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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 14, 1925
Page
12
A fragmented price list showcases shortbread wafers, assorted creams, cookies, chocolates, and mixed toffee items. It mentions brands like Arnott and London mixtures, with prices in shillings and pence and notes on stock such as Muscatels and ginger. Also promotes stockings and ham offerings.
Cairns Chamber of Commerce tabled a Sydney Press report on passion fruit farming. Mr Stillman read the document and the chamber decided to ask Mr Cottee for advice on guaranteed markets before any action. The meeting listed members including W J Stillman and J Tennant, and noted potential for export demand and railway implications.
Documentation shows mail non delivery ahead of Northern mail departures causing concern at the Commercial Bank and with Cairns officials. In Townsville a boycott protest grows over holiday delays and port dispatch. Chamber leaders push for action on demurrage amid strikes while cargo shifts north to Cairns and beyond seeks faster transshipment solutions.
The Board recommends a permanent Reinforced Concrete Act to regulate design, construction, and supervision of concrete structures in Victoria. It urges a standards body with experts from universities and engineering institutions, plus appointed specialists, to certify competence, oversee plans, and enforce penalties.
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