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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 06, 1929
Page
7
The Cardwell Shire Council held its monthly meeting on Thursday. Councillor Win McKeown moved a vote of condolence to Mrs. Kane and family on the death of Inspector John Kane. motion seconded by Dr. Milns and carried with members in silence.
The Overseer’s report details road realignments from portions 34 to 396 Jerish Court Tyson to the boundary near 394, with a survey to Rockingham and possible opening of Cotton's road subject to funds. Council seeks land from property owners for a back swamp road, requests cane permits for Murray River lands, and considers embankment and road survey actions while awaiting Main Roads Commission review.
The council conducted a series of votes on appointing Mr. Thomas Kane and producing correct occupier names for Port 62v Ty Son parish. It also moved to place private hospitals under council control and to request Main Roads Commission actions from Vortion 74 to Warmeter's Beach.
December 2 Atherton notes report R Sutherland Crown Land Ranger returns from three months leave and resume duties in Herberton Circuit. a patient is taken to Atherton Hospital after a steel splinter injures W Gilboy. Three and a half inches of rain fell at East Barrow in the last fortnight. water supply restored to Racecourse Road by midday after council turned off water earlier.
Amateur cricket matches attracted two teams amid mixed results, with fifty seven runs in a picnic frame and a tied day. The Bridge Society met on Friday, the vice president’s team beat the president’s by five, and a euchre party at Memorial Hall raised funds for the Roman Catholic Church Building Fund.
The report notes that investments in art silks exceed 00, 00,600 while global industry employment nears 350,000 workers, highlighting widespread activity and economic reach across regions.
Melbourne reports on a proposal by four members of the Melbourn e Wheel Ledbearers Union urging representatives of the Watersiders Federation visiting Canberra to press the Ministry for a refund of £680 paid as part of a £100 fine levied on the previous year. The idea would apply the recovered funds to alleviate distress among workers.
Police in Sydney seized a second suspect after the murder of Bernd Dalton. Edwin Devine and Hase Sesveuned Lim were arrested with Feilers Donald Green, who held the revolver. Dalton, wounded in hospital, had earlier given a deposition before the fatal shooting. The city’s underworld is unsettled by recent police actions.
In Innisfail on December 4 at the See Court Chief Magistrate Aitkin heard objections to transferring the Central Hotel Silkwood license from Esteban Guardiolo to Mrs. Dewar. Sub-Inspector Cahalane cited Guardiolo’s scheduled liquor hours violation and questioned the transferee’s fitness. Adjournment requested. matter postponed for a fortnight.
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