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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 26, 1930
Page
13
The notice lists upcoming events and dates across April and May including departures and meetings. It mentions moon phases, a live service event on April 2, and various performances and notices about schedules, with references to multiple locations and organizers.
Fragmented text discusses cost of living concerns and local tax proposals. Mentions May dates and a Pine area context with references to legislators and public figures. Specific names and places are unreadable due to degraded OCR.
The notice outlines revised freight rates affecting routes to Coreen and nearby regions. It lists changes, applicable vessels, and contact points for confirmation, citing Hobart as a reference port and noting adjustments to berthing and handling charges across multiple sectors.
Fragmented OCR shows a nonsensical mix about firemen and statements, mentioning agencies, ages, and a meeting. No coherent event or names clearly stated to confirm a news item.
Fragmentary text references a fleet start and a sale date in March or August, but details are garbled. Entities such as MoMA and Adenuwit appear, yet the core event, participants, and location are not decipherable for a precise summary.
Readers note a focus on economy amid deficits and calls for tighter budgets. Text references national finance concerns, with mentions of reduced expenditure and strategic reserves to avert broader fiscal strain.
Fragmented OCR text appears as an assortment of names places and phrases lacking coherent events. Readable elements include references to service, people and dates but no clear story or outcome emerges from the garbled material.
Mining managers and secures of mining firms are asked to forward authentic reports and matters of interest about mining to the Carns Post for publication.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions readings and meetings, with garbled names and places, hints at a local gathering or election context, and references to figures like Mollarht and Hukersimen. The incomplete lines make precise events or outcomes hard to determine.
Analyzed commentary notes varied reactions to copper price declines and potential shifts in market demand versus supply. The piece discusses effects on producers and related costs, including transportation and freight, with emphasis on anticipated price ranges and production responses.
Boland expresses gratitude to Devevars Matron, Sisters and Nurses General Flawintal Cairns for their prompt care and attention during his illness, extending thanks to the hospital team for support and service.
A damaged memorial notice with garbled text recalls Gertrside Mavis Watley who died April 20 1928. The fragmentary lines honor her memory with sentimental verses and names of relatives and mourners, including family members and a sister in law, in an old New South Wales newspaper fragment.
In Lismore on April 25 officials and growers discussed the sugar industry crisis. Speakers blamed Queensland policy for overproduction and urged safeguards to protect New South Wales from deficit impacts.
The article laments postwar waste and declares Britain and the Commonwealth carry vast debts. It criticizes politicians and urges equitable taxation and civil production while warning of ongoing costly policies. The piece notes broad Empire impact and calls for decisive public action.
A discussion on balancing wages and working hours with national production. The text argues for higher pay tied to productive value and questions excluding extravagances. It asks how to ensure broader well being while maintaining essential needs and fair exchange.
A Sunday night program by The Railway Band features Anzac Mark and the Memories Flowers. A wreath and other tokens laid at the Cenotaph yesterday will be moved to the Cemetery by volunteers. Local ladies and officials attend the tribute and parade conclude at the cemetery.
A fragmented local notice reports MLA Se Tas Camfalon urging support for Cooke candidate Mr. Hives at a public meeting at Commonwealth Hawke corner at 7 30. It notes Mr Kenny praised the candidate and mentions arrival of the Hon ALE Mere and a telegram from Mr Rowell Muir praising campaign efforts and promising party tactics and unity.
A fragment notes J.C Kenny will be available at the session for election matters. It mentions Cariie preparing rulings and a 9 to 10 time window with Jody. The piece refers to an election page opening at Hawke Corner Swiss Tonight at 3 o'clock.
Voting will be held today from 8 am to 6 pm with separate ballots for each election. Voters must mark figures to indicate their choice and use the designated tables and boxes for paper receipts. Each ballot lists candidate names with voting limits: nine for the Giry Counc, three for the Harbour Board. Voting is compulsory and penalties for non voting can reach twelve pounds.
Mrs Olsen chaired a Tinaroo Shire meeting at the Chafing Hall Atherton last night. She outlined the rate matters and urged prudent management, noting soldier settler arrears and the shire coffee arrangement. The gathering expressed strong support and accorded Mrs Olsen a hearty vote of thanks.
The appeal board chaired by Mr Harrie found the charge proved but, considering overall circumstances, reduced the punishment. The appellant was reinstated with back pay from the day of appeal and fined £8. Witnesses were examined with expenses allowed and taxed as applicable.
James Mulligan features in an account describing his overland journey to the Herbert River region, his exploration of the area around Mount Surprise, and his role in early 1870s tinfield activities. The text notes encounters with creeks, rivers, and prospecting camps and references contemporaries and subsequent tributes to Mulligan.
Report from Lalcutta dated April 23 states twelve Chittagong rebels were killed and many wounded in a running fight with a military search party from Easter Frontier Rifles and Surma Valley. The clash on Hatazar road four miles from Chittagong left seven rebels dead, others escaped into jungle, and five more rebels reportedly killed in a later engagement. Authorities arrested several rebels and urged citizens to avoid main streets after dark. Tram travel is restricted to certain hours.
Fragmentary report notes a notable feature at Anzac Day events with local figures and a miniature replica of a rank in the Greek Royal Guards. A Cairns Cafe member is named amid confusions, with references to an Allied weather forecast and ceremonial conveyance. Weather outlook from Prishaine: mainly fine, chilly mornings, frost likely inland, moderate temperatures, light southerly to westerly winds on the coast, increasing near dusk.
Fragments report an Easter incident where a man and others were arrested near a station. Police say gunfire wounded the inspector and two constables. assailants escaped. A piece of recovered evidence and several arrests are noted, but details remain unclear.
Wellington April 24 The New Zealand Law Society conference passed a motion affirming the desirability of retaining the right to appeal to the Privy Council. The Chief Taster recommended no change, reminding that the present system was the last tangible link between the domains.
A Tralian steamer sank after a pounding, drowning twenty of its twenty three crew. The disaster occurred near Athens on April 23.
An article fragment notes the monthly medal competition with details unclear due to transcription. It mentions a winner to fly in the Seal roa event and references a time after a morning session, but specifics are unreadable.
Unable to determine a coherent article from the provided snippet. The readable fragments do not reveal identifiable people, organizations, places, or events to summarize into a compliant T and S.
The Vatican confirms rites recognizing the Venerable Jon Ogilvie, a 17th century martyr from Seattle, marking his beatification in a ceremony amid Catholic rites.
Fragmented account covers local works in Cairns including railway and bridge construction by day labor and convict labor, names of officials and settlers, and notes on pioneers, plantings, and community concerns. It references the Barun Valley sulla and field reports, plus letters about local issues and guidance on conduct.
London reports the Stork Exchange Derby sweep ended at 67000 pounds, down from a million last year. The shortfall follows a Home Secretary warning that members would receive only up to 25 tickets each.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a memorial event with stagenotes of bands, choir soloists, and military units. It mentions commanders and bands performing near central venues and a parade featuring militia and veterans details, with unclear names and locations due to damaged text.
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