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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 18, 1919
Page
5
A private August letter from Norra details no strike signs yet and warns supplies will run out soon. Reinforcements were sought from the Government but no ships were available, with butter scarce and three weeks of deprivation expected unless a relief ship arrives.
Reports from Brisbane and Sydney indicate cartels may align with unionists to blacklist ships in port. Three vessels named Swallow Douglas Mawgon and Warranting are reportedly already marked. Masters Association leader Mr Jarms signaled a forthcoming official statement. A Sydney mass meeting showed no confidence in Mr Le Cornu and named Mr Gerred to lead the executive council in Melbourne.
In Sydney seamen's mass meeting adjourned to await clearer response from Senator Millen on telegraph terms. Delegation to Melbourne to seek fuller government terms. ships to be manned until further notice. Contingent delay in strike settlement and dispute over the word ratified versus filed.
Melbourne reports Senator Millen refused comment on the strike and said the issue hinges on Sydney and Brisbane after Vietria and South Australia accepted the Government's proposal.
A jumble of notes mentions Corperal W S S Birvey of the 47st battalion who left England aboard the Ulysses last week, Corporal Blakey serving at Chitlagoe, and soldiers returning to Australia from England. Also references a Boy Scouts bonfire at Bessie Point curtailed by rain and local fashion shops like Telegraph Department Fashionable Feetwear.
Fragmentary Melbourne notice describes revolver shots at Colingwood near Carroll’s residence. It mentions Clyde Taylor and Fraee Carroll with wounds, drunken dispute, and a woman quarrel preceding the event. Details are unclear in the damaged text.
The report lists weekly cases in Cairns Mareeba Meeringa Gordonvale and White Rock with totals in isolation hospitals. Eleven new cases with two discharges leave five in care and 338 total deaths to date in isolation hospitals. John Coxall notes improving but still serious flu conditions while Normanton reports no flu yet as of the 11th.
Victoria reports three metro hospital deaths on Friday with 21 admissions and 53 discharges. Fifty four patients remain. Registrars show three further metropolitan deaths and nine in the country. Health Minister orders closure of emergency hospitals due to improved situation.
A detailed report of the QTC meeting at Eagle Farm Brisbane and Flemington Melbourne with multiple races. Describes winners including Desert Gun Molly's Robe and Lordacre plus results in National Plate and various handicaps and hurdles. mentions conditions fine, large crowds, and betting figures.
In Hobart August 17 the Medical Advisory Committee diagnosed a Claremont Hospital patient as pneumonic influenza and a deaf and dumb man died. One patient is in lone condition and four are seriously ill. A Launceston outbreak is reported and authorities weigh drastic controls.
Wellington reports the Samoa influenza inquiry found no preexisting outbreak before the Saline from Auckland arrived on September 7 1918. By seven days later the epidemic was full and rapid, with 7542 deaths by December 31. The commission blamed late wireless notification of notifiable disease and criticised the Defence Department for duty neglect.
At the Police Court in Townsville on the previous night David Green editor of the Daily Bulletin Jamies Wichela Olsen and John Johnsom were charged with causing a disturbance on Flinders Street. Green pleaded guilty along with Olsen and Johnsom. all three were fined five pounds or six hours. Green had left the Bulletin office with H D Randwell when insults were exchanged and blows followed, leading to their arrest by two Brisbane police on duty.
Reports from Ingham on the second day of racing note several winners and placings. Clemates leads the main trotting event with a first, while a set of another handicaps feature Nesta Knight Say Kid and Akornet among the winners and runners.
The winner is half-brother to the performer Line Gun. Trained by W. J. Need, it had feet ride for weeks in netr and made his third successive op with Sylvano.
A muddled turf page reports near neck finishes and a protest that was dismissed. Molly's Rote and Gold Tie tangled as Saynin and Sheila R. pressed. Endorette challenged but faded, Araluen failed to place, and Lor cium with Mithridates faded in a seven furlong section.
In Wellington at the Canterbury Grand National Hurdles Sip o Paraca won by two lengths from Signature with Kip close behind. The race featured three others in the field and was described as a tight finish amid the hurdles and pace.
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