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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 18, 1923
Page
2
Report on widespread sly grog selling along the Shanton railway line. Describes idle shanties, illegal sales to railway workers, resulting fights, police pressure, and government inquiries. Notes health decline among workers and the coercive tactics used to evade authorities.
Fragmentary report discusses cotton production scales and industrial associations. It references United States trade, bales per annum, and mentions metal cutters and mercantile groups amid unsettled conditions. Names and places are obscured by OCR errors, but the piece centers on the cotton economy and related firms.
The Hoard of Trade in London formed an Empire Cotton Growing Committee after years of inquiry. It plans to recruit and train men to support agricultural departments in the Dominions and Colonies, with levy proposals to fund the effort. The committee will coordinate with the British Cotton Growing Association, and the Australian Cotton Growing Association Ltd is noted as part of the broader effort. Progress and fields for expansion across Africa and other regions are outlined, alongside projected outputs and stock movements.
Report from Rockhampton states party members discuss arrangements for the next season. There is confidence in the National Party and its policies while invitations to attend the Rockhampton convention are extended to members, with voting rights for delegates and expectations of unity amid economic hardship and industrial stagnation.
A garbled OCR fragment references a local notice or item with partial words about a meeting, service, and various names. The readable parts mention a promotion, martens, and a person named Elen. The text is too damaged to determine full facts or entities.
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