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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 22, 1931
Page
9
Short Time at Townefille Workshops
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a brief event at Townefille Workshops with mentions of dates, staff and logistics. The readable segments reference a schedule, an earnings note, and an unnamed supervisor, with several garbled phrases and unclear names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townefille
Corel Eruption Shocks Local Community Leaders
A sudden incident at a regional site drew swift response from emergency services and city officials. Investigations focus on the cause and any injuries. Police have urged witnesses to come forward as the area remains secured.
Fragmented Notice From Inland Road Ad District
Partial text appears to mention inland road ad and Cairns with years and beds but the readable fragments are sparse and unclear. The item lacks concrete names, places, dates, or actions to form a full, factual headline and summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sefewdh
Dente Inland Road
Cairns
Fiat
Feree a wee Jone Veetins eva
Fragmentary OCR reads like a local notice mentioning England at 7 30 am and places Gortonvale Newaake Gas Paromon Tye Gardonvale, but details are unclear and not fully legible. The readable parts suggest a schedule or meeting in a rural area with names that are uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feree
England
Gortonvale
Newaake Gas
Paromon Tye Gardonvale
Brisbam Produce Market Report Muddled Trade Notes
Fruit and produce market brief with unclear details about prices and items. Readable parts mention a market panel and a misheard timetable. Names and specifics are obscured by garbled text.
Market Notes on Butter Cheese and Overseas Trade
Fragments describe butter and cheese trade terms with mentions of London New Zealand Austria and Wales. The text lists brands marks origins and color notes with unclear references to frost and white products. No clear events or outcomes are stated.
We Duel Cable Mevare Fekete 1 Aloe feuvest tin
Fragmentary text mentions cable and names like Mevare Fekete and Salted heat. Context unclear. no coherent event, date, or location readable. Attempted to extract possible entities but data too garbled for a confident summary.
Drainage Loan Inquiry Mentioned in Public Health Letter
A garbled note discusses a drainage loan query and Public Health leaner remarks on Ge drainage. The letter expresses hope for year funding and requests consideration if Hoan grants one of this year's finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan
Tie Fetter
Cairns Show Society Special Appeal From the President
The Cairns Show Society urges support amid financial strain. Assets and plant at Parramatta Park, United Sports Reserve, valued around £1600, back a plea to preserve Cairns cultural activities. The committee seeks community aid and notes management stability under J. Witteman and local figures. The society plans operatic performances and costumes by renowned designers, hoping to restore the show’s prestige.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairns
Agrieceral
Pasaral
Mite Ascure
Aml
Cairey
Cairne
Carne Amateur Operatic Society
Caiene
J. Witteman
Murtont
Sydimey
Mamdard
Bereavement Message to Mr and Mrs Thanes
Mr and Mrs Sertney thank Waterworth Dr Pane and kind friends for their assistance and sincere sympathy during their recent sad bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tt Sertney
Desire Waterworth
Dr. C. Il Pane
Ana ‘Kine
In Memoriam Allen
In Memoriam for Allen posted by a bereaved family. The notice lists his sister Aven Costelles and mentions departure in August 1925. The message expresses sorrow and remembrance with a reference to a departed loved one and a family bearing the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Fidle Daggiter
News Service Brief From Dated Paris Descriptor
A terse field note from the OUR NEWS SERVICE describes publication context with scattered fragments about thin imagery and various items. The text appears pasted from a telegraph or wire service header with missing connecting phrases and incomplete lines.
Peace Theory vs War Recalled in Historical View
An essay argues war declines as humanity advances, tracing the abolition of duels, public executions, and trial by combat to progress. It cites Roxeve Drummond on peace, questions the persistence of war, and asserts nations will not settle disputes through force but through evolving legal and individual methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxeve Drummond
Will to outlaw war rests on leadership and education
A call asserts that private disputes should not justify war and that nations can avoid conflict by rational, peaceful leadership. It argues education, homes, schools, and churches shape the mind to prefer law over brute force, ensuring lasting peace through deliberate effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hecomen
Eivil
Councila of the Nations
Sporting Secretaries Reminder on Lodging Reports
Attention to sport secretaries and others. A nonce at the head of reporting columns requires that reports such as treats and lists be lodged not later than Thursdays. Some secretaries are defaulting. the file must be observed.
Weather Forecast Passes Through Divisional Area
Forecast shows fine conditions overall with warmer temperatures in the south, and a developing cold wave moving in from the west. Winds shift mainly southeast to east, then veer to the west, with northward flow from the tropics expected to strengthen later in the week.
Cinleens Mant to Perform at Music in Aware Park Evening
The Cinleens Mant will render a Jeubril programme at Music in Aware Park Sunday evening, starting at 10 sharp. The band has obtained a number of new players and a few seasoned ones, promising a very pleasant entertainment. The group shows clear improvement since recent auditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aware Park
Royal National Show Prize Winners and Court Arrears
At the Royal National Show prize list for the best pen at heliocks. P and O Coy entries led to top prizes with Moore, Haramihal, and Ferlimg Brox among winners. In court, Arthur Heary failed to show for a maintenance summons. arrears of £44 14s were ordered to imprisonment for four months, with 28 days grace and £24 1s 11d due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. and
O. Coy
Heliocks
Messrs.j
M.S. Moore
Haramihal
Arthur Heary
A. H. O'Kelly
A An~ Fersom
Petty Sessions
Cenlence
Deliberately Fired at Sheridan and L Apin Streets
Coroner finds fire deliberate at corner of Sheridan and L Apin streets with belongings damaged and loss of life unlikely. Sergeant says no foresee able danger. investigation attributed to unknown person. North South East West women conference in Townsville notes 35000 members acting to aid country and needy. conference praised charitable work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Come Verson
HL O'Kelly
Fenehion
Theo Comatanees
Sheridan and
L ‘Aplin Streets
Ivan Fee Berich
Ana
Australia
Townsville
Pacific Invasion Delays Townsville Train Arrival
Northern and Western division members plus a few from the Central Division gathered in Townsville as the Country women's train slated for the South arrived early Thursday carrying 200 visitors. The journey was met by a full crew and conductors, and the visitors were hosted in decorated rooms with blue aprons, white trucks, and blue and white hair bands. Rail stations along the route were festooned in color and travelers enjoyed refreshments and entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townsville
Meetings Held at Theatre Royal and School of Arts
The conferences took place at the Theatre Royal with one session in the School of Arts. Delegates discussed improving road safety and focused on saving the lives of mothers and babies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Arts Roth
Wellramp
Resolutions Adopted at Meeting on Community Welfare
The meeting discussed teaching about charity and home duties. It noted plans for SWErt projects including large scale sugar and candy production and domestic crafts. It referenced 35,000 countrywomen and their children and proposed activities like clo ase and wool work as part of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clacose
Markets and prices of custard apples display odd tale
An incident from a state market reports a man who bought a quarter case of custard apples for a penny and a half and wasted them outside a shop. One large custard apple was set in a window and sold for one and ninepence, the grower’s reserve price for the quarter case.
SELF HELP 4 RESOLUTION AND COMMUNITY SPIRIT
The piece praises community spirit and self-help over government assistance, urging local efforts to improve diets and conditions. It highlights enthusiasm at meetings and the drive of volunteers, noting long travel to reach branches and the vigor of residents taking initiative.
Social Service League Cairns Branch Meets in Rooms
Social Service League Cairns branch gathered in Mr Balfe’s rooms with strong attendance. Members note progress on woodwork, plan to end general meetings on the second Thursday each month, and thank Mr Balfe for granting use of Lakeshees rooms. Next meeting set for Friday September 10 at 8 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairns
Social Service League
BO. Balfe
Kr. Balle
Lakeshees
Pam
Innisfail and District Mishaps Briefly Recorded
Innisfail correspondence reports several injuries: R Pletcher a plasterer from Grace Street damaged his back after a fall from a building. J Kignall strained his right leg after leaping from a drag. Chris Hall of Myers Island suffered a crushed left thumb in a Johnstone River incident. W Page, a mechanic, sustained a punctured wound on the right knee. Jack Devine, a lorry driver, treated for a nail wound to the right heel after an accident. Ambulance crews provided first aid and advised medical attention where noted. Additional injuries include a cane knife wound to the heel and other minor lacerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Innisfail
R. Pletcher
Grace Street
Adeer
J. Kignall
Chris Hall
Myers [Sland
Johnstone River
Uct
W. Page
Jack Devine
Sarah Allen and Son
Helmut
Will
Fast Innisfail
Carsan
Eli
Queensland timber land crisis discussed by manager
Brisbane timber boss warns two main problems in any plan to force land to timber production. If land is mortgaged to the Agricultural Bank, a sale for less than the loan would worsen bank losses and force council action. If owners hold on, accrued rates threaten debt and may hinge on timber price rises to cover costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brisbane
Queensland
Amervatia
Agricultural Bank
Able
Wireless installation agitation at medical service unit
Fragments describe agitation for wireless installation at a medical service facility amid opposition from unnamed autocratic figures and others. Details are unclear, but text signals push for change through alternative methods of communication and potential resistance by authorities.
Sugar Industry Affected Women Seek Stable Agreement
Delegates at a Queensland conference report hardships from low maize prices and sugar bag withdrawals. Mrs Sterne and the association press the Sugar Treaty Board for no changes to the Sugar Agreement, arguing farm workers and exporters rely on stable freight and prices amid ongoing industry stress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atherton
Cin
Queensland
Sterne
Sugar Tomuity Board
Saiti
Thinaenate Ee
Mrs Fairfax for Cairns airs J H Fairfax First State
In a political note, J H Fairfax is identified as a first state figure in the Cairns campaign. The item outlines Fairfax’s role and the campaign angle connected to Mrs Fairfax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Airs
J. H. Fairfax
Gordonvale garden party welcomes Mrs Fairfax
Aug 21 report notes the official opening of Gordonvale C Feat-coum by Mrs Fairfax on Aug 27 at 2 30 PM inviting the public to attend. A 3 30 PM garden party at Mr and Mrs W F Seymour-Howe’s residence follows, with an invasion for beverages and an afternoon tea in Tully planned for Mrs Fairfax’s arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordonvale
Fairfax
Seymour-Howe
Barel
Tully
Ang.ai
LO Paisfax
Mra
Crowther
Huchanan
Atl
CWA
Tilly
Tilly Area. Upon Her Return Mrs. Fairfax
C. Hall
Mental defectives home council motion in Townsville
In Townsville on August 21 at the Country Women's conference, Mrs Walke of Gympie moved a proposal for a government medical council to oversee a home for mental defectives funded by contributions. The motion was withdrawn as funds were unavailable, and the matter was deferred with a suggestion the association approach the government. A regulation motion related to cattle and domestic work was carried at the Northern Diets conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townsville
Me Walkeee
Gympie
Aamoeia
Hon
Wi Funerary Council
Hemand Ie
Moore
J. Ellis
Tragic Death of Farm Lad Ned Wadmot at 21
An English farm lad named Ned Wadmot aged 21 died after a morning motorcycle collision near Balaclava. Atkinson, riding a motor cycle, swerved to avoid an oncoming car driven by Price, but crashed, injuring both riders and sparking an investigation by Constable Wess. Wadmot was admitted in serious condition to Cairns District Hospital where he later died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Ned Wadmot
Kane
Atkinson
Wess
Cairns Dietrer Hospital
DS. Wess
Thomas Mree
Balaclava
Aide
Price
Atkunson
Anstable Ward
Ware Road
Adjourment inquest adjourned after allowance request
Sergeant Birmingham who conducted the inquest asked for an allotment, and the cover Mr A H L O Kelly adjourned the case to Mateuda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
A. HL. O'Kelly
Maltese in the North and Community Ties Stir in Mackay
In a Mackay report, Maltese leader Mr John Patrick Many promotes cultural rights and a vocal commonwealth. The Maltene Advocate defends native tradition and urges unity among Maltese Australians while fundraising for a women’s charity and patriotic newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Insseseaml
Evisfail
John Patrick Many
Eine
Ae Vocal
Melon stones mystery puzzle noted at town fair
Fragmentary OCR reads like a report from the fair describing melon stones and a mystery item. Names and details are unreadable but the event centers on the melon stones mystery observed by fairgoers.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nore Ogg Deere
Cairo
Mathias Iesees
Townarite
Christianis
Fey Auvirs Gesporta
Ser
Chip_ant_ Co
Towlsville
Brisbam
Suvers Imeritad
WWE
Zealand
Weduel's Cable
Fogarty
Thanes
EN Memoriam
OUR News Service
Post
FOR Humanity
Mrs. Fairfax
Quonnes
Rea
Salanika
Flanders
Naan
Tegustica
Crete
Commonwealth
Mackay
Enigers
Japaonvaie
Cate
Prancesoater
Mtr. Albany
A Duly
Swat
Lveti
Iara
I Phisia
Tie
Regies
Morkes
Victorian
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