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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 04, 1936
Page
6
Freshwater Freshwater Hall hosted another successful Society Club ball with Mrs Ams Orchestra providing music. Novelties by Miller Waltz won by Mitchell and Duncan with Abbey. light refreshments served as the event closed around midnight.
Ottawa July 2 1930s report says 20000 single unemployed in camps since March are now employed as a Labor Minister announces a new era of jobs. Railways will spend 30000000 dollars this year as a stimulus to employment in addition to 40000000 dollars already voted for public works.
A Melbourne deputation from the Trades Hall Council denounced factory conditions as appalling, urging a 40 hour week and wage protections. The report covers underpayment, sanitation concerns, higher fines for infringements, and arrears recovery, with calls tied to broader reforms in Victoria and airport site debates at Fishermen’s Bend. It also notes police confession issues, the Victorian Parliament’s June session opening, and the Lang-Garden split context.
Fine weather in Koah with foggy mornings. The Local Producers Association held a successful dance at Habana Bulk Shed with music by W Dean and Felmingham. prize perfume won by Geo Hitch. Bon Diehm farewell event planned for next Saturday. Several residents visited or hosted during the weekend, including C Cape family and Miss Isabel Wright.
July 2 notes record a large turnout for a Caledonians dance in O Sullivan's Hall with Mrs Bushell's orchestra. Prizes awarded for novelty waltz and Monte Carlo, euchre results listed, and St Francis Women’s Guild met. Upcoming events include the dower and vegetable show, a cake stall, bridge evening, and a cake and produce stall at church grounds. Mr T Holtz seeks speedy recovery after illness.
A secret summons to a Sydney meeting of the Australian Council emergency committee signals a rift among New South Wales unions. The ACTU fears the split could affect the forthcoming federal elections, with Lang supporters seeking AWU backing and Trades Hall unions proposing Lane Seles as a possible federation target.
Mareeba hosts its CYMS annual Communion Banquet on June 28 in St George's Hall with visits from Rev Fathers Hogan Whelan Brown Kendrick and others. The event featured toasts to the hierarchy clergy CYMS Mareeba branch visitors and Mareeba and District, remarks on Catholic action, and prizes for the CYMS debating team.
Australian butter prices in London rose through May reaching 10 4s per cwt the highest since last November. Prices run about 22s per cwt above last year with Danish butter trading within 7s per cwt. UK cold weather and a recent drop in Australian output are cited as key factors driving demand and exports to Eastern markets.
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