naomi Levie reunited with her damaged red sedan in a creek in Cairns after it went missing on Boxing Day when she was working at the Playpen nightclub, interview with Naomi -- Warning from lifeguards from Holloways Beach to Palm Cove about stinger season, with box jellyfish and Irukandji -- Hayles’ Reef Link II Townsville ship fire incident footage of damage -- UK Scouts tourists arrive for World Jamboree -- Cairns Mayor Ron Davis speaks about community consultation about zoning, appealing to people about policy relating high-rises along the Esplanade -- Rainforest conservationist Dr Isla Keeto says Queensland timber makes $2 million, Premier Ahern rejects number, says reforestation appropriate -- Six thousand head of cattle valued at $1.5 million missing since six months ago in Mareeba’s Strathmore station between Georgetown and Croydon, ten people charged to face court in January, investigations in Charter’s Towers, Brisbane, Weipa, Roma, Rockhampton, Cloncurry, Kingaroy, charges of receiving stolen cattle also laid -- ABC’s Peter Ross to present two minute segment from Thursday Island on new year’s night in 1998, interview with Peter -- Cairns high schoolers claim to lack practising space, sixty skateboarders attend meeting with Alderman Wayne Reese, further meeting at the library to form an association on the 5th of January to campaign for facility, interview with teacher Mr. Andrew Patty and skater student -- Mines and minerals Minister Mr. Martin Tenni writes off rents for 1986-1987 to offset tin miner’s financial problems caused by crash in tin prices and fall in production. Royalty payments written off or delayed -- Cairns Bishop George Tung Yep of Saint Monica’s Cathedral holds new year service, speaks about new year in 1988, wishing that 1988 will be the year of the family -- Cairns Gordon Earl, grandson of settler James Earl is a WWII veteran, philanthropist, active in the community, providing land for construction of a Cairns university -- Floodwaters flow over the weir in the Barron Falls Gorge, two youths from Penrith caught in the waters, rescued by helicopters, interview with the youths -- Harris Brothers Drapers & Mercers opened in1931, have sale due to the demolition of Abbott Street, forced to move to larger venue in Mulgrave Road, interview with Ian Harris and son Ken -- Rainforest conservation society president says timber industry is a liability, Premier Ahern will fight Daintree Forest World Heritage listing, demanding to know why logging not permitted when mining and grazing allowed -- Half the giant clam population around Lizard Island and Thetford Reef gone due to parasite, clam sickness also in Lucinda to Torres Strait, National Parks and Wildlife Service, Australian Institute of Marine Science, and James Cook University to monitor the situation in Project Clamwatch Corporate AuthorNQTVVideo File Name4022282Original Format 1/2 inch video tape Beta camCollation1 video file (MP4) (25 minutes) : digital ; 945MBDateDecember 1987ImprintTownsville : NQTV, 1987
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Edited news file 64 (December 1987). Townsville City Council, accessed 25/04/2026, https://stories.townsville.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/23056
