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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 14, 1918
Page
4
February tips urge gardeners to plant now with Somner’s Seeds noted as reliable for bumper crops. It highlights broad beans Brussels sprouts cabbage cauliflower onion tree and potato onion as good early plantings for hardy vigorous vegetables.
The Cairns J C patrote meeting programme for March closes nominations on the 22nd and invites entries. Strong local interest and good ties expected from attractively timed event.
Sydney reports note Armidale Cup winner White Grain and Futurity results. Melbourne lists final acceptances for the Futurity Stakes with Desert Gold and many others, alongside first acceptances for the Newmarket Handicap including Wedge Whitefield Cetigne and a long list of horses.
Cricketers faced a very wet wicket while Cairns won by an inning and 28 runs. D Miller Co and A Ames led Cairns with 27 and 23, Wilson Lang and Clem presented strong bowling for Gordonvale. Gordonvale 57 and 8 in their two innings, with Chastensen top scoring 24 in the second.
Suburbs by innings to 1 wicket. Robinson 1 not out 34, Carter 21. Following team lists Lennon, Mayers, Gelling, McLean, McBride, Maddigan, Seaman. Military CC to play next at Noron Park at 2 15 with Beattie, Foster, Fos.
A local shooting event at Mulgrave featured John Dans achieving a century in handicap as the first shoot of the season. Participants reported steady scores and keen competition among shooters.
Lieut Gun Heidke writes from the Second Brigade describing the Palestine campaign on or around October 2nd. The Turkish retreat collapses after Beersheba falls and British forces pursue, capturing prisoners and artillery. Heidke notes water challenges, heavy casualties, and a long pursuit ending near Jerusalem. He mentions receiving a commission promotion to Second Lieutenant and reports on hardships, cigarettes, and morale.
Advert appears to claim Bisulated Magnesia cures indigestion dyspepsia heartburn and related stomach troubles by neutralizing stomach acid and healing the inflamed stomach. It contrasts with ordinary magnesia products and asserts rapid, lasting results based on reported cases.
Minister Hunter addresses criticisms raised by the Courier over State meat measures and private shop offers. He recalls 1915 talks with master butchers, notes stock shortages and price pressures from pastoralists, and cites price declines after Dillalah cattle sales affecting Brisbane meat markets.
A Queensland exchange argues for government backed pricing tied to production and distribution costs. It criticizes pastoralists and meatworks for shifting heavy costs to consumers and calls for policy that protects residents while preserving local industries. The piece condemns current incentives as harmful to the state economy.
A Sydney Daily Telegraph report notes unrest in Berlin with an estimated 730,000 workers on strike amid broader Austrian tensions. The piece argues the German military bureaucracy may be losing its edge as strikes challenge wartime discipline and foreshadow possible off ensives.
A Daily Telegraph correspondent reports in Petrograd that Russian hands destroyed the Cathedral of the Assumption and the Ivan Veliki tower at the Kremlin. The loss strikes at the heart of Russia’s history, crown rites, and sacred relics once housed there, including a Christ shroud and other priceless ecclesiastical treasures.
The Cairns Theatre screens Richard the Razen about a Texas man posing as an English peer sent to Allence by the British Government. Williams, tangled in mistaken loyalties, navigates a web of deception as a real lord’s accident and a clever plot unfold. Also shown is A Magdalene of the Hills with Mabel Taliaferro, praised for scenery and acting in a northern southern romance set amid rugged mountain locations.
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