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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 13, 1918
Page
4
A local seed seller promotes LAW SOMNER'S SEEDS as reliable, boasting strains that yield hearty, vigorous plants and bountiful fields of choicer vegetables including parsley, parsnip, garlic, turnips, tree onion, and potatoes.
Report of Bond Cup and Oakleigh Plate outcomes at Melbourne on February 12 with listed contenders and scratchings. Highlights include selections like Chrome and Shadowland for the Bond Cup and a long list of Oakleigh Plate acceptors. Rose dominates the 440 yards ladies event, Rainbow places second, Daisy and Maude retire.
February report notes severe strain within the State Cabinet over financing new railway lines. Premier and ministers discuss differences, with a plan to set general guidelines for implementation amid contract disputes. The Chief Commissioner and cabinet members foresee a satisfactory adjustment to contracts.
Testimony described relationships between drink and venereal disease among soldiers. Witnesses noted up to seventy percent of venereal cases linked to camp conditions and temperate men also affected. Officer demobilizations were few, and questions focused on the impact of disease on discipline and attendance. A vote and meeting scheduled for February 20 were referenced in the proceeding.
Weather has been unsettled with heavy rain and heat waves. Mascot Day funds received from Innisfail district total 119 pounds 5 shillings 11 pence. Local clubs plan a benefit performance for hospital funds and St Patrick's Day celebrations. Hotels and businesses changed hands including Imperial Hotel and Combesweers Hotel.
Officials and chambers discussed bi weekly sea routes from Mourillyan Harbor and Townsville, with additional steamers considered if conditions warrant it. South Johnstone tramways and Queensland authorities push inter-state talks, while staff and visitors travel between Townsville, Atherton, and Innisfail. Wage disputes flare over scrub cutting work, with compromise offered but not speeding up progress. Chamber and Council request support. Billiards tournament semi finals feature after midweek play.
A local Ambulance Brigade plans a sports meet and outing at Pilot Station to raise funds. The Motor Boat Club agreed to support with a motor boat handicap and an exhibition of sea planing, with a future meeting to be held in March.
The piece reports persistent rain disrupting ore production across mines, with high wages and costly hauling. It notes the Empress and Kentucky mines can cope with steam and outlines a contract with Graham and Matheson to deliver ore at 46/2/6 per ton, plus 16 percent content and 18/6 additional if Kaiser is not present. It mentions tin enthusiasm in the North and varying copper fortunes amid continued rainfall.
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