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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 06, 1940
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a flushing event affecting a stretch of about 15 miles. References to kidney, private sector, and unnamed individuals are unclear, with many garbled terms. No verifiable dates, locations, agencies, or outcomes are present.
Readers in Daintree share bustling holiday scenes with Mr and Mrs Turner and guests from Mosman Cairns and Colleenville. The piece chronicles visitors, local gatherings, fishing expeditions, hotel stays, and the ongoing work of local residents while noting weather, transport by boat, and the regional hospitality.
Vivid personal reminiscence from Bloomfield River area detailing encounters with green ants during and after a cyclone. Narrator recalls ants swarming verandas and houses, their bridge forming behavior, medicinal uses, and the impact on daily life including children, cattle, and a sea voyage. Also notes local camps, a snake cat encounter, and post office duties during transition to a new manager.
The year under review reports total rainfall of 6.17 inches ending December 31 with monthly figures and 74 wet days. Christmas and New Year festivities at Star Theatre featured a ball with door takings of £20 17s. A New Year sports meeting by the Dimbilah Psinique Association yielded multiple event winners and gross receipts of £66. Prizes were awarded at the dance, raffles held, and the patriotic fund gained over £30 from the day’s efforts.
Railway returns show passenger rates 115 pounds porcelain goods 18 pounds and cash remittance 629 pounds 69 shillings with forest wood 51 pounds 1 and total revenue 557 pounds 14 shillings 8 pence. District Superintendent’s monthly export list noted the water supply tax at present.
A fragmentary reminiscence describes staying guests in a large house near Cookrowe and China Camp, with miners, weather trials, and a perilous river crossing. It recalls the Bloomfield plains, the sensitive plant thickets, and a landscape once cultivated for sugar and tobacco, including Toolhoor estate and its palm-lined approach.
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