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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 10, 1930
Page
3
An elderly speaker recalls a path to prosperity through self discipline and purposeful action. He credits his luck shift to a doctor’s advice about Najol a natural tonics brand and regular use to cleanse the body remove waste and keep nerves and muscles working.
In Herberton this week social and personal items mention Acting Sergeant Lucey and Mr Gat Wel, with cordial remarks on illness recoveries. Mr Colyer and Mrs Colyer are praised for hospitality in Herberton, and the Colyer family plans to holiday at Mabinda. Local youths head coastward for water holidays as wages and labour payments draw attention.
A charity vaudeville show at Shire Hall Irvinebank raised funds for Herberton and Irvinebank Hospitals. The three hour program featured Mrs Case at piano,Mr Kinkran, Miss Mary Robinson, Ned Robinson, Mavis Case, Horace Hume, and a troupe with ballet, song, dance, and a carnival finale. Attendees from Watsonville and Irvinebank enjoyed a well received evening.
A garbled note hints at financial strain affecting a local matter. Names and specifics are unreadable, but the fragment signals funds owed or exchanged. No clear entities or dates can be confirmed from the legible text.
A Mareeba district report details stock movements to Mt Surprise and Chillagoe by rail and road. It records 36 bullocks and twenty fat cattle route stock via the Great Northern and Mareeba lines, with owners, railways, and drovers named. The piece notes abundant rainfall and strong cattle prices, plus a long droving journey from Mareeba to Mungana and return via Wrotham Park and Walsh stations.
A new company aims to recover marine products notably sponges from the Kirra Banner reef between Cairns and Thursday Island. Directors include CJ Gray and White with two divers noting vast commercial potential. Florida and Mediterranean beds drive global demand and skin diving may enable profitable collection on the Barrier Reef.
The Federal Labor Government backs a reform that ties service awards to union membership, limiting applications to org members and giving preference to non-unionists. The piece argues wages rise with union power, defends Parliament as final salary arbitrator, and critiques borrowing programs and unemployment remedies in a period of high prices.
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