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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 28, 1923
Page
8
London reports from April 27 that Germany’s Cuno and Wagnares face difficulty securing guarantees for a reparations offer. Some back 3000 million sterling as a final sum, others oppose beyond 150 million. Government delays a definite figure as negotiations continue into next week.
The notice sets polling day for Saturday May 12 with voting from 4 am until 6 pm. Voting is compulsory and ballots are cast by placing a mark opposite the desired candidate. Absent voters may vote at any polling booth within the state or by absentee process and can vote after writ issue until polling day. Postal voting is available for sickness or absence. If a voter is wrongly erased from the roll, a statutory declaration may allow voting.
Competitors in the Motor Boat Club races on Sunday May 6 must run a fresh one lap trial and post the time. If no new time is recorded the handicapper will use the fastest existing time on record for the event.
Mr Mer Cook Camp with Mr Patrick ML va Murrey and Mr Tom Kedi head United Parts campaign will address the crowd at Redlynch Monday evening at a stated time, correcting earlier plans to hold the event at Freshwater.
For the Reading Public Owen Whittick on Abbott Street Cairna offers a selection of Jack London small cloth bound editions. An assortment of fancy drepe hooks for children and adults also available. Call in Woeday.
The Methodist Sunday School concert is postponed to Monday evening May 21 in the Presbyterian Hall to accommodate Queensland Prohibition League representatives in Cairns. The event to raise funds for the corner site release will be held on July 20 and 21.
The Babinda Anzac Memorial Service held in a hall lent by Heattic drew a large crowd despite poor weather. Mr. Kirke led the ceremony with solos by Messrs Newton Lamont and Matron Craig. Mr. Tex Turnkey and Mr. Kirke gave addresses and an apology from Mr. Wilfred Simms was read.
Mr Norman Cossart and Miss J McCorkindale arrive in Cairne by the Wyreema for a series of public meetings. On Monday evening at the Methodist Church attendees are urged to come. Tuesday afternoon at the Presbyterian Hall Miss Isabel McCorkindale speaks at 3 o clock. Tuesday evening a rally for younger men and women at the Methodist Church. The gatherings push for the October poll on prohibition questions.
Mr O G Oxley head of the Cairns branch of the National Hawk Bank of Queensland departs for Nanango in Burnett district after six years in Cairns. He has led School of Arts presidency, shown in public and sporting bodies and is a noted all round cricketer. FW Landy of Nanango will take over in Cairns as part of a manager exchange.
A damaged OCR fragment shows unclear phrases about a state and violence. Readable items include scattered words such as areal demand state and housewives. No coherent event or names can be confirmed from the snippet.
Delegates from Cairns sporting bodies met in Council Chambers to approve a lease for the Parramatta Mark Sports Reserve and appoint three trustees and a management committee. A one guinea affiliated fee was set for bodies using the reserve, trustees were named, and a secret ballot elected two additional committee members.
London detectives report close communication with Faris and others about Warren alias Captain Smith with a wooden leg. He reportedly fled by airplane from London after a mislaid trail and swindled a tourist agency of about 3000 by insuring phantom trunks to Paris. Captain South linked to Ferndaler hawk case in St. Louis 1920.
At a meeting of about eighty Coondi cane growers in Vinvisfail on April 27 the group accepted SR Company's proposal to purchase this season's crop. Debate centered on labor and price, with a call for a price near 624 per orre and criticism of government delay. The resolution urged the government minister Crawford to act.
In Cairns Police Court on Thursday Silas Murphy faced charges of assaulting police and using obscene language. After lengthy testimony from police and defense witnesses the case was dismissed by the magistrate. The ruling noted the defendants and accomplices faced harassment by larrikinism but avoided conviction.
A fragmentary report from Prishame on April 27 criticizes the war water policy and Laher plan tion for wage issues. It mentions the Minister of Mines and a committee at Paaldimeton. critics claim the war effort demanded high costs and reduced producer returns. The note references Glass Works in Cairns and other industrial concerns amid wartime economic strain.
The Home Secretary W McCormack with Minister W N Gillies spoke at the Commonwealth Bank Cairns on sugar and government policy. They defended wartime spending, argued railways cannot bear higher fares, and urged support for sugar industry and unemployment relief with emphasis on central markets and fair returns.
A misquoted passage in a Southern Weekly issue questions Queensland's financial position and banking history. The text discusses deposits, the 1913 Repudiation Act, and the shift of savings from a state bank to the Commonwealth Bank amid political controversy.
Toowoomba on April 27 reports Mayor Alderman Grossall announcing retirement from independent candidacy for the Toowoomba Seat. The move leaves a Labor versus United Party contest as the main electoral battle. Signed by A. E. Joseph Brisbane.
Pery Glasher was arrested in St. Kilda on April 14 on a charge of unlawfully wounding his sister May Clasher aged 20 with intent to murder. The court granted a seven day remand for further medical examination and processing.
Federal ministers have not indicated any action on Father O Flannaghan the Irish Republican Envoy. Ministers reportedly discussed the matter though Bruce declined to comment. He noted the envoys arrived in Australia on passports issued in Great Britain.
The speaker noted many bought tickets yet few won the Golden Casket. He argued a hospital lottery lacks ethics but Queenslanders benefit from the Casket through free hospital care, maternity wards, and funded wards in Cairns. Government mining, roads, and land topics followed.
A note announces a Carros Show event scheduled for June 7 with reserve instructions concerning the th day. The fragment implies a display or gathering focusing on car models and related exhibits. Details on venue and participants are not specified in the readable text.
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