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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 11, 1929
Page
9
Moon phases listed for January include New Moon on the 11th at 10:28 AM First Quarter on the 19th at 1:51 PM Full Moon on the 28th at 5:09 PM. Arrival yesterday reports Meraco in the south ships in port with no further details.
A rail of fragmented vessel movements and port calls lists ships and routes across Brisbane Sydney Cairns Melbourne Townsville and Melbourne ports. Entries include departures January dates for Jamacy Bombala Montera Aralora Murada Kalistina and more with arrivals at Cairns Sydney and Brisbane and mentions of sugar loading Vacuum Oil Co voyages and various liner services to Papua New Guinea Papua and England.
The notice outlines letter rates to the USA and other countries at 34 per beat or per additional ounce or fraction. It also lists rates to the United Kingdom and British Empire per ounce or fraction.
At Romia street Brisbane on January 10 prices fell for lucerne chaff and chaff mixtures while demand stayed good and most offerings cleared. South Wales chaff and oats were plentiful though high rates ruled for certain lots. pumpkins showed steady demand.
London reports the Schneider Spree Solent official dates set for September 7. The event details were announced in the London dispatch.
COOKE On January Bth to Mr and Mrs J C Cooke a daughter Kath leen Mary Dr Manfield and Nurse Death Rimrose At Mareeba District Hospital on January 6th William Henry Rimrose beloved father of Bert Emma George Fred Jim and Eddie Aged 0 years At Rest.
The BIMROSE brothers praise Dr Byrne Matron and Nursing St Mareeba District Hospital for excellent care during their father’s inmate stay. They also thank friends for sympathy messages and floral tributes in their bereavement.
Long passenger list headed by Mesdames Gordon Williams and Musgrave with many children, reporting travelers by the SS Canterra under Captain WoT C Pirth. Names include Gordon Williams, Musgrave, Stapdleton, Das, Pearcon, Hansen, Trembath, Morrison, Leonard, Yammiana, McHagit, Harvey, Royster, Austin, Whittek, Woodburn, Smith, and hundreds more, detailing a Cairns to Melbourne itinerary via ports.
The Economic Commission’s precis signals the Big Four identifying the weak point in Australia’s national armour and proposing remedies. It confirms Australia’s financial soundness despite political errors and social upheavals, urging earlier Commonwealth State loan cooperation and a sinking fund for loans. It notes high production costs limit wool and wheat profits and stresses expanding a strong export market as essential.
The speaker argues an export market cannot grow from a small home market. With a limited population, the country must look overseas to empire markets first. Yet higher production costs hinder competing with other nations and organizations in the field.
The Economic Commission argues tariff increases raise production costs and living costs, creating a vicious circle with arbitration decisions. It urges breaking the cycle to lower production costs without harming real wages and prosperity, urging workers to consider long term industry welfare.
The 11 pm rail motor Cairns to Gordonvale and Aloomla runs daily except Sundays. Cairns Post Office weather data recorded a maximum of 80 degrees and a minimum of 75 degrees with dry bulb 82.0 and wet bulb 80.0 at 3 pm. Barometer varied from 29.89 at 9 am to 29.85 at 3 pm and 20.84 inches at 9 pm. Rainfall for the 24 hours totaled 1.92 inches.
The State Weather Bureau predicts unsettled rainy conditions along the Tropical Pacific slopes with scattered storms in the southwest quadrant. Elsewhere, passage of storms to the southwest by tomorrow evening. winds mainly easterly to north-westerly with a southerly shift across the Far Central West and Southwest as overcast and cooler conditions arrive.
A Tanisfail correspondent reports the night light outside the Lanisfail public telephone cabinet is virtually unusable all week. Citizens who must use the cabinet after dark endure deep darkness and unreadable documents, provoking widespread complaint and calls for better lighting and service from the Post Office and Telegraph Department.
The English team and Bendigo locals battled to a draw after a fast fall of wickets. Larwood took six for 20 in Bendigo's innings while Hammond and Jardine anchored the second innings with 73 and 83 not out respectively.
During the tea interval of the England versus Bendigo game in Melbourne on January 10, Mr. Leggo a Bentiges merchant presented a Bendigo gold miniature cricket ball to Chap man. He will award two similar balls to each English player the manager and two visiting pressmen. Thomas the Bendigo top scorer and Moore the captain will share in the gifts.
Peter Seery failed to appear before Hickey acting PML in the Cine Police Court yesterday to answer a drunkenness charge and forfeited bail of 5/-. Rainfall figures from Cairns district show 24 hours to 9 am with Ravenshoe 7.75 inches the highest and Atherton 3.00 inches among listed stations.
The Cairns area shows peak beauty after rains with cascading streams and Barron Falls spray visible for miles. A Melbourne address by M Ettinger discusses Palestine’s British-led postwar setup, Hebrew revival, farming growth, and cooperative settlements under hereditary leases.
Thirty Halian sailors raided Shanghai Capitol Theatre and burned the film Street Angel after seizing a firm claiming false impressions of Italy. Police were alerted, Carlton Theatre screenings paused, and authorities lodged protests with the Italian Consul General as fears of further action lingered.
R H Sherrington president of the Innisfail Sub branch of the Returned Soldiers Association condemns a letter signed Aussie as absurd and notes the Police Magistrate gave the maximum sensible penalty for a larrikin act. He distances himself from the nom de plume Aussie and stresses he signs his letters.
Heavy rain since the New Year causes inconvenience yet yields benefits for farmers in Coastal sugar districts and Tablelands. Miners in Herberton and inland fields will profit as streams run and water enables operations where ample water is essential.
Innisfail reports a quarrel between two elderly Chinese men 65 and 75 over a dish. Police are called and Sergeant Tuohy mediates, persuading both to shake hands and depart speaking an unfamiliar language, peace restored.
A Melbourne merchant reports the American duty on butter rose from 12 to 15 cents per 2 pounds, before a tariff increase to offset Australian export bounty. The higher duty favors Danish and New Zealand butter, cutting Australian imports and ending the merchant’s hoped winter business. U.S. butter stocks on November 1 stood at 105.904 million pounds versus 118.679 million a year earlier.
Mining market reports from Sydney on January 10 show spot and 3 month copper prices across several forms with values around £75 1/3 to £78 15/-, lead at £22 1/3, spelter near £26 13/9, tin around £226 3/9 to £228 2/6 and silver about 2/23.8 to 2/27-16. American electrolytic copper priced at 16.755 cents per pound.
Summary of mineral values across Cogktown Gold and Mineral Field listing several lots with weights from 0 to 3 tons and values in pounds shillings and pence. Key locations include Cooktow Lower Romeo Rossville Tableland HAVO Little Tableland China Camp Mt Amos Bloomfield Scrub and Mt Remea with totals: 11 tons 18 wt 1 qr 0 Ib and ENTAU/5/4 money value. Also Batavia ANjavial and Seung Wagers noted with gold content and per ounce values.
Mines Department data indicate Queensland gold output fell sharply in 1928 due to Mt. Morgan shutdown. Total fine ounces reached 12,080 valued at £51,312, down from 36,411.5 ounces worth £154,663 in 1927, a drop of 24,341.5 ounces and £103,381. December production was 493 ounces worth £2,094, versus 4,842 ounces (£20,307) in December 1927, with Mt. Morgan producing nothing in the latest month.
In Brisbane Queensland the pumpkin beetle pest threatens pumpkins melons and cucumbers. Agriculture Minister Forgan Smith says losses to pumpkins rockmelons watermelons and vegetable marrows are possible. Entomologist R Veitch notes spraying or dusting vines with arsenate of lead may achieve some control.
A lyrical poem celebrates the cricket ball as lifeblood of the game. The speaker praises the red ball's demand for skilled bowlers, batsmen, and fielders, urging fierce effort, steadfast aim, and joyous mastery under the sun. It extols fellowship and the grand thrill of grip, speed, and finishing in cricket.
The obituary recalls the late John Hughes James of Edmonton and Cairns whose funeral was held at Martyn Street cemetery. It also notes the death of Mick Martin of Charters Towers aged 64, born in Roscommon Ireland, a miner and shift boss in multiple mines, survived by a wife and five daughters and several grandchildren.
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