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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 20, 1917
Page
3
Townsville notes a traffic collision on Mulgrave Road with listed passengers and officials sharing travel between Cairns, Brisbane, and Townsville. The item catalogues arrivals, departures, and staff movements, including Miss Maud Millican and other locals, plus transfers in education and police posts.
Mr J W Chew is named to the Marine Board of Queensland replacing the late Captain Eaton. A S Lilley is appointed Deputy Jade for the district courts at Croydon Normanton with sittings April 24 and 26. Inspector Eather’s sons in service are noted, and a Cairns court case by Charles Pond ends with a remand and a charge of grievous bodily harm.
A short OCR fragment mentions Abbott Street Cairns with a box phone line and a supplier or trader note. The text repeats the address and contact hint, indicating a casual business card or listing fragment from a historical page.
Residents traveled to Herberton for the show amid transport delays. Local committees discuss library books, hall access, and governance. Progress Association met, and a reply from Hon. Wm Lennon on grant references was noted as merging talks continue for a new union pending funds and settlement planning.
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