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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 16, 1931
Page
9
Moon phases listed for dates. A vessel named Nomeville arrived yesterday from Los Angeles and is at the overseas wharf. a ship sails on Tuesday from Nomeville.
A series of vessel movements and voyage dates show ke Ormiston leaving Brisbane for Cairns with January arrivals due, while the Orungal sails from Melbourne to Cairns in January. Canberra and Phe Changte voyage between Melbourne, Cairns and East Asia with multiple January and February milestones. The Taiping, Morinda, Poonbar, Kaliatina, Valecita, Ashburton, Makembo, Arkaba, Fremantle and other ships are listed with departures from Sydney, Cairns, and Brisbane, detailing ports of call, loading, and expected return dates into February and March. Some ships proceed to London, with cargo shipments and transhipment notes, and passenger services between Brisbane and Wervis Bay.
The Nar berthed at the overseas wharf yesterday on its maiden voyage from Los Angeles to North Queensland to discharge American goods. The ship, built a year ago in Denmark, is part of the Klaven oes Line’s fleet of 22 motor ships, noted for electric steering and modern features.
London January 14 officials say both sides in the cotton dispute met in pursuit of a settlement. The Ministry reported progress as citizens await a full accord after talks aimed at ending the dispute.
A report on tours and prospects in the Herberton copper district notes miners’ hard work, new tunnels and engines, and promising ore at the Anniversary mine. Roy Allen praises developments by Adcock, Richards and others, with increased timbering and crews, and expected smelter activity at Chillagoe. The old mine shows renewed potential as modern mining advances continue.
The Rev Joan B A Viton presides at St John’s Cairns for the marriage of William Frost, eldest son of Mr and Mrs V Frost, to Edna Maud Graves, daughter of Mr and Mrs G H Graves, Cairns.
In memoriam for Ron Grier who passed January 16 1929 at Blackfellow's Creek. Two years since his death and we miss him dearly and ask guidance to bear the loss. He is mourned by his mother father sisters and brothers along with his aunt uncle and cousins Mr and Mrs Fred Wilson and family.
A fragmented listing shows prices for paver, bars, beat, fer, and silver with various pounds shillings and pence figures. It notes an American elect price of 9.875 cents.
London metal market reports fluctuating copper lead and silver prices with spot and forward quotations. January positions show varied spot rates around £14 6s 3d to £14 12s 6d per unit and forward levels noted. December and January averages cited with irregular figures.
The Cairns Post discusses Australia's public debt near £1.1 billion, with 48 percent owed to British creditors, 48 percent to New York, and 4 percent domestically. It warns of rising interest payments, historic borrowing sprees, and a market shut against the nation in 1930, urging heed to facts over fictions by workers and policymakers.
The writer warns that extremism endangers the nation and burdens workers and taxpayers. Primary producers bear the load, and if production collapses while factional policies fight over direction, Australia faces a dire situation.
A Sydney speech by Prime Minister Scullin is labeled an election address: critics say he offered no new policy and failed to explain Labor failures. They accuse the government of典 missteps and claim inflation and deflation threaten Australia while voters seek real plans to save the nation.
The Eacham Cricket Association team at Atherton plans a tour to Cairns returning by train. The Townsville Cricket Association is coordinating the trip with Mr Waddy and arranging details for a Saturday to Monday schedule three years after the last representative side.
Large turnout of returned soldiers at the Cairns RSSLLA Sub-branch annual general meeting in the Anzac Club rooms on Esplanade. Reports on branch work were submitted, with talks on the president Mr Crowe’s absence and his intention not to stand again. Treasurer’s report discussed. pension victory for widow Mr Bott noted. potential salary depreciation and a 10 percent cut discussed for a branch officer. officers to be elected including president and secretary.
January 15 report from Brisbane notes progress of West Indies against Australia with fast Adelaide wicket ahead. West Indies hope stronger batting to counter Grimmett and Oxenham while Australia leans on a strengthened attack as Grant Irkett Griffith Headley and others face Wight as twelfth man.
Fodder demand remains strong for high quality loads while inferior goods fetch lower prices. Potatoes and maize show price dips. lucerne chaff and mixed hay command modest gains with sun scorched pumpkins limiting saleable lots and stock of baggings retained.
In Charleville on January 15 two men confronted visiting strike delegates at a local shearing shed with a shotgun and a revolver. The other workers ducked behind bales as a second man followed with a revolver. The delegates declared guns unnecessary and left the scene.
The Railway Band will perform at the intersection of Lake and Shields streets starting at 7 20 o clock tonight.
A hunger tossed through a seat at the Central Cafe rear, landing on a sleeping man and igniting on his lower body. Bedclothes and trousers burned, victim badly scorched about a cheek. Gordonvale correspondent reports the event with police coverage.
The State Weather Bureau telegraphed from Brisbane with a forecast for generally fine weather but scattered thunderstorms across divisions, mainly in the north from the Tropic. Expect hot to very hot conditions with possible cooling tomorrow in the southeast and along the Bardley. Easterly to northerly winds.
Main Roads Board advised Johnstone Shire Council that the Governor in Council has proclaimed a road as state highway and forwarded a map. Council plans to apply for gazettal of a further section. Delegates for the grows and sheep growers attend the upcoming LAL conference with representatives named as R Campbell and R C Lacaze.
City Council seeks cleanup while Cairns Harbor Board plans removal of old logs timber steel rails along the foreshore between the wharves and Spence Street to improve the view from land and reduce a blot seen by residents and visitors.
The text records new district conference nominations for the Diggers and notes a year of loss totaling £59 9 and an overdraft of £190 18 7. It details shares, rebates, and investments in brewery shares, with calls for member support to stabilize finances and liquidate liabilities.
A list of motions dated March 27, 10, July 10, July 24 and 1d 1930 references hours of closing polls where applicable and notes actions by Sager, secretary of the Central Settee, and mentions Benes Bowed, Seidl, and H. George in relation to the election process.
A letter exchange from Mr J Kenny MLA and the Railways Minister’s private secretary discusses funding for Smithfield Range road works. The Munster region is urged to include the road in tourist schemes and connect with Barron Falls hydro projects, with a commitment to consider the request.
Gordonvale resident proposes a six hour day at a fixed wage to spread work among the unemployed. He cites sugar mills with four shifts, recalls 1915 Mulgrave mill slack-season practices, and suggests using sustenance funds to pay unemployed for a day’s work weekly.
The weather bulletin notes widespread thunderstorms, though very scattered overall. Heavy rainfall was confined to a few spots including Macon 111 at Oakey, Kingaroy 156, Alpa 100, and Lochnagar 100.
A garbled fragment notes high temperatures around 107 degrees at a Bolni reading. Exact locations and dates are unclear, but the summary reflects a heat spike and an unusually high reading for the period.
Telegraphic delays persist as wires fail amid electrical storms causing today’s southern messages to be delayed.
Fragmented OCR text describes weather or nautical terms with unclear meaning. No coherent event or names clearly identifiable. Includes phrases like seas sun tonight and a time reference 720, but lacks determinable subjects or actions.
A shredded fragment mentions Scullin and a stated great interest in ushering in a policy or administration. The text is incomplete and unclear about the event, date, or parties involved, leaving the exact nature of the proposal or its implications unresolved.
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