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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 21, 1927
Page
6
Tropical Theatre offers Fighting Youth a Master Picture starring William Fairbanks with Pauline Garon and Dick Covington. The plot follows a heroic club idol facing a rival who tries to sidetrack him from a crucial arena moment, testing his courage and resolve.
A crowded Saturday night showing of Vie porn at the Yal ace featured a double bill with Richard Dix in Say It Again. Bob Howard and Gunner Jones are wounded aboard the steamer to Spezonia, where palace intrigue, mistaken identity, and revolutions unfold ending with a royal rescue and a fatal shooting. Dixie Merchant closes the racing tale.
Fragmentary OCR lists a wealthy plantation owner and a comic premise with digressive names and scattered professional notices. It mentions Joseph Bennett solicitor, various Cairns and Innisfail lawyers, dental and medical specialists, and hospital references, all in a garbled historical newspaper style.
Farmers in the Merragallon area are testing stock feed, growing Ki-ku-yu grass and panicum for quick cover and permanent seed. Rhodes grass declined here earlier, with no Rhodes currently in the vicinity. Local incidents include Mr. Bowers hospital stay after a cow injury and Mr. Howes losing an eye after an accident. The Rev Gowrie visited Millaa, observed damage from a storm, and plans to return home.
February 16 notes report progress on repairs to the Cardwell Kenjewedy road with many names and contracts. Division one owes over £1000. talks of a special loan for other repairs, weather reviews, and a possible jetty project at Oyster Point as efforts focus on the river and Cardwell roads. Meetings adjourned to February 24 with discussions of a contentious annex and preparations for Cranaella revel and bridge concerns.
The Cardwell Amateur Race Club held a meeting on the 5th with present members including Misere Metarth and Cahill. They adjourned the agenda to a later meeting, agreed to arrange funds handling at a special session, and planned track resurfacing with Mr Mott Dorae at Priama. The Cardwell Shire Council reported no communication from the Svevevord Gencil’s denactment about new streets in Tully town, and names for council seats were to be approved. Local political maneuvering includes Cardwell and Kennedy branch discussions for Australian Voter Party candidates, while plantings progress with 1, humana stickers and flood-damage losses noted around W. Nott and J. C. Ebert plantations.
The timber industry suffers from railway damage cutting timber out of transport. Many timber workers seek other jobs, mainly in railway repairs, as Cardwell Shire Council leader Dr James Thorn arrives and coordinates with MP Percy Pearse on roads and bridges. Immediate relief measures are reportedly being planned for tomorrow.
A historical report describes native carriers in New Guinea forced to carry packs from Salamaua toward Port Moresby. Carriers endure long days, dangerous terrain, and scarce food as disease and exhaustion threaten many. Some are abandoned or die, while employers hope to preserve workers for future tasks.
Cairns readers report a foul odor from a killed beast dumped near the cattle yards. Families with children complained of the stench as carcass parts were allegedly buried hastily. City inspector praised for prompt action amid public concern.
The Manchester trade and port distribution report notes a shift in economic patterns and a £135.6 spending figure from last year. It emphasizes the teeming central role of the city in key industries and mentions private sector price declines affecting commodities. Sydney February 7.
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