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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 03, 1938
Page
3
In a troubling incident a rector was wounded during a stabbing assault near a church. Police say the victim, identified by officials, is receiving care as investigators collect evidence and review security footage. No arrests have been announced.
Fragmentary dispatch from Lond en on January 2 describes gifts and a state agent reading a note about items packed in cubicles, large rooms, and bets. It mentions measurements and a mysterious layout with distances, suggesting a public or gambling context but contains many garbled phrases and missing details.
In a court remarks day, the magistrate was welcomed by members of the legal profession. Mr J T Meantee, Inspector, led the remarks as Mr H Alles, PM, took the bench. Mr Berkey endorsed the sentiments, and Mr Alea expressed thanks, noting continued cooperation from the legal community.
The commission adjourned amid unclear testimony on whether the government has a basis for charges and concerns about corruption. Proceedings included remarks by Sir Sydney Seow and Sir Jasna Stanich as officials referenced possible outcomes and the need to address systemic issues.
The Innisfail hospital board reports to Cabinet on subdivision proposals for allotments and considers funding limits for nurses’ quarters and a new doctor’s residence. Government plans to scale back further hospital developments prompt calls for a revised program to meet current and future needs.
A narrator recalls 1920s travels with Mr Deepel of Ballarat across Australia. They trek by horse toward Palm Valley near Alice Springs, hoping to reach a famed oasis and water sources while discussing transport dreams, lake Eyre mysteries, and a sunset-like expedition with a tracker, rifle, and camera. The recount blends vivid desert scenery with frontier exploration and local speech.
A far outback account describes extensive limestone caves on the Nullabor Plain. Woolly’s tale mentions a notable cave five miles north of the Madura station, in the Southern Central Province, as part of a broader underground network across the Nullabor deserts.
Berlin reports a February interview stating that recovering colonies tops Germany’s political goals. The speaker argues liberation from Versailles shackles is essential and believes German foreign policy can advance without warlike action.
A garbled OCR fragment references the Duke of Portland and Welbeck with mention of Sir Wiles, odd phrases, and unclear names. The readable bits suggest a historical theater or marriage scene connected to Welbeck but lack coherent facts or dates to form a clear summary. The incomplete text precludes identifying a definite event or outcome.
RAF flying boat damaged at Modein on February 2 after a sightseer reported the craft veered from moorings. The water will be pumped out after daylight and the hull will be repaired.
To the Editor Sir the public meeting raised by the Mayor for Friday February 4 at 8 o clock at the Council Chambers to canal the matter of museum in the city of Taira should meet with the wholehearted support of the public of Norw id and more especially of the GAT of aims and the business re. fies partcularly. This may appear strange logis but Cairm in the Weer of the tourist during the winter months and the tourist trade in an industry shiek must be fomiered i the Nerta and everything can be done to make a visit to this district more attractive should he dome by three who in exchanst ttleeap ply of naturel ami other wealth anti Mone. be able to mas some effort tn metablish itself in this rrapect. Quite spart from the aesthetic aspect of median institution what am advertion ment for the district and what an snet it would be to the city to have some place where the tourism from all over the world could be taken and shown what cam he produced in the area quite apart from other historical data that would be of general intert. The tourist trade is rapidly ineresting year by veer and thin coming seases will me new ships added to the selectvie sir in the Suteoaste of the business aretion of this northern com munity. This should be and innovations wading to the in terest of the visitor shoal be cur oe piaatiius memneet OF name 6 te matter of r ve to ad aes Le Serrot
The narrative recounts cave exploration with torches and rifles, noting limestone strata, silt, and passages that lead to large chambers. Explorers observe nesting barn owls, seabird remains, and shells, with encounters of mosques of wings and a climate of extreme heat and saline water in tunnels.
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