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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 06, 1926
Page
7
The Bishop honors the community with an immediate visit after the Servier at Mt Butler's Residence in Edmon de. All varied holders are invited to attend.
Brisbane market news reports maize prices firmer with trading active at Roma Street today. Local growers and dealers observe stronger demand and steadier bids as the market shows improved confidence.
London reports a slow butter market on March 4 with new high premiums noted. Danish salted butter quotes at 182 neest salted, while Australian varieties show modest prices. unsalted and white or colored entries appear limited and subdued in trading. market tone remains quiet through the session.
Sydney market figures list copper with multiple price points including 38/16/3 and 9/10/4, tin at 202/7/6, and aluminum and silver quotes such as American electrolytic at 14 cents. The brief notes swelter conditions and shifts in lend, exchange values, and unit codes like 468 1 NS 1S, with detailed per unit and bulk figures across metals.
W Fooks led No. 2 Society meeting to choose an appropriation by ballot. 215 marbles were counted with Mrs Savage drawing No 242, belonging to Mrs Fardley of MacDonnell Creek, who earns a loan of 900 free of interest repayable by weekly installments of 10/6. The note ends with a stray line about Ford Dennis Whisky.
In fond and loving memory of Gladys beloved daughter of Mr and Mrs Scott who departed this life March 6 1924 With Christ which is far better days of sadness come o er memory keeps her near though laid to rest two years ago Inserted by her loving mother sisters and brothers The Cairns Post delivery Cairns Post.
The overseas strike left five thousand families destitute, with an average of five members each, as children lacked clothing and basic necessities. MeCh advised vigilance while relief boards struggled, and questions arose over defalcations in strike funds amid tensions in Melbourne. The piece condemns the agitators and warns the public about the hurt to Britain’s mercantile marine, urging accountability and reflection on the broader costs to families and the empire.
Fire near Auckland on March 5 endangered the town including Bank of New Sook Fees Public Library Court House tea rooms dining rooms and many dwellings. A brick wall helped contain the blaze as residents formed a barrier to halt the flames.
Harry Marratta appeared before Acting PM M J Hickey charged with being found drunk. He pleaded guilty, was convicted and discharged. Railway Band to perform a regionale program in Norman Mark tomorrow evening at 8:30. EGU.A. Delegates M Hoare and Marin attended the State Conferences at Brisbane and returned home. Johnstone Shire Council building a bridge over Bamboo Creek for Main Roads, cost estimated at £25750. Mossman growers bought five thousand shares for a Mossman cane harvester season unit.
Gaetono Giraldi applied yesterday in Canistail Industrial Court to work as a field worker for less than the prescribed rate. He sought £2 per task, citing initiation, and the magistrate Mr R J J Hart granted the application.
Acting POM Frank-Kealy pleaded guilty to drunkenness and obscene language. Sergeant Cacti noted the defendant was under the influence during the hearing. The defense argued leniency but the court ordered a payment, with a 24 hour in default penalty.
The forecast notes showers along the tropical coast and south coast with generally fine conditions elsewhere. Sporadic thunderstorms may occur in the Far North West and Far South West. winds mainly easterly to north easterly near shore with a cool northerly shift approaching from the tropics.
Mies Carey, daughter of Mrs. Br. McCarthy of Gordonvale, rises from North Queensland roots to Sydney journalism. Educated at All Hallows Brisbane, she published at sixteen, then became a typist and writer for country papers, later joining Sydney outlets Truth staff and Daily Standard. Known for political writing and poetry, she led a Women’s Page and works across Cairns and Gordonvale.
The quarterly summons of King George Lodge No. 66 P AF LO A reports a large attendance and five initiations with seven candidates proposed for next meeting. Twenty positions received in two months amid high member enthusiasm. A push for lady members and jubilee year progress noted, with plans for a church party and public function to be announced soon.
A special meeting at St John’s rectory discussed arrangements for a St George’s Day ball. Officers present included President Mel Carey, Secretary Miss Jones, and Mrs Draper. minutes were adopted. A penny mile scheme aims to raise about 264 pounds for the band, with locals urged to contribute. A new church tender was noted as satisfactory and aid for helpers was requested for the ball.
A jumble of sale notices and public events lists auctions for vanity items and household goods, a three-year lease of a boarding house, and various tenders. It references J Butler as auctioneer in Gordonvale area, plus forthcoming dances, meetings, and civic functions in Cairns and nearby towns with dates in March.
A cryptic note discusses tides and moon phases with numbers and words that resemble a date or measurement. It mentions Last Quarter and Marel 7 and references a sequence that may hint at celestial timing or a coded schedule.
An Inn'sfail District Railway League gathering led by Mr. Steine and Mr. Pease discussed urgent plans to finance and build a short harbor link. They urged Cabinet ministers to back the project, citing major savings and potential sugar industry benefits, with promises of funds in the new financial year.
An alert notes plans to hire on the South line for a railway extension from Mount Mo on to Brisbane Mount Molly. Work includes constructing bases and bridges from the centre to Julalien near Port Picuaghes. About two years after a prior operation, construction is expected to begin almost immediately with 75 to 100 men engaged.
Albert Lundie appeared before Magistrate Hickey charged with assaulting Constable J. E. Wilson on February 24. Lundie pleaded guilty as defense requested an option, age twenty, with older men present. The court deferred further action, with fines and other motions explored. A separate fire causation case involved a Hintek Special Six car bought in 1925, insured, hired, and later destroyed by an explosion, with witnesses detailing the ignition and resulting blaze. The inquiry was adjourned sine die.
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