Atherton Shire Council considers debenture loan for water works
At a December meeting the Atherton Shire Council debated a £4400 debenture loan to improve the water supply including a new reservoir. Officers noted summer demand, zoning, and subsidy terms under local authority schemes, with estimates for cement lining and pipe costs discussed and plans to be refined by the Irrigation Department.
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Atherton
Cook
Shire of Atherton
Treasury
Connell
Sir Harry Brown
Public Works
Queensland
J R. Kemp
Laffart
Ube
Himelfes
Alan My
Australia
New South Wales
Guilies
Pawsey
Laundry Preparation for Colored Fabrics Tradition
The recipe instructs prewashing coloured clothes with specific basins per color. Black materials use salt in water, blue uses a capsule of ape seeds, red uses two tabs of ox gall, brown and grey mix salt and alum.
Smithfield’s brief rise and fall on the Barron River route
From Hodgkinson history to Smithfield’s first track via Kamerunga Crossing to the Barron, the 1880s tram routes, crossings, early hotels, and the rise of Smithfield. Notable events include Ian Ingham’s sawmill link, a 1882 Port Douglas shift, deadly shootings, disappearances, and 1881 flood line repairs shaping the settlement’s short life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodgkinson
Barron River
Smith
Kamerunga
Barron
Stoney Creek
Biboohra
Northcote
Bearron
Clohesy
Kuranda
Hydro Board
Smithfield Range
George the Greek
Pat Downey
Smiths
Smithfield
Murphy
Cur Kuranda
Crove
Cairns
Ingham
London
Cardwell
Daintree
Robert Ilp
Trinity Inlet
Victoria
Smith's Creek
Rifle Club
Frank
Thornborough
Bowen
Petrie Terrace
Matthews
Barron Crossing
Meston
Cooktown
Tye
Michael Dwyer
Inspector Isley
Smithfeld
Guilfoyle
Stratford
Craig
Fallon
Martin
Richter
Peterson
Kopp
Corcoran
Downey
Kelly
Herberton
Atherton
Marlin
Cram
Magnus Peterson
Old Township
Cairne
Fallons
Petersons
Coygan
Bridgeman
Barron Water
Port Douglas
Duncan
Clarke
Cairns 1
Borough
Thorn
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D. J. Moynahan
Morrows Pty. Ltd
Brisbane
Coyyan
Hugh A Borland
W. B. Ingham
New Guinea
Oes
WAL
Penneys
Weish
Corb
Penray
Micans
Joyce
Joyon
Bemberg
al Penneys
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