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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 15, 1939
Page
5
Mt Garnet district notes report weather and road conditions. A new Irvinebank Ambulance Committee is formed with officers and payments. Hospital fund activity includes donations, meetings, and visits by locals. A benefit euchre party and dance raised about £21 for the Mt Garnet First Aid and Maternity Hospital funds.
Babinda progress report notes Barron Falls Hydro Electricity Board lines erected in town to replace mains with a transformer installed near the post office. Cairns visitors visit Bartle Frere gold field by road and on foot. Tourist road to the Boulders finished with two pools now open for public use. Local residents Audrey Coote party and E Pullen group travel to Maryborough. Babinda basketball teams MA and MB cap undefeated season with a December 6 presentation at Convent School. girls receive silver cups.
A weather change brought light showers to Tully on Monday night, rainfall to 4 o clock totaling 19 points, the first rain of the month and lifting yearly total to 205 inches 98 points. Red Cross members held a social at CWA hall with 100 attendees including ping pong wins by J Pease and songs by J Malkey and W Sadlier. The RAOR Tully branch 53 elevated H R Sadler to the 3rd degree in a Knights ceremony led by E N Slee man KOM LP DwGP and F Cobbe ROH. The 90 members dined after a program of vocal and instrumental acts, with visitors from Ingham Mossman Cairns and the Tableland.
Britain's forests are defense lines and a new knowledge allows sugar and many vital products to be produced from softwoods like birch ash elm and sycamore. The Forestry Commission has planted hundreds of thousands of acres since 194-16 and research says no part of a tree goes to waste. A wood fuel generator reaches speeds over 50 miles an hour for pennies, while a tree based glass substitute assists aircraft windows.
At the School of Arts Hall the Australian Comforts Fund opened its first monthly committee meeting with Mrs A E Bowden presiding. Attendees included Mesdames Newell Atkinson Cook Grant Collins secretary and Cummings Harries and Elwood Ball Porger and others. A shilling drive was agreed as the initial fundraising effort with twelve new members added to the roll. The event featured music by Moss Collins and extras by Phyl Daley Mareeba J Murphy D Roberts and W Leonard. The after supper novelty was won by Alf Stedman and partner.
The RACQ protests any petrol rationing by the Federal Government unless war conditions require it and adequate supplies remain certain. It warns against import duties or restrictions that would raise petrol prices for average users while noting the fuel’s vital role in agriculture and business. The notice also calls motorists to comply with luggage regulations to avoid obscuring number plates and rear lights.
The Royal Automobile Club of Queensland urges defences against fuel shortages through expanded storage and shale oil protection. With heavy Christmas travel expected on north and south coast routes, motorists are advised to plan early for maps, fuel, and tyre safety. No petrol restrictions expected before end January. Inspect tyres and spare, ensure correct pressure, and test the jack before holiday trips.
The December 6 meeting of the Butchers CWA at the hall discussed Christmas donations to Atherton hospital and £3 for the hospital, plus parcels for local boys departing for the ALF. The Younger Set also met with proceeds sent as Christmas greetings and a donation to Atherton hospital. A successful combined event December 9 featured music and prizes, benefiting the CWA by over 35.
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