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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 07, 1919
Page
3
Community notices list church and lodge meetings at Masonic Hall and local chaplains, with historical reminiscences and advertisements. Mentions include Murs upstairs telephone, Captain Lowther, Mr. Arthur Lilley solicitor, and various local entities in Cairns, Atherton, and Innisfail. Also includes a colonial-era passage on monarchs and conquests, plus genealogical notes.
A reader attacks the Mt Surprise Patriotic Hack Race Club for paying fees to officials, tote clerks, and meals from club funds. The letter urges refunds to the patriotic fund and suggests reforms to ensure support for distressed soldiers and returned servicemen. The writer threatens to reveal identity if needed.
A Barrine Progress Association member requests space to protest the Lands Department refusal to grant Mobo Creek selections to local young men. The land near parents’ homes, zoned since 1913, was opposed as unequal with overseas arrivals. Residents warn jobs may suffer as roads were built by the Pac Exate Improvement Department.
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