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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 20, 1941
Page
3
Melbourne reports the Whelan the Wrecker firm bought the Orungal from AUSN for £115. The plan calls for 20 to 30 wreckers to strip value from hull and cargo, including copper piping and steel plates, with engines and winches remaining in place for salvage. The sale excludes cargo but pays for salvaged goods.
A three hour blaze at 3 Rankin Street, Innisfail, owned by Cliff White and Co, caused extensive damage worth thousands of pounds. Firemen battled flames pouring 1000 gallons per minute as workers and taxi firm staff woke to explosions and scrambled to save records, equipment, and showroom items.
Tropica theater shows Turnabout starring Carole Landis with Hubbard and a cast including Verree Teasdale and Menjou. The program also features Rancho Grande with Smiley Burnette June Storey Mary Lew and Pals of the Golden West, plus Fox Australian and Overseas News. Phone 2206.
Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray star in Remember the Night at the Palace Theatre with a plot of romance and courtroom drama. Mexican Spitfire follows with Lupe Velez in the title role and Donald Woods as the ad man husband. Dancers and cinema features fill the bill, plus newsreels and a Donald Duck cartoon.
Mrs. Lilian Halle of Kensington, on her 99th birthday, extinguished an incendiary fire by hurling a bucket of sand, shielding her home. She was recommended for the civilian bravery award for her quick action amid the blaze. Albert Ernest Dolphin, posthumously awarded the George Cross, died protecting a nurse during a bombing at a hospital, taking a wall collapse to save others.
Trades Hall conducts six campaigns in Brisbane as of March 28 to influence Budget policy. The Labour Council mobilizes unions to press for a £5 basic wage, oppose state censorship, challenge National Security Act regulations, and seek hearings from the Federal Arbitration Court on federal and state powers.
John Kiey Frawley, aged 61, died Saturday night at Mareeba District Hospital. A WWI veteran of the Fifth Light Horse, he served under the alias Jota Clacke and was widely respected in local circles. The obituary notes his military honours and community involvement before his passing.
A ferocious Brisbane storm yesterday killed Lieutenant Frank McCrystal under a tree at Victoria Park as lightning struck during golf near the seventh fairway. Ronald Doust and two other golfers were injured, with streets flooded and power and phone lines disrupted across the city.
The Sydney column reports Prime Minister Menzies seeks UK talks on naval policy and Pacific patrols while Labour fears party split over supporting his trip. Curtin hesitates to join, Spender eyes the top job, and NSW protests petrol cuts amid the wartime rationing plan.
Inspector F B Kearney and former player M Cranfield were at a tree when a lightning flash struck. Cranfield ran for help to General Hospital while Miss Mar Finedcastle and Mrs Paynton assisted. McCrystal died. Doust survived and was taken to hospital. John Mulvenery was injured at the Waterl on Hotel.
Mervyn Leslie Hill, 18, is ordered to stand trial for allegedly murdering Winifred Verrier near Hobart on December 5. At the inquest detectives testified Hill admitted parts of the claim, including a third statement. Police outlined Hill’s first statement describing walking with the girl, a shilling to stop crying, and suffocation by water.
The London dated January 18 reports that Eu Minister Hammas will travel to Berlin for talks next month.
A storm of criticism surrounds government action on petrol with no move until February as debate over Jehovah's Witnesses and loyalty to the King arises. Court sentences on refusal to take military oaths highlight concerns of national loyalty amid broader wartime issues.
Local column records minor movements with J Walker and J Maber delaying to Mears for a brief wait. H Bosanko and L Lowcock depart by morning train toward Sydney. Kathleen Wise from the Airlines PR office appears with Ma peibane at the BK Hotel. G J Melver from Mareeba stays at the Strand Hotel before southbound departure.
Police guards were posted at the wharf and sorting shed after about 300 casts of beer vanished from a freighter. The move preceded a strike as officials investigated the loss and the company asserted the beer was at the shed.
Miss Agnes Gibson, senior at Marys College Charters Towers, wins the Seartwater Trust open university scholarship, entitling her to £100 a year for three years to assist children of returned soldiers. She plans to study Arts at the university and has a record of notable sport and academics. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Clem Gibson Wilie’s Siding.
Atherton scene recalls visitors and travelers as Iver Paine and Chris Shaw pass through from Towneville and Sydney. Len Emerson and daughter Avin spend weekend with George Hidson and wife before heading to Melbourne. Ferguson and Paine families holiday nearby including Cairns and Double Island. Rodericks return from holidays as Simneon leaves Nat Banks post.
The January issue of the Australian Sugar Journal contains a digest of evidence from Sydney public hearings on Power Alcohol, a full 1929 record season statistical report by the Government Statistician, and monthly notes from Sugar Centres showing crop conditions and prices. It includes official classifications, cane varieties for Cane Prices Board awards, and illustrated views of Queens sugar factories.
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