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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 12, 1931
Page
3
An historical account of Woolgar and Etheridge district goldfields outlines early exploration from 1866 to 1890, rapid booms and bursts, and the rise of companies like Etheridge Reefs Goldfields Co Ltd. It notes abandoned diggings, Chinese labor, and tailings losses, with figures on gold yields and early capital ventures.
A discussion of innovative warning devices for motorists explores specializing horns and musical notes. It weighs French bulb horns, electric pumps, and multi tone befits against cluttered traffic noise and wireless fan dangers, proposing a unique, clear note unheard by rivals to improve road safety.
Report outlines the Empire State Building rising 1248 feet with 62 elevators, a dirigible mooring mast, and space for 35 exterior shops. Construction aimed at two years, cost factors include heavy interest and daily running costs.
The narrative recalls vast gold fields where 17 125 ounces of gold were once claimed and reefs ran nine miles long. The Cumberland and Mt areas drew crowds leaving Gilberton largely abandoned. Expulsion of a few Chinese fossickers, the Woolgar field largely idle, and no warden visits for two years marked stagnation. Government warnings in 1891 highlighted wasteful surface work and capital collapse as companies failed, with little to show for huge expenditures. Prospecting continues as companies seek profitable concessions and machinery to unlock vast fields beyond current bounds.
An article argues ratepayers know little of municipal spending and urges a uniform system of publicize council budgets and balances. It cites excess travel, conference costs, private work paid from public funds, and defalcations, calling for transparency to curb waste and misused authority.
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