Jockey Club Meeting Highlights and Local Farewell Notes
Melbourne reports moist cold conditions at Mooney Valley with Wallaby Handicap and Oakland Hunt events won by Almo and Samander by margins of two lengths and eight heads respectively. Kuranda station decorations praised, thanks extended to Hunter and Wrettle. a long dance night ends with Auld Lang Syne and National Anthem. in England, Scotland, and Ireland pub counts per population noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Ashland Hooteb
Mooney Valley
Sprngsong
Almo
Silent Maid
Hunter
Kuranda Station
Bender
Mr. Hunter
Mr. Wreitle
T. Wreide
Mr .G. Wreide
Jaor
Veelin
Alice
Misa QO
Wreide
G. Wreide
M. Wreide
Kuranda
A Kuranda Farewell to Stationmaster Wrede
A Saturday farewell at the Kuranda hall honored Mr. G P W Wrede, late stationmaster, with residents led by Mr. Hunter. He lamented the railway strike kept many away, praised Wrede’s service and cricket involvement, and noted a garden of plants he planted at the station. Mr. J T Wrede succeeded him, receiving a gold watch, while Wrede thanked the crowd for their kindness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G P. W. Wrede
Keranda
Wriede
Kuranda
Hunter
Koranda
Whede
Wreide
Wreitle
Kurande
Keramis Statton
Mr Winede
Wreidle
Wrestle
Bender
Mr. Wriede
JT. Wreade
Wreade Raing
Sugar land sale prospects near Babinda and Russell River
This notice advertises sugar land for sale or lease around Babinda and Russell River. It lists acreage from 6 to 455 acres, with prices per acre and improvements including cleared land, proximity to tramlines, railway bridge access, and mentions of cane potential and Chinese gardens. Easy terms offered. region emphasized as prime sugar country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babinda
Russell River
Raecelt
Sydney Meat Union Ends Work as Strike Tightens
In Sydney last night unionists in retail butcher shops voted to cease work amid meat trade confusion. In Newcastle coal miners warned authorities and vowed solidarity if any officials are harmed. Melbourne trades hall talks continued with no action announced while volunteers began loading ships and workers discharged at Yarraville and Mount Lyell wharf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Newcastle
Baddeley
Colliery Employees’ Federation
Collea
Coal Workers’ Organisation
Melboucene
Trades Hall Council
Victoria
Union
Carters
Mount Lyell Company
Yarraville
Tasmania
Marawah
Colonial Sugar Refining Co
Wonthagen
New South Wales
Stoppage at Brisbane Wharves Halts Union Steamships
At Brisbane on August 22 no work was done on Interstate steamship wharves. The A US N Co ships Wyandra Mallina and Musgrave laid up while Arawatta and Tay undergo annual overhaul at Kangaroo Point. Several ships face non union labor disputes and coastal trade ships Moruya Palmer Flinders Musgrave remain in port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brisbane
Interstate Steamship Companies
A.us.n. Co
Wyandra
Mallina
Musgrave
Arawatta
Tay
Kangaroo Point
Tinana
Rockhampton
Bingera
Townsville
Wodonga
Cairns
Howard Smith Limited
Queensland
Moruya
Palmer
Flinders
North Queensland
Grisbane
Sydney
Melbourne
Signaller Skeyhill Responds to Nightmare Critic
Signaller Tom Skeyhill defends his actions amid criticisms in a letter to the Editor. He questions the identity and motives of the anonymous critic "Wrinkles" and defends allocating Red Cross funds from a Sunday meeting to private Hanson and the community cause. He asserts his commitment to Australia and Queensland and challenges the critic’s charitable and patriotic credentials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skeyhill
Private Hanson
Suanday
Australia
Mrs. Webb
Hanson
Queensland
Tom Skeyhill
Palace Pictures Showcases Metro Drama One of Many
At Palace Pictures tonight the Metro photo drama One of Many stars Frances Nelson and Niles Welch as a daughter cares for a ill mother and faces a difficult path after her mother dies. Austral Pictures screens The Saintly Sinner with Ruth Stenhouse, plus Mixed Kids comedy. Prices 1/3 gd 6d. Cairns Theatre changes include Hell's Hinges and varied dramas with prices 1/9 1/3 1/ prevail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palace Pictures
Metro
Frances Nelson
Niles Welch
Austral Pictures
Austral
Star Fim
Ruth Stenhouse
Australis
Cairns Theatre
Cairing Theatre
Hell's Hinges
Cairns
Resting Eggs Aids Hatch After Transportation
Eggs that have been moved or shaken should rest for no less than 24 hours and then be set under or after to improve hatch viability by allowing the germ vitality to recover. The guidance emphasizes a quiet period to enhance outcomes.
Boebles Now Open For Major Australian Races
Boebles announces daily events at its billiard room featuring the Epsom Handicap and Metropolitan H. races, Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, and the V.R.C. Derby with up to date betting and coverage for patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. i Caulieidl
Melbourne Cups
V.rc
Cairn S&s
N.q.ra
EPSOM
Metropolitan
Caulfield
Melbourne c. PS
Sugar Mills Proposed for Cardwell to Cairns District
A letter to the Townsville Chamber of Commerce from M L Cutten of Clump Point urges backing for a plan to settle and develop the Cardwell to Cairns coast with two modern sugar mills. He notes sugar as the district’s sole assured prosperity, cites failed farms near Clump Point, and appeals for Chamber support to spur regional growth and repatriation housing. Also mentioned are weather and poultry notes and a quote from J Ogden Armour on home food conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardwell
Cairns
Townsville
Clump Point
Cutten Bros
South Johnstone
Queensland
Learces
Clump
West Indies
Germans Divided Views on War and Government, War’s Social Drumbeat
The piece argues most Germans support the war and government while a small Social Democratic minority remains behind the lines. It notes Germans are fatigued by blockade yet united in belief that America’s entry will not immediately end the conflict. It describes three classes of German thought and criticizes liberal reform hopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Reichstag
Italeo
Miajofly
United States
America
England
Ther Motte
Stout Old Gentleman Confronts Burdened Traveller
A stout elderly man confronts a hurried Scot near a doorway. The traveler insists he is just a traveler and not a motorcar, while locals groan at the exchange and the door is slammed.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thorpe’s Patent
Agg Dozen
Sporting
Fixteres
Auuulst
Wangaratta
Towers Jockey Club
Herterton
Oakland Hunt Club
Oakland
Etight Eng
Scotland
Ireland
Wm. Lennon
Lake Street
IB Costin
Mareeba
Bess
Mareerg
Cranch & Gordon
Spence ST
Palace Pictures Limited
Featuring
Francia Nelson and
Miles Welch
Post” and “Herald
Entertainments
Spence Street
P.O. Box
Sana Crng
Crowe Hotel
Cais
Mom Aera Iere
Galsten Shire
Francels
Punacs
Hata
Sten
G. Lisha
Cardwell District
Burns, Philp & Co., L.td
William
Hart
Clara Jene
Lewie Graum
Thomas H. Ince
Thomas Curtin
London
Daily Mail
Hullo
J. Skeen
Abbott Street
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