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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 15, 1927
Page
9
Anil 4 operates with general cargo southbound, allied by Allen and Sons De and A. UA BA. Burns and Coy Lad acts as the agent for Ocean Island, under Mhiip and Coy.
A combined Presbyterian service from St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev Jas Josh BAA and Rev Jas Walker with organ music. Includes hymns, solos by Mrs J Kingaford and Mr J Hunter, prayers, and offertory items amid a sequence of services and autographs.
Readable fragments describe a Saturday April 16 concert program at Mall of the Muses Littlewie Street Brisbane. Performers include Mase WNamstad, Pearlyening Ses, Pecotaie, Violinists Luis Panes, Mr. Eric Norton, Mendelssohn and Beethoven pieces, a contralto sale, violin solos, and vocal items. Evening events include a Speedway appearance and broadcasts from the Stdio.
A March event involving Kamowna entity plans for UNGAMA sets on March 26 Slandfen sues for enes re. yesterting it Orean Island.
Fragmentary shipping notice mentions departures from Sydney Melbourne Brisbane and Newcastle bound for Cairns Calera and Calina with dates in April May and March. References Adelaide Steamship Co and Cooktow with uncertain routes and vessels.
The Australian-Oriental Line leaves Cairns bound for the South for a test voyage scheduled for Thursday. The East is expected to be in the vicinity on the date, with officials monitoring conditions and safety procedures.
The fragment notes a departure toward the South involving individuals named Furnes and Philp. The text is incomplete but indicates travel or relocation, lacking a clear event, date, or destination beyond the directional cue.
Unclear OCR fragment mentions February 24 and agents including Calcutta links. References F.S.N. Line and associates Philp and lad, with ra, B.J. duties. Contains garbled place names and unspecified end date, suggesting a partial shipping or forwarding notice with multiple agents.
Sunday church schedule lists 1 am and 7 pm services at Aplinstreet Methodist Church led by Rev Cyril W Morsley and 1 am and 7 pm Easter services at St Andrew's Presbyterian. additional services and meetings noted for Good Friday, Easter, and various band and holiness meetings across Townsville venues with ministers Varney, Wood, and Goven among others.
A 1 April program relays the complete Morning Service from St Stephen’s Ronan Catholic Cathedral WA and the complete Evening Service from St John’s Anglican Cathedral. A Brisbane Municipal Concert Band performance from Wickham Park follows with selections including Overnstride and pieces from Found and The Twelfth Man. The schedule closes with a 9:30 p.m. closing.
Fenwick and Co salesmen report April on Bris bane stock with sheep and lamb prices. Sheep penned around 400 with mutton 4d to 4d scarce. lambs about 390 penned with similar market strength. Prime beef and pork also noted with bulls and cows priced near 27s and 24s respectively. Additional entries cover porkers, coles, and other stock quantities.
At Brisbane on Thursday April 14 buyers showed strong demand for lucerne chaff with prices from 4d to 6d. New South Wales components remained tight while Wagga feed values rose to 6 6d. New England material offered at 7d but declined. Mixed chaff light, lucerne bay softened to 7s 6d as arrival steadied. Potatoes sold 1s to 1s 6d. Pumpkins well represented with 1s 4d to 2s 6d. Maize prices fell amid abundant supply. wheat forward none. Market closes with reopens slated for Tuesday.
In memory of Henry James Barwers who died April 16 and of Jonas Holland who departed this life on April 11, 1920. Loving husbands, fathers, and cherished by family. Wives and children express enduring sorrow, noting cadance of years and tears shed.
The Cairns area plans a busy Easter with an excursion train from Innisfail to Cardwell for the Easter Saturday race meeting. Affected by the holiday, the newspaper will not publish Saturday and resumes Monday. Rail and shipping updates include merchandise trains and the Merinda voyage to Papua with weather warnings across the Pacific slopes and Gulf districts.
Readings from Calina Weather Bureau show cooler, breezy conditions with moderate humidity. Annae Day addresses were delivered at Parramatta and Cairns Bay schools by Returned Soldiers Association leaders, with headmasters and officers praising the speakers and leading a national anthem.
Directors meeting in Cairns discussed purchasing a 15 head milling plant with suction and electric pumping, plus 10 head mill and nine concentrating tables under offer. Walter Baker re-elected chairman. Financial arrangements to raise £1000 and potential £2000 loan disclosed.
Last night the Cairns District Hospital Board held a meeting with members J. O Daly chairing, Dr Brennan, W Griffin, J Fulton, W Murphy and J Campbell. They debated local advisory committee appointments, domestic staff quarters, and requested the House Committee inspect domestic staff quarters alongside the new building, stressing equal treatment and comfortable conditions for all staff.
Dr Jamiee reports Cairns Hospital March totals: inpatients carried over from February include 73 males and 32 females. admissions list 26 males and 120 females. discharges 165 males and 74 females. deaths 10 males. Remaining patients 89 males and 48 females. Outpatients and visits noted. Dr Sword (Gordonvale) adds counts: remaining 7 males and 6 females. admissions 19 males and 14 females. discharges 21 males and 20 females. remaining 1y males and unknown females. outdoor patients treated 14 males and 49 females. births 2 pairs. Subscribers tickets discharged. 12 paying patients with payments in progress, 2.
In the Catena Inquiry Court yesterday morning Mr Mo J Hickey held an inquiry into the death of William Edwin Moor who died while charping a lade bury at the wharf on March. Serjeant Plyvie presided and Mr Vo Pahare appeared for the wetter.
A detailed court transcript describes witnesses including W. Moore and others at a carbide charging accident near a jetty. Testimony covers the explosion, rescue, Moore’s injuries, the buoy and chute positions, and the sequence of events leading to the blast. Witnesses discuss signs of force, equipment handling, and actions taken by the crew and police.
A muddled recipe describes making a strawberry cream dessert with jam lemon juice sugar gelatine and cream. It explains soaking gelatine in cold water melting it off heat then combining strawberry pulp colouring and whipped cream before setting in moulds.
Witness Mark Rowe details a river buoy accident involving carbide and a chute near the wharf. Moore avoided danger, helping to inspect the buoy as spraying gear and a damaged chute were described. The incident left the crew wet and the boatman recounts the sequence, including the weather and actions taken after the blast.
Witness William Brews, a wharf laborer, recounts a March meeting at the interfacial buoy where Moore, Moone, and others tended carbide on the buoy. An explosion caused steel and carbide to fly into the water as men rushed to assist. Moore died, with others diving in to help and onlookers fleeing.
Formal evidence shows a witness who helped convey the deceased to hospital after a water incident. He notes returning from the jetty when an explosion occurred, considering the event an accident and stating distance traveled before the blast.
The aboriginal Tommy corroborates earlier evidence describing going to the wharf to assist Captain Brewster and Mr Moore. He recounts handling buckets of carble and carbide the bulbuoy apparatus and an explosion occurred after Moore emptied carbide. The inquiry adjourned due to a missing witness.
A garbled police or medical-era report describes an unseen airborne device linked to a secret operation. Details mention a patient with a prolonged condition and a clock in a parachute, but the meaning is unclear and no confirmed facts are stated.
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