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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 17, 1925
Page
4
A dense OCR of Cairns area listings shows dentists surgeons solicitors and service ads. Names include JX Wilma, Mor ton Way, Hazel Heale Kurorn and firms like Srexrow LA Miller and Joseph Wennett. Also listed are architects quantity surveyors and providers across Cairns Innisfail Atherton Mossman and surrounding districts.
The program lists a humorous one way travel tale set in Hampton with a scene of a racing paddock and a bandit entwined plot. A stable scene shifts to Wanda and Hanlon in a mill with suspicious strangers and a planned heist. An educational feature titled The Frowland accompanies a travelogue Shippery Becket and other acts by local acts and a fashion feature announced for Wednesday.
The Palace screens a mixed program including The Heart Bandit starring Violy Dana and Molly by Fred Ren feds Myton. Also showing Angel Face Molly with a plot involving crooks, a wealthy companion, and police pursuit. Vintage newsreels and a comedy Caddy headline the program.
A town gathering at Oddfellows Hall features bake fires, solos by Mrs Booth and Mr Norris, and a range of performances including elocutionary pieces. Speakers will introduce a new instrument and demonstrations by local residents in a communal cultural evening.
A damaged OCR fragment describes the Woodward and Calder project in Cairns with design features of a shop front, large windows, and red cement walls. It notes construction cost about 44400 pounds, contractor Alex McKennaie, and architect Richard Hill, detailing show rooms, lighting, ventilation, and access points.
A life group debates the cost of setting up housekeeping with a proposed 4 room home layout. Elizabeth and others discuss itemized furniture and bedding, noting the effort to furnish a complete dwelling within a fixed budget despite modest means.
Fragment describes a municipal council session discussing May Day events, workers housing, tram and train services, and local options. Mentions ALP, mayoral figures, and efforts to establish local control while noting meat prices and public works.
Sydney reports Royal Humane Society honors for muriners who aided in a Well bird explosion rescue. A memorial tablet at Casannck School was unveiled with praise for recent bravery and the rescuers’ steadfast conduct amid dangerous conditions.
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