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Newspaper

Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

Jul 15, 1919

Page

3

Amalgamation talk in Marron and Woothabata Shires

Local councils debate shire boundary changes and division alignments with Cairns and Woothabata. Delegates from Marron and Woothabata push for divisions 2 and 4 to join Woothabata while Cairns seeks boundary concessions. Subcommittee plan approved to negotiate amid diverging interests.

Woothakata Shire Barron de Atherton Home Secretary Bacron Shire Attade Woothabata Shire Cairns Hadson

Influenza Epidemic Strains Mackay Amid War Efforts

The Mackay outbreak climbs to over 130 cases with deaths at the General Hospital. Isolation had faltered as home care rose. a second death, John Clark, a labourer, is recorded. Civil and military volunteers respond, with Girls' State School serving as a hospital and the VAD supplying lockers and essential items. Shipping and bread shortages also press the city as the disease spreads.

Mackay General Hopital General Hospital John Clark ALF Amt Influents Hospital G. Perry

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