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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 10, 1919
Page
2
Readers availed a Townsville motor launch trip to Thogh¢ Tete Sunday with 9 am departure, 11 am arrival, 1 pm return, and home by Spin. Passengers urged to call for two fare options and to join the cheap return ride.
The article laments widespread European chaos after World War I, noting loss of discipline, rising garishness, and demoralisation in Russia and Germany. It argues order will return only through exhaustion and cautions that danger and upheaval may persist in the interim.
A wartime column condemns allied citizens who support or imitate Bolshevik style disorder. It argues enemy agents push such ruinous plans and asserts Britons have nothing to learn from Germans or Russians, stressing the danger of aiding enemies and the need to avoid their tactics.
The walking delegate from Townsville visits Biboohra to address workers but gains only derision and a vote of no confidence in himself and Carney. The event highlights discontent and a shift toward honest labor in the town.
Barron Shire Avenel council will meet at a set time. Alf Franke offers first class signwriting and painting. Following work resumption at the Vulcan, Irvinebank expected to restart soon. Private Jack Simmonds returning on the Masrisha to Sydney. Horses to be sold by R Setrt and Co at Irvine Batts yard. A local Irish Easter appeal notes celebrations and a council event schedule.
The Herald presents unpublished views of the destruction at South Lobstone and includes a Weather Bureau report from Brisbane. The Darwin cyclone remains stationary between Borketown Thursday Island and Darwin with only slight intensity.
Floods easing in Melbourne suburbs Footscray Moonee Ponds and Maribyrnong River receded from dwellings and roads leaving silt. Rain continued but subsiding as water levels dropped after hours of rainfall.
Amid near end of war many German internees in Australia show restiveness under discipline and resentment at continued detention. A statement from the acting Minister for ... notes trouble at Liverpool and central NSW camps. Incest reports cited as unrest grows from lack of release and repatriation. No overt violence reported.
Sydney reports a sharp downturn in copper production with several mines closing. Only the Great Cobar Limited remains active while the sector faces heavy losses since last October and uncertainty over future output.
Reports from Melbourne detail a worsening influenza outbreak with rising case numbers and hospital strain. The influx of patients to major centers prompts concerns over treatment capacity and public health measures worldwide.
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