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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 07, 1938
Page
2
A Brisbane visitor notes driving manners improving with reduced taxi incidents. The piece discusses political uncertainty after a Labor convention, relief tax debates, and voter impact on elections. It mentions a shift toward smaller cars, British-made vehicles, and road improvements affecting recreation travel.
The fragment records a January 36 date meeting of Topar Q C W A with officers Fletcher and Aus Wathen presiding and Madam Brenda as secretary. It notes discussions, a plan to reduce meetings and a new caretaker for the first site, with an agenda including a tea service and a January event calendar.
Canberra reports from the Commonwealth Statistician Finance Bulletin No. 2h detail Australia’s life insurance landscape in 1936. It notes government plans for national insurance, co operation of visiting insurers and friendly societies, and the scale of ordinary and industrial policies, assets, liabilities, and new business in Australia.
For the week ended February 6 Atherton Centre attended six accidents and 12 medical transports, traveled 24 miles, and answered 28 evacuations. An examination and several staff notes detail patients treated, a new ambulance car tender being awarded, and the Atherton region’s emergency response activities.
Cooktown State School opened the year with good attendance. Teachers for year are Mr. J Peters and Miss S Quill. The Convent of St Marys Catholic parish opened mid week with four Sisters of Mercy. Sister R Willson, nurse at Cooktown Hospital, resigns to study further. Matron A M Clarke plans a send off. Joyce Wallace leaves for Lourdes Hill Convent Brisbane. Bullocks brought in from Butcher Hill by Fred Shephard, delay at Normanby River, expected arrival this weekend.
The Loyal Trinity Lodge held a Wednesday meeting with 32 members present and discussed upcoming events. A double Lodge gathering and degree conferrals were planned with nearby lodges in Port Douglas and Atherton, including regalia presents and hall improvements. Regular letters from allied lodges urged attendance and transport arrangements, with future degree and officer conferral dates set for February.
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