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Edited news tape 51
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TitleEdited news tape 51SummaryNQTV News stories compile.ContentsInterview about a motorcycle safety training program -- News report about the North Queensland taxicab industry, which was being increasingly recognised as an essential component of the region’s tourism industry -- Interview with Ian Thomas, a member of a regional tourism association -- Interview with Tom Pyne, regarding Cairns’ hours of business operations, and why people “in the North” were “uninterested” in daylight savings -- News report about the opening of the “Funtime Endeavour” playground, which was commemorated by Lionel Van Dorssen -- News report about the development of Cairns’ international tourism and in the influx of tourists through Cairns Airport -- News report about the proposal of a “National” Australian football tournament -- News report about Keith De Lacy, who was concerned with the underfunding and understaffing of Cairns’ police officers -- News report about the Cape Tribulation-Bloomfield Road, which Martin Tenni hoped to “fully seal” with bitumen for tourism -- News report about the arrival of five Irian Jaya men in Far North Queensland who had “canoed to the Torres Strait, seeking refugee status” -- Stock footage of gas stations, which were unanimously selling petrol for 44.9¢/ litre -- Interviews with a pair of boxers, who were competing to participate in the Commonwealth Games -- Interview about a hang gliding competition in Far North Queensland -- News report about the brewing Cairns Draught at Foster’s Lager brewery -- News report about the Ellis Beach Lifesaving Club, which was donated two surf skis from the Cairns Colonial Club -- Interview with a woman, who recalled her experience at a seminar about women’s rights -- News report about a competition to promote Cairns sugar and tourism industry -- News report about the Keith De Lacy, who was concerned with an “unused” unit at the Cairns Base Hospital -- News report about an “underwater luncheon” -- News report about the HMAS Darwin frigate, which was constructed in the United States -- News report about the opening of a new Salvation Army complex, which was to be used for “meetings and weekly worship”Corporate AuthorNQTVVideo File Name4021645CreditsReporters: Jennene Rogers, Graham LeverOriginal Format 1/2 inch video tape Beta camCollation1 video file (MP4) (25 minutes) : digital ; 945MBDateNovember 1985ImprintTownsville : NQTV, 1985
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Edited news tape 51 (November 1985). Townsville City Council, accessed 24/04/2026, https://stories.townsville.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/23318
