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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 20, 1920
Page
5
The hospital board discusses superintendent Collins rebutting claims about pay and duties. Attendees debate salary, allowances, and costs to the institution, noting a shift from £360 annual salary to higher figures and examining earnings for medical officers and services.
Cairns committee hears about 1455 patients in 1919 with 39 of 40 admitted for alcohol related issues. Four died, several incurable, many from outside districts. Proposals call for monthly surgeon reports and possible discharge for long stays to curb costs.
The Too woomba Chronicle notes plans to start a bacon factory on the Atherton Tableland. Mr Manager of Bibophra Meats near Cairns arranged for rep Mr F Smith to visit the coast and secure stock from Toowoomba and Margaret Street suppliers. Selection included Berkshire Tamworth and Herkshire pigs shipped to Cairns. Government Vet J K McGowan certified health. Farmers urged to back the venture, predicting major local demand and a standard of Darling Downs.
A social and dance indoors at the Fasetie Club in Odd Fellows Hall on Thursday night drew a large crowd. Miss J OConnell Ms Bremner and Mr Palmer contributed songs as refreshments were served and attendees enjoyed a pleasant evening.
A small fire occurred at about 11 90 a.m. Thursday in the rear of the premises. Cairns Fire Brigade arrived quickly with a reel and the blaze was put out with very little damage.
An Anglo-Dafian force with Indian and African troops, tanks and planes quickly crushed the Mad Mullah’s rising in Abyssinia. The rest of the text includes garbled fragments about cooking and other arts, with stray proper nouns and incomplete phrases.
A Melbourne meeting of marine engineers urged the Federal executive to settle the strike promptly. They pressed for immediate resumption of work and discussed merchants offering to cover wage differences until the tribunal decision. The union noted shipowners had been informed of the offer.
The Cairns School of Arts held its 33rd annual meeting with committee members present. The report notes increased subscriptions and subsidies but higher expenditures due to repairs. overdraft reduced to £a point, with potential further reduction expected, and ongoing public support urged to sustain the institution.
The report details expenditures including repairs and allotments, interest payments, and overdraft history. It notes book acquisitions limited by shipping strikes, praises the reading room, and lists staff reappointments and chair changes. A decision to insure 1500 for accident cover is recorded with accounts passed pending inspection.
London dispatch reports a New York Times summary of a House proposal to set up a Supreme Court review on presidential incapacity. The article notes Wilson’s Russia troop decision, Adriatic diplomacy, and pressure in the Senate over a treaty amid election fears.
In Brisbane on February 19 the Legislative Council saw a large public turnout as new members were sworn in. Members Collings Donovan Donovan Hanson McPhail Mulvey Sevich Carroll Kilpatrick Thompson and Hanson took seats. Debate centered on the Mines Act Amendment and Land Act Amendment bills with protests over pastoralist concessions and concerns the House would deter investment.
Brisbane February 19. In reply to Mr. Swayne Mr Larcosche reports 187695 cattle on the state estate with about 68 per cent in estimates. Expenditure from trust and loan funds discussed. State stations criticized for not fulfilling purposes. Labor members accused of ousting reform aims while farmers seek benefits.
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