Sugar district report notes dry spell and rising cane yields
A December visit to Gordonvale detailed dry weather impacting earlier plantings and boosts in cane area. The Mill remains busy with crushing and preparations for next year’s re distribution. New farms near Gornd attract workers as tonnage expected to grow. overall cane appears healthy with showers improving conditions and final December rain totaling 17.96 inches since December 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuis
E HY Oshiura
Gordonvale
Dewi
Gornd
Barr
Larsen
Bartle Frere
Mapo
Sigoroun
Cane Harvest Near Kaibo Junction Faces Heavy Labour
Cane from low flats to the Branch line near Kaibo Junction is harvested amid arduous conditions. Workers haul cane up a steep track by donkey gear while weather turns deadly wet. Growers like Louis Johnstone endure heavy toil as the season nears closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaibo
Toco
Louis Johnstone
Door of Youth Promises Instant Beauty Cure
A garbled advertisement from Lede Chemists offers a supposed youth elixir claiming dramatic skin and vitality changes within 24 hours. It lists locations Cairns, Townsville, Ayr, Ingham, Innisfail, Bowen and promises free samples by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eam Lede
Cairne
Townsville
Ayr
Ingham
Innisfail
Bowen
Fragmented 1920s quotation list with stock-like entries
A garbled list lists various items such as ship lines, tobacco, gas, cinema, and railway related quotations. It mentions Adelaide Stearmships, Australian Drag, British Tobacco Co, Cairns Pictures, Coirna Gas, Edna May Deeps and a few monetary figures like 1 £ 10,100. The text reads like an OCR of a financial or advertising page with mixed proper nouns and numbers and little coherent context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ay Bh Clarke
Bro Raporie
Stearmships
British Tobacco Co
Burne
Clark
Cysma ‘Cimber
Cairns Pictures
Coirna Gas
Edna May Deeps
iNare
East Howard
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Melbourne
Samuel Allen & Sons Ltd
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Stacey & Stacey
Wwen
Sewee G
Lisha
Tadies
G. Lisha
Shields Street
PHOME
Mossman and
Tablelands
Armstrong, Ledlie & Stillman
Lake
J. Swain
SOC
Thenatcal College
Babinds and South Johnstone Fields
South Johnstone
Cetler
Cuthura
Abbott Street
Cairng
Lon
General Merchants
Golde
Fexdyne
Andy
Eacae
Fda
Datanca
Rein Lore Signer
Buna
Manning
Dunlop
CPL
Saurane Ugs Moi
Adelaide Street
Brise
Geaney
Oe & Spirit Merchants Street
AMD
Oskes's
Ays
Atherton
SHOP
E. Markham, JR
Lake OT
Ickal Srotk
Boley
Beddlen
Seip Lensher
ING Factory
H. M. Svendsen, Ltd
Lake Eacham
Tableland
Lake Frehem
Royal Hotel
M. Garvey
Kureen
Eve
Bney
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