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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 06, 1939
Page
3
Edmonton Notes reports the formation of a Canadian Women's Association branch with organizers and officers named. The item lists members including secretary treasurer Mrs Vinges and several committee participants, noting a meeting outcome and local civic engagement.
Reports say German High Command reshuffle targets four leading officers under the four year plan including Loch, Stuelpmann, Quate, and Tiemann. The purge follows earlier dismissals of Fritsch and Wolters as Austria invasion concerns loom.
At Yungaburra on June 4 the Younger Set held its annual meeting in the Test room. President Mrs Val Murray reported the year began well with 15 members. Officers elected included vice presidents Mrs Fay Sherwood and Miss Violet Davis, secretary Miss Eileen Davis, and others. After the meeting members enjoyed dancing, singing, supper, and a community dance. New donations were noted for the armament ward. a letter from Mrs Pear was praised. a move to chair a future event was proposed. a guest from Atherton was highlighted for a local election contest.
At Prince Alfred Hospital in New South Wales doctors reportedly enabled William Allan 57 a fisher who had his larynx removed last December to speak. It is claimed to be the first such achievement in the state's medical history. Allan may speak by a new method drawing air from mouth to stomach and producing sounds from the stomach via a neck route.
A Sydney shipping firm notes Allan spoke his first intelligible words weeks after starting the esophagus tube. He uses the tube from the throat to the neck instead of the tongue, with slight hesitance but nearly normal timbre in his voice.
A Christian Science Monitor correspondent surveys Catalonia on the eve of a new Spain, contrasting Barcelona's modern industrial vitality with rural backwardness. It notes Catalonia's independent streak, cooperative strength, and the republic’s village missions bringing books and phonographs to distant towns, while Madrid lags in medieval calm.
In Tully Police Court before Mr C. Baxton, six men were charged with attempting to travel on the trailway without paying fares. They were convicted and fined with default terms. Arthur Cavanagh and Edward Clark pleaded guilty to riding a bicycle without lights and were fined. John Theodore was late. a future warrant was warned. A driver was fined for multiple truck faults. Willan Hartis faced charges for stealing tent gear. part of the property was recovered and returned to the Railway Commissioner. Hartis, from New South Wales, had prior convictions. The case highlights rising railway thefts and penalties.
Police Commissioner Cumminge faced a hotel charge dispute when a licensee sought 11 shillings 6 pence for a room used briefly. The licensing committee ruled the rate excessive, adjourned renewal, and ordered a standard two shillings sixpence for short stays.
The passage notes private help and volunteers sustaining a culture-spreading movement reaching Spain’s darker corners. The Republic opened thousands of primary schools and expanded higher education, converting Santander’s royal palace into an International University. More books entered Madrid’s National Library in eight months than in the prior 30 years, signaling broad reform and new ideas in learning.
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