Minister and party tour Millaa Millaa in rainy timber drive
Sunday morning at Millaa Millaa the Minister for Lands led a party including Mrs Costello Major Costello and others along the main road into rugged timber country. They crossed slippery ridges in steady rain, viewed new bridge sites over Beatrice River, observed heavy timber work by local contractors, and returned to Millaa Millaa for an evening deputation of residents with urgent concerns.
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Millaa Millaa
W. A. Deacon
E. Costello
Hazel Heale
Major Costello
Vwala
G. A. Duffy
H. F. Swain
Forestry Board
W. 5S. Joyner
Forestry
Millaa
Onisfail
D. Murphy
Gray
Beatrice
Miss Heale
Messrs
Deaco
Costello
Swain
Joyner
Carlin Threviry
Kenny
Millaa Nmst
Mr. Joner
Mr. Kenny
Minster
Abraham Lincoln
Dodds
Kennu Bros
Amar
Palmerston
North Queen
A. Oa 7
Queensland
Dan Jeoley
West
Ain Ravenshoe
Public Estates Improvement Fund
Main Roads
Father Clancy
Ieem
Bradfew Hall
Connell Rock
Atherton
Mill
Deputations Press for Millaa Millaa Road and Settlement
Deputations urged Minister for Lands Deacon to back road building from Millaa Millaa to Ravenshoe and complete Palmerston access. Speakers highlighted stalled Millaa Millaa isolation, land openings, larger 200 acre selections, and fast land transfer reforms. They pressed for forestry and Palmerston-area development while praising Deacon’s reforms.
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Iuns
Mr. Deacon
Millan M H Or. R
M.la
Costello
Mll
E. HL Flin
McHugh
Deacon
Milla Millan
Eacham
Millas-Ravenshoe
Duffy
Palmerston
Watergum
Millan Chamber of Commerce
Millan
Ravenshoe
West
Hugh
Lands Department
Millaa Millaa
Agricultural Bank
Patterson
Queens
Millaa Millaa Land Office Deputations Demand Local Court Room
A second deputation urged opening a Millaa Millaa branch office with a court housed in a stable until a new Howse is built. Mr Somers said Crown Land ranger provisions could follow, residents now cast ballots in Atherton for land. A third deputation pressed expediting Land Appeal Court sittings for Millaa town allotments.
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Millaa Millaa
Somers
Millaa
Romance of Gold on Hodgkinson Field Reveals Promising Yet Flawed History
The article reviews the Hodgkinson goldfield in detail from discovery in 1875 by J Mulligan through late 19th century, noting initial booms and high ore yields but widespread mismanagement and undercapitalization. It cites government geologist Mr Jack urging deeper exploration funding and warns that overreliance on muscle over capital hindered sustained development despite respectable yields.
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Hodgkinson
Jack
Pooling and the perils of state pools in Australia
A Cairns Post reader argues against government pools for butter and other commodities. He warns pooling inflates prices for consumers, breeds middlemen, and shifts costs to households while exports rise, urging Australians to reject pooling or risk inflation and higher living costs. He cites local maize pools and warns of hidden costs, urging a national rethink of pooling policies.
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Cairns Post
Purcell
A. J Draper Ltd
Deeping the Hodgkinson mine at Kingsborough in Queensland
A historical note on the Cecil Syndicate formed in 1896 to develop the General Grant reef at Kingsborough. W J W Richards led the venture as manager, shafting to 500 feet with a maple timbered Three chamber shaft. The reef measured about 3 feet wide and paid well, with 18,000 tons treated for returns around 1 oz 2 dwts per ton, and tailings cyanide adding 5 dwts per ton. A new mill and underlie conversion cost £11,000, but later doubts arose about treatment efficiency and a major strategic change that proved risky.
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G.M. Mo
Home Rule
Feld
Jack
Hodgkinson
Gatras
Odgkinson
Cecil Syndicate
Kingsborough
W. J. W. Richards
Australia
Tolga
Age Co.cmt
England
Hornsby
Queensland
Mossman Mill Boosts Cane Payment and Local Parking Plan
June 15 Mossman reports the Mossman Central Mill Company offering an additional cane payment of 6/4 per ton, raising the total to 41/4 per ton for 15.55 c.c.s. Debate rises over payments underPB awards, with a small margin per ton. The council creates a parking area opposite the Post Office due to traffic on entertainment nights at the hall on Mill Street, with pedestrian safety measures on the narrow road. Mr and Mrs Hill returned to Cairns last Friday and beach road supporters back the Sek tea meet, noted with approval. Rex and Reynolds noted in local social context.
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Mossman
Mossman Central Mill Company
C.c.s
R. Hill
Cairns
Beach Road
Wade
Reynolds
Tome
RD. Rex
Reafforestation Proposal in Kuranda Forest Reserves
A letter to the Cairns Post notes a ministerial visit to Kuranda and urges reafforestation of Kuranda forest reserves. It highlights potential employment from harvesting Kauri Pine, Silkwood, Hickory and other marketable timbers, road building, and tourism appeal to sustain northern visitors.
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Cairns Post
Sir—Kuranda
Kuranda
Gandhi recalls Boer War stretcher service and medals
Gandhi replies to critics over entering firing lines during the Boer War. He says with seven men he carried wounded including General Woodgate and Major Scoot Moncrieff from Spionkop. He notes he and 20 others were mentioned in Butler's despatch and received a war medal.
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Calcutta
Gandhi
Roberts
Allwey
Spionkop
Bulle
Rapty
Woodgate
Scoot Moncrieff
Vaal Grantz
Butler
C. F. Andrews
London
Siras Gallwey
Lord Roberts
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