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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 24, 1930
Page
10
A garbled passage references a theatre program featuring cartoons and shorts, including "Mien The Jaz Fool" and "the Mose" with a comedy reel. It mentions venue plans at Owen Wouttacks and a phone contact 162, suggesting an advertising blurb for a cinema or variety show with various acts and upcoming performances.
The Palace Theatre presents a double feature including Heim the Makeup and Toe eens 1) Broadwat with a lineup of aerial feats and wardrobe highlights. Added notes reference The cupeplere opeaniiiis onl fe seroenent and a second title featuring Fay Wray in veiled action. The program promises varied acts, musical interludes, and a wrap at the 18 es og stavraine.
The Shamnons of Broadway features Jimmie and Lacife Gleason in a musical comedy by Universal with three new songs Get Happy Someone to Love Me and Living the Life of Riley. Charles Grapewinn and Mary Philbin support the Gleasons in a tale of vaudeville surgeons trying to run a small town hotel amid showbiz chaos. A double feature program follows at the Lames Lao Paramount all talker Rutis Chatterton and Neginald Peony x jilats at Hides Hotel West Uther Hotel and Theatre Office.
The Gaiety Theatre presents a matinee and evening show featuring a Fox thriller with Drummond as the scheming guardian and Marceline Day with Henry B. Walthall in lead roles. Supporting feature shows Sue Carol, Nick Stuart in Chasing Through Europe, with visual cameos of the Palace of Wales and Mussolini. Box office notes promise lively melodrama and a later Fox talking picture The Sky Hawk.
In Canberra July 23 in the House debate J G Meader described a message from former Prime Minister Bruce denying any request for free theatre seats. Bruce accepted a management box as a courtesy, saying he would not invite special treatment and often avoided theatre due to pressuring expectations.
The debate covers greater protection for timber imports and a review of duties in southern Queensland. Mr Gab backs salary reductions for ministers and MPs to show public sacrifice, while opposing an opposed confidence motion. He proposes cutting Parliament refreshment services to save costs. Mr Parkhill criticizes tariff policy as harming employment, noting increased unemployment and calls for cost cuts across Parliament. The session adjourns as the House rises.
A crowd gathers for a theater event featuring Madge Fuan from the region. Lane Opera Series supporters, Countrywomen and local groups assist Cairns charities. Hockey and temperance ties noted as plans for the town’s entertainment and fundraising unfold amid community spirit.
A successful euchre party and dance was held at the Eximonten School of Arts Hall on Saturday. Proceeds totaled £13 10s, with Miss S Escuder providing music and Mr E Burke as MC. Winners included Miss G and Simpson in a novelty contest won by Mc Maitland.
Church of England Gordon will hold a bazaar on Saturday afternoon at the Gov. Nenwale recreation reserve. The event features various stalls and attractions with the bazaar opening after tea.
London July 22 Barter leads the Around Europe aviation contest to Madrid as the field thins. Final Arrachart and Thorn follow with Spooner and Lady Batley among those reported injured while Sara Buss Voronerraen succumbs in a separate incident.
The notice invites members to the annual general meeting to be held in the Hall on Sunday at 7 90 p m. Attendees will hear reports and balance sheets, election of officers, and any general business.
Mrs Latchford of Georgetown is involved in a dispute with Boyten of Babieda during a nighttime incident in town.
The text notes two literary novelty dances at the event and a sitdown supper hosted by De P. B. English, formerly of Malida and Capello, in the Rockhampton district. Mrs. English is visiting the Tableland while the arrangements proceed.
A New Jersey inquiry questions whether mastodons existed in the area and if they roamed Manhattan. Theories link the Hudson River region to late Pleistocene mastodon presence, with earthen tusk fragments found near Dyckman Street suggesting their city limit wandering. Estimates of land exposure during the beasts’ era remain debated.
A scrambled historical note traces ancient elephant relatives in New York and nearby, citing finds in Ulster and Orange Counties and a famed skeleton unearthed near Newburg. It follows how the specimen was assembled in New York, displayed, then sold to Harvard and later acquired by J. Pierpont Morgan.
The Australian Senate resumed the second reading debate on the Arbitration Bill with Senator Pearce arguing the arbitration system is sound but hampered by the political influence of Trades Unionism. He mocked government justification for amendments centered on the Denalty clause. The Senate adjourned after Senator Mearce protested the denial of expenses to the select committee. Senator Daly defended government rights amid perceived slight from the Senate.
Tow nsville July 23 The city council elections held April 2 spark a potential legal clash as supporters of Maddison seek an order against Entriken after a recount and disputed votes. The Supreme Court inquiry covered six vote headings revealing about 400 cross votes, with Entriken winning by roughly 200 to Maddison’s half that. If crosses are rejected, Maddison could gain about 100 votes, threatening seats near the disputed one. The Registrar will report to the Judge, and the case may be argued before the Fall Bench as public interest rises.
Fossil bones show mastodons in North America stained black from bog soil and later varnished by collectors. European finds imply earlier extinction or nonappearance to human eyes, with cave drawings and bone age debates. Scientists doubt authenticity of some relics while noting mastodons lived in Pliocene to late Eocene times near New York and perished in swamps, making precise dating difficult.
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