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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 25, 1930
Page
10
Fragmentary OCR of a radio schedule lists numerous program titles, bands, and captioned notes. Mentions The Chimes, The Daily Mail, The ABC ceremonial, weather updates, and various musical performances with numbers and times. Details are fragmented and hard to confirm.
In Rome on February 22 Senor Donati reportedly set a new altitude record with a latourine area plane beating the previous mark. Official notice confirms the achievement and cites the flight location and date.
An 88 year old veteran writer reflects on London arrival and cultural clash in a cryptic poem fragment. The text blends historical tributes with garbled phrases, citing exotic names and a distant era as it hints at artistic and social tensions.
Mining managers and company officers are urged to send to the Post for authentic reports and further interest concerning mining.
The Falmer Goldfield concession of 1930 is outlined with gazetted allowing areas and boundaries. It notes a Maytown Palmer Goldfield lease area, mining rights, and a syndicate plan to invest £4000 over five years for development. It mentions forming a liability company with £20000 capital and appointing representatives to secure development within concession bounds.
Report from Listw area describes ongoing mining activity and improved weather prospects. Mention of Mr Harris leaving for Victoria and praise for the system he developed. Details include ore break costs, stopes, and crew activity with figures in pence and toms amid operational notes.
The report outlines disrupted operations and management changes at the quarry. It notes low ore grades, damaged infrastructure, and delays in dewatering and continuation of tunneling. Several managers and leaseholders change positions as the plant faces expected losses.
Correspondence discusses difficulties in restricting sugar production from Tweed to Mossman. It argues growers try to maximize cane fertility, resist curtailment, and support central price boards while awaiting Hambledon growers’ responses and market assessments.
A garbled account discusses a growers committee, leadership, and attempts to influence policy. It mentions a canny general secretary, a CAPR representative, and local meetings as tensions rise over production and organisation. The text hints at internal struggles and militant organizing.
A garbled report from London notes a vehicle named the Silver Bullet undergoing an engineering test. It mentions travel toward Southansnton and a planned weekend event around March 11, with references to a race or road test in Wolverhampton and a test on wheels.
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