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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 21, 1928
Page
6
Ayr April 13 report from the Burdekin Delta Turf Club committee noting a full attendance and discussion over Ayr Speedways Lad’s protection against other motor cycling promoters. Sub-committee recommendations, NRA conflict, and racing schedule restrictions were debated.
Last Saturday evening a well attended social at the Bartle Frere Hall, despite heavy showers, credited to Messrs. Johansen Niven and Cusack with help from local ladies. The euchre prize stirred speculation about imported road material. Nearby, the Shire Council planned a new road for O.N.B. Faiate residents and eyed a Pawngilly to Babinda route while repairs to Pawngilly to beyond Babinda were contracted. Mr G Thomas returned from A.S.P.A. Conference with news of the Collins family wellbeing.
A March report from the Herbertton Mineral Field details progress across multiple mines. Drivers extend deeper in Great Northern Gully Shaft and East Lode Shaft show tin in face. Froghole prospecting yields a rich seam. Rainbow and other shafts report ore removal and water challenges. several mines note new owners and improved tin values.
The report details multiple mining drives at Cassidy Winge with depths ranging from seven to forty feet, noting porphyry rock, pyrites and tin traces. Progress includes No.1 shaft, No.2 improvements, and surface prospecting while weather hampers water management and plant installation.
Giuseppe Tari aged 19 appeared before Mr Aitkin at Munnisfail police court charged on remand with unlawfully indecently dealing with a girl under 17 near Mundin and Horn Creek at Munsfail. Sergeant Tuohy prosecuted and bail was allowed. Committed for trial at the next Circuit Court sittings at Townsville.
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