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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 25, 1919
Page
1
A disrupted OCR passage from 1910 references Moora and Via Cours with scattered names and phrases. It hints at local people and events, but the legible content is fragmentary, unclear, and presents no coherent narrative or definite actions.
Dr Kay chaired a Shire meeting on health measures urging action for hookworm control. Councillor Petersen proposed a circular to households, requiring mail holes, a suitable box, and a pin for inspections, while Cairns and district officials push precautionary steps and specimen testing as the campaign spreads.
The report notes Mr Theodore at the Freshers Conference asking if Mr Ryan traveled to Switzerland for the International Socialist Conference. It cites Inland Ministry judgments on nominating Pre mien Tur and condelegate with Mr Anstey, while asserting Mr Ryan’s travels and paid expenses remain in question, drawing cabinet implications.
The Commonwealth government proposed making sugar available to jam manufacturers for export orders at a duty free rate while export buyers adjust. Queensland sugar crop estimates show a 3000 ton shortfall, with stock levels and forward work noted. Market shifts and talks of Australian sugar imports and competition influenced by global production, with potential impacts on jam making and domestic supply.
A group of Indians gathered to urge the Minister for Agriculture to grant permits for work at sugar fields. They argued loyalty to the empire should allow capable Indians to work the fields, while others would be barred. The minister declined further permits and the sugar cultivation act was passed with promises the canefields would be seized.
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