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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 28, 1929
Page
7
Ships in port report arrivals including Ormiston and Miarady with several vessels listed as entering Nu ft. catty Werthes ey January. Names and details are sparse but indicate a maritime scene with outbound and inbound traffic.
A scrambled log of vessel movements and port calls including Bombala Towneville Canberra Cairns Port Moresby Yokohama Sydney and London. Entries note departures and expected arrivals with dates in January February and March, highlighting sugar cargoes, ballast calls, and Atlantic and Pacific routes aboard several lines and companies.
Fragmented text lists overseas mails with dates for Brisbans Cathay London Orsera and American mails. Mentions closing dates 4 and 3/2/29 and partial phrases about sea only mail and tracing. Readers see irregular stamps and markings without coherent context.
Suppliers were paid a small fraction of a bee tattee and SHA for seca class. The entity showed a decrease in rent and a 40 percent drop in sales last year. Declining rent and electricity costs are noted as coming due.
A dated dispatch reports Baccha seeks to found an Amirate in Afghan Tajikistan with Soviet aid possible. Kabul fears turmoil as tribes weigh acceptance while frontier reporters advise evacuating the legation. Nadir Khan reportedly leaves Moscow for Kandahar amid Amanullah appeals. snow stalls military moves.
Calcutta reports Dekka in the Kyber Pass was wiped out by a fire linked to Amamullah’s plans for an aerodrome to connect Kabul and India. Snowbound routes hinder rescues as Kabul faces تد travel paralysis and political turmoil in Afghanistan. Royal Air Force planes deliver mails to Kabel amid harsh weather.
Innisfail January 27 message from A J Daveson and J T McNamee outlines Silkwood butter factory plans 16 miles north of Innisfail and 14 miles north of Tully. It notes 10,000 acres Crown Land for selection, 100,000 acres pending road access, good water, tramway links, and cream conveyance to Silkwood Innisfail and Tully with regional land and transport improvements.
A note reports delayed oath and arrival views tied to the mail handling in the British Empire at Trinity by the firm of New Comes. The timeline mentions February and ongoing discussions over fractions and rates for letter postage between the United States and the United Kingdom.
Annual notice of marriage on January 21 at St Mowers by Reverend Calo Gynl Po Damford. The groom is Melba Victoria, eldest daughter of Mp sant Mes Wood Hamneyser, with prior late Mp Robert Sitet noted. Wife and mother departed January 28, 1928, with family inserting memory lines.
Brief clipping notes readers in Cairns about difficulties with Lend and Bowe services affecting subscriptions and publishers at The Cairns Post Ltd Abbott Street.
The piece argues that Labor Government policy in Queensland restricts opportunity for youth, causing unemployment and stunting industrial growth. It cites Archbishop Duhig and A E Moore criticizing state enterprises and notes AWU concerns about young workers aged 16 to 22 failing to gain steady employment.
The passage notes that Queensland showed the greatest progress in secondary industries from 1910 to 1914, but under Labor experienced a marked decline. It argues unemployment would vanish only with development of resources, criticizing current administration and linking it to youth unemployment and reliance on dole.
The Cairns Post reports grants for Mourilyan Harbor and the Innis fail Millan Road showing long debated works proceed. The piece argues essential harbor and main road projects must not be delayed for political advertising and urges public support if expert advice deems the work sound and economically wise.
Foundation Day on January 20 caused public offices banks and some institutions to close while retail shops stayed open. The Australian Bag was flown from Commonwealth buildings and the Southern Mail from Friday reached Innisfail Post Office after dark. A Saturday south mail also arrived and was sorted promptly despite the holiday.
Rossville State School will close after its teacher Bliss K. Francis moves to Innisfail for Christmas. The Department of Public Instruction confirms the long established mining village school will shut due to persistently low attendance. The article hopes the Rossville population revival will lead to reopening with full enrollment.
Magistrate discharges Gordon Franks after police admit he is not James Maurice Kelly. Franks admitted making false statements to authorities on Thursday Island but had no motive beyond quieting the questioning. He criticized police for pressuring him and hinted at plans to leave Australia.
Calcutta customs seize 100 ounces of opium and cocaine valued at £4700 from the stealer Talma from the Far East. The seizure occurred in Calcutta on January 26 as officers pursued illicit shipments and enforced narcotics laws.
Rome January 25. The Cabinet approves starting in June a shipbuilding plan that includes two 10 000 ton cruisers two flotilla leaders four destroyers and five submarines.
In Tokio on January 27 Prince Koni, father of the Empress, lies critically ill. The Empress remains at his bedside as officials and family gather, fearing the worst.
A middle aged visitor who claimed to be Australian fell five storeys to his death at the de Bon Kingston Hotel in Bloomsbury London. He left a letter addressed to “To my friends” before the fatal fall, with no clear identification.
A constable was shot while pursuing a suspect near Chiller and admitted to Mareeba Hospital for treatment. Shortly after, a man was arrested and charged with shooting the constable, in a sensational incident reported from the area.
In Mareeba on January 27, authorities allege two shots were fired in the Loustille Daishiey case. Daishiey lies in Mareeba Hospital with a left hand wound after Constable Ruttedze of Mittigana arrested a man connected to the affair.
A shark attack at Alma Bay Magnetic Island injures Harold Wetheril 18 with the right arm severed at the elbow and the left at the wrist. Battered by blood loss he was transported to hospital after being aided by bystanders Mrs Duffield and Schmidt as a launch departed Arcadia observers noted the crowd around the bay. The victim is the son of George Wetheril manager at the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency.
A weekend meeting of Goondi Pest Destruction Fund contributors debated stopping payments for grubs as funds rise. Chairman EW Irving noted rising beetle and fumigation costs, with only 400 pounds subsidy possible, and a big expected grub bill this year. A motion to discontinue grub payments was carried, with supporters saying the fund should not deplete.
A local conference session convened at Rest Hate Hillerrau to discuss a lease sale event at Thnustady ter Nes Lystaal with Bertssenn and Thin flows all ale. The gathering outlined plan details and next steps for community participation.
The Post reports Mourilyan Harbour will receive government funding to improve harbour facilities. An initial grant of 25 000 pounds is linked to the Llanistal Millan Mills road, with total plans for extending wharage and widening the entrance. Local business leaders welcome the move, noting Mourilyan Harbour as vital to Johnstone district prosperity and denying impact on Cairns commerce.
At the Bangalow Show a southern hemisphere handbag underhand woodchop drew big crowds with C104 total prize money and many trophies. heats produced swift times and notable runs by Leo Appo and others. Jeffery won the final ahead of Thornton and McCarthy, Appo finishing fourth with blisters on his hands.
London January 26 The New York World reports an ambia ingruient forging a large investment trust to specialise in automobile stock with significant capitalization. GM officials are noted as involved and the plan outlines a major consolidation of motor industry holdings.
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