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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 04, 1929
Page
5
London reports relief reaching the northern coalfields as 4 wagon loads of aid arrived from Milton to Lomfon easing distress among miners.
Visiting Southern yachtsmen from Victoria and Tasmania taking part in the interstate series in Brisbane received a civic reception led by Vice Mayor Watson. They praised the hospitality and noted the renewed vigor of yachting after the war with the new 21 feet class and the dinghy class gaining momentum.
Capetown reports Capt Malcolm Campbell arrives to attempt the world speed record at the Verneuk saltpan between February 19 and 20. The route spans about 300 miles with signposts and petrol stations planned along the path. A £1000 purse has been set by the Automobile Club to push Verneuk toward racing supremacy.
Sydney reports extensive fires in the sister state with 7000 acres burned in Singleton district including fencing and homesteads. A large blaze in the Warranbungle mountains near Coonamarabran left grass paddocks bare and damaged over a thousand acres plus a woolshed and hay stack, estimated at £2000.
The Surf Association suspended P. Marlin of North Steyne Surf Club until August 1930 and R. Ford of Manly Club until August 1929 after a disturbance between surf boat crews at North Steyne. The action follows the recent clash and marks a formal disciplinary response by the association.
Lieutenant Colonel Norman Rutherford, once tried in 1919 for the murder of Major Seton of the Australian Medical Corps and found guilty but insane, has been released from Broadmoor Asylum. He is understood to have left the country and is believed bound for America.
An elderly resident recounts a centuries old rumor of a haunted vicarage near South Misami dating to a murder at the parsonage. Reverend Allen Hay says he felt a benign presence but has never seen a spirit, leaving whether the visitor is the murdered woman open to question.
In a first person account from Elliott O'Donnell in the Sunday News, a narrator describes uncanny nocturnal sightings near High Barnet. He sees a pale blue glow above a tomb, then hears a thud and senses a pursuing presence by The Wash, later linked to a haunted tomb legend.
The article argues that gambling is the primary driver of serious crimes, surpassing other factors as the main link. It emphasizes social harm and urges attention to betting-related issues, noting affected communities and potential policy responses.
A white sparrow was spotted at Hindley Green in the Wigan coalfield England. An arrival of over a million and a quarter boxes of shave products from North America is reported to reach England within a fortnight. A member of a fairly diverse club who plays three days a week may estimate his sport cost Wing Well over forty pounds annually.
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