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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 11, 1927
Page
8
High winds created mini lakes in yards and gutters as residents stayed indoors. Streets became impassable at times, structures suffered, galvani iron sheared away, awnings torn, and kitchens and outhouses carried off. Trees felled and debris littered roads and properties.
As barometer warned of a violent storm, Cairns harbour officials led by Engineer C N Boult secured vessels and plant along Trinity Bay. The punt, sugar conveyors, gantries, moving crane, and ships Arilla Trinity Bay and Alcestis were fastened to the wharf with multiple cables and anchors run out.
Disrupted communications and damaged streets followed a powerful cyclone off Willis Island. Winds battered Cairns, many phones failed, and a few docks and boarding houses suffered structural hits while residents watched barographs for hours.
The Cairns barograph was misused with taps and ink spills, readings deviating three to six points above the corrected instrument. The case was struck hard enough to move the pointer. a notice to stop the abuse was torn down later that evening.
Officials including the Postmaster and J. Marshall at the Post Office issued frequent barometer readings to telephone operators and subscribers. By 11 o'clock the center of the disturbance struck, easing anxiety. The weather theft caused damage at the Railway Station yards, with balconies and lattices torn, several derailed wagons, and railways cut off. Cairns railway service was decisively halted with little information on the two trains toward Mareeba and the Tablelands. The Mulgrave River reportedly rose fourteen feet above the railway line.
The brick chimney stack at Mulgrave Central Mill toppled onto the building during a cyclone. Gordonvale wires were down and daylight revealed widespread wreckage across hotels shops and homes. Sachs Street stores suffered heavy damage and debris scattered across Mreet, with boarding houses and verandahs ruined.
A cyclone wrecked buildings across Newmarket and surrounding streets. Hotels including Newmarket and Federal lose roofs and balconies while St Monicas Church is demolished. Telecommunication poles and electric wires are down. the Royal Hotel and Masonic Hall suffer severe damage. The harbor and hospital areas endure extensive unroofing and structural harm.
Secretary T RB Hall forwards a refined booklet on Cairns Port. He thanks member fee, engineer Cenete, and assistant secretary for assistance. Locality Sketch Map by Pearce and Hinterland write up by Pearce. Wharfage Map by Boult. wharfage facilities account revised by Boult. Wyer guided completion.
A garbled dispatch describes a February meeting involving the CO D committees and the Minister for Ageboul. It mentions discussion of hive needs, appointing matters, and the growers, with emphasis on careful action to avoid widespread deception.
Feb era long labor dispute between the Public Service Union and the Pulte Soden claim for a general wage award. The hearing addressed effective date from 2 January 1980, backdated wage steps, access to arbitration, and per year revenue impacts. The panel adjourned after a moment of pause pending further notice.
The report discusses price fixation enforcement and the new policing of price controls. Minister Matt Gillrdyon summarizes department actions and warns traders to comply or face prosecution under labor laws.
A Brisbane meeting of men in the building trade condemned the Premier’s refusal to meet women. The main action was the Master Builders seeking to cancel a page on bricklayers. Work on the New Council Power House at New Farm proceeded under poor conditions with sleep glazed air.
Two children, C Jones aged 12 and Vera Jones aged 8, drowned after playing near an old jetty when Vera fell in and her brother tried to help. Rescue efforts failed as both sank, holidaying with relatives at a nearby camp.
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