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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 28, 1935
Page
2
The letter condemns the ministerial response to worker needs stressing that relief work and unemployment policies fail to meet wartime demands. It argues action by ministers and labor leaders is required and questions continued support for the current plan.
A letter connects past and present social issues noting the shift from parish relief to work incentives. It cites a magistrate judgment, complains of unemployment and underemployment, and argues industrial progress should empower workers rather than burden them.
A letter from Townsville dated February 28 1935 discusses wages and workers’ rights. It argues lower wages may increase freedom and leisure, critiques slogans, praises modest contentment, and contrasts modern machinery with humane living, ending with a call to cooperation and patience.
Newly elected directors of the Dimbulah Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association Ltd held a meeting on Friday. Veness was elected chairman unopposed. Holroyd and others declined nominations. The group decided to contact the National Revenue Department for excise guidance and to pursue Rural Assistance Board funds. Secretariat notes and building plans were discussed. the secretary E H Short was confirmed. The Victory mine reported work slow due to recent breakages and a nearby mine reopened for a short period.
The report notes hot days with scattered showers and increasing humidity around Daintree. It mentions road inspections by Mulican of the Meta Roads Commission and engineer Wan, with plans to upgrade China Camp 2500 chains of road works and a focus on the Daintree-Cockatoos road project. A crash involving Mr Martin in Yemen is briefly referenced, with injury.
At an adjourned meeting in Merbertan on February 25 writers discussed reorganising the Herbertan branch of RESTLA. Reported informacy from Cairo parent body and approval of a monthly meeting routine were noted, with one dissent opposing any non purely linear structure.
A country press discussion critiques Senator Charles Hardy’s article with diagrams on Australian production costs and export shares. It notes high domestic prices for agricultural goods, suggests protections boosted local values, and questions why export emphasis remains strong despite a large home market.
Advertised remedy Dr Sheldon's Kidney Pills claims to dissolve excess urea, purify blood, and eliminate rheumatic pain. The copy cites years of suffering and asserts pills taken after meals cleanse the system, reduce swellings, and improve general health.
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