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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 18, 1918
Page
4
Nominations for Gordonvale Turf Club's June meeting closed Monday night with strong interest. The course is reported first class after cyclone damage, with fourteen horses quartered at Gordonvale and river and track praised for good condition ahead of the 29th meeting.
A fragmented item notes a horse matter tied to Red Cross support and high prices seen recently. The report implies ongoing public interest in charity events and fundraising outcomes.
Fragmentary notes discuss price increases for wood and parchment and mentions of deliveries and tenders. An accompanying letter references sending two care packages and awaiting approval, with pledges to promote the interests of the company and maintain quality.
The fragment notes thanking the branch for support and detailing a £2 3s 1d expenditure from Boland's Craft Ltd and other small accounts. It mentions officers including President, Vice President, Treasurer Acting, and notes about a year’s bars at Toten and Bel Cee.
The upcoming market will be held at Fishery Creek with a post event formation to follow once Mr. Lock secures the evening. A long list of returned items includes socks, caps, balaclavas, plasters, candles, jam, milk tins, tea, soap and various fabrics donated by Mrs. Munro, Mrs. Morton, Miss Stewart and others, indicating active community effort and distribution readiness.
Mr J O Connell and Mr J Connors visited Cairns and Kidston during pot week, returning to Cairns. Ben Smith with two mobs of cattle held at Old Car Ra etetes while Reeske and Inspector Gallagher arrived to inspect them and left for Brookland's Station. An ambulance man, Mr Templeton, attended a recent accident. Trimble not yet seen. Mundic Miner mentioned relating to cattle work.
Fragmentary wartime note describes gas risks and improvised masks failing to seal, causing peril and temporary blindness. The account stresses inadequacy of ordinary protection and air exclusion in a gas cloud.
During the attack on Hill 7a, two of four guns went out of action and were left unattended. Lieutenant, badly wounded, blew his whistle and rallied nearby men with rafts to form a haphazard team. They improvised artillery under his orders to save the battery as waves of assault advanced.
The article notes mandatory service for all adults ages 19 to 40 in the Dutch armed forces. It describes Holland’s population near 6 million with a small navy of seven battleships, four cruisers, several submarines, and fortresses. It mentions the country’s strategy to defend its water borders and its role as a harbor of refuge for Belgian refugees fleeing German invasion.
A playful local column jests about snuffles and stubborn eggs, noting how some parents insist on beating eggs a certain way while praising Newman's sours as a tasty counterpoint.
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