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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 21, 1929
Page
4
January seventeenth notes hot sultry weather with no rain. Grass growth expected to exceed recent years. Dairying outlook positive as early rains worth £10000 aid Tableland butter producers. Harding’s sale of Jack Morrissey herd reported, cows averaging £9. A child fell into a milk well at the butter factory yard during a disturbance, perilously in milk.
A Mareeba update notes hot dry days with prospects of more wet weather on Thursday. Reports mention a Chillagoe train during a heavy shower near Dimbulah and a Brisbane furniture store fire destroying shop contents. Cattle trucking activity rises as Etheridge rivers remain troublesome. local officials discuss appointments and budget items amid fluctuating local news.
A fragment reports two heavy showers totaling 4.40 inches bringing monthly rainfall to 50 inches. Weather has since been hot and fine, farmers hiring extra hands to lift the overburden from a dry spell last year. A discussion on road conditions includes an aside about Italians encountered on the road.
A Freshwater farmer vents frustration about government ballots and fruit trade. He criticizes officials for meddling in banana growing and shipping, alleges price and supply issues, and warns of a personal bomb if abuses continue. The note ends with a dated signature from Swansbrook Farm.
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