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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 30, 1928
Page
3
The Mourilyan School of Arts held its annual meeting in the evening with strong attendance. President L J Ditty opened the session, reported satisfactory finances, proposed museum plans, library expansion, and electric installations, and thanked retiring members and volunteers whose efforts supported social events and community projects.
Washington August 27 The Director of the Budget Mr Lord has submitted an estimate that the Treasury would suffer a deficit of about 2,046,000 dollars in 192. The deficit, the first definite forecast since the war, is due chiefly to increased governmental expenditures and decreased tax collection.
The Poor Offer will accept mail for America marked catapult air mail following the He de France aeroplane service on August 23. Charge is 2/6 per half ounce in addition to ordinary postage. The Le de France carries an aeroplane that drops mail as it nears port, saving delivery time.
Mareeba School of Arts committee plans to purchase a latest quadrel licale piano for use in the hall. Eucharistic Congress victors from Mareeba include Moore Kelly and Howen, who left by train this week. Tinney leaves next week for the mission. Wood cutting resumes at a rage with significant timber cut. Unemployed Mareeba youths in Mitsa seek work as conditions remain tough. A bowing tournament organized by Duffy McPFarlane is planned to benefit Minne Paid of the School of Arts. Local industries like coal millize cattle and kindred trades are discussed, with reports of workers from Tinaragg and nearby areas. Bush fires persist near Mareeba. efforts to secure a sleeper contract for local work are underway. School sports day featured Mareeba and Dihapra basketball with Mareeba winning 10 to 6, led by Miss G. Ferguson. A new District Superintendent Hartingwell will assume duties as Mt Mulligan residents seek a Friday train service to avoid long absences. Chamber of Commerce notes steps to introduce a suitable service. A letter from Byron Moore discusses tin dredging near Mt Hinrnet, aiming to attract Melbourne investors and reduce costs. The dredge crew would offer local services similar to shipboard testing, using men from Mount Garnet and Garnet.
A dense OCR fragment lists diverse shares and bonds across mining and industrial firms including New Grinen OF, Lander Oil, Tasmania and Queensland stock entries. It enumerates tin, gold and metal stocks with prices, pay statuses, and bond yields, plus references to banks and plantations and dated issue marks.
At Haddlebrook on August 25 the Haddlebrook School of Arts held a village sports day. J Jarrett won the open underhand wood chop prize of £1, Carmichael took second, and T Madson won the open hay step prize with LD Murphy second. The day also included a lively wheeled race, horse events, and a dance with readings of war migrafiles.
Extracts from a diary by Jack Lester recount travel through Etheridge Mareeba Dimbulah Pellard Lappa Koorhoora Alma Den Huslock Creek Lynchbrook and Fossilbrook. Observations note hospital care at Mareeba and character glimpses of miners, locals, and scenes with names such as McNamara Hargraves Petty and Tayhoy.
The writer reports arriving by rail motor at Mt Surprise for dinner then traveling to Kinaslegh and Forsayth. He notes comfortable travel, cattle trucking to the area, a mob of 900 bullocks en route to Townsville, and ongoing stock movement. Local business is steady, two hotels operate, a store changed hands, and schooling is managed by local aides.
A trek from Mt Surprise covers 14 miles to Ellenberh Creek then to Lancewoud Creek and Hob Lewes place. Travelers describe dry terrain, fishing at streams, encounters with Purvis family, and passing Jupps Creek and Lead before returning to camp.
In a noted endurance event a homing pigeon named Worces ter Iaghand completed a long flight and arrived back at its owners loft. The bird’s safe return was celebrated by the local racing community amid curious spectators.
At Cloncurry on August 28 an Afghan, Faazie Ahmed, was charged with the murder of Gel Klan pear Maibow on or about June 14 and remanded to September 5. He faces further remand for the murder of Goodsir E. Miller as police proceed with the case.
An ad-like segment promotes McCoy's Cod Liver Compound Tablets as a health tonic for adults and children. It touts bone strength and overall wellness, claiming refunds if not effective and urging readers to request the product from retailers.
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