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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 17, 1932
Page
5
A varied Cairns area page shows dental surgeons and a mechanic ads at Beehive Corner, public lands notices, land auctions, shipping and harbor board tenders, and a town notice about Cardwell Shire rates. It lists W JONES as rate collector, a magistrates court notice for Herberton, and bids for engine machinery with inspection dates.
The document lists annual figures for Jamar district units, media stations, distribution, sales, transmission losses, coal use and on hand, water consumption, and new connections. It notes extended filter sales included in totals, describes a pole extension project, and reports inspection completion with all defective poles addressed. No outages occurred during the period 8/2/32 to 4/3/32.
London March 15 The President of the Board of Trade Mr Walter Runciman told Parliament the government told France they would oppose any general clearing house for British goods He said a clearing house would not help British trade and added the plan would not remove exchange handicaps in Europe after further consideration in committee
The report states Germany’s government is moving to assert control via an emergency decree to guarantee large credits to shipping interests. It notes the State is directing restructuring and rationalisation of companies, with influence spanning Hamburg America and North German Lloyd lines as it seeks to mobilise a large portion of the workforce.
A garbled table shows Ivanhoe B team batting averages and player scores. Names listed include Crisp Williams Quill Williams Fox Warden Clift Reese Tanzer Evans Fipco and others with various runs, hits, and totals. A stray note references Germany with a million more.
Partial timetable notice lists daily departures from Cairns at 7 and 17 hours noon, with Sunday noon cancelled, plus 5 am and 8 pm runs. Booking offices named with White Car Office Shields Street and Strand Hotel Addresses. Incomplete lines reference Simonds Gordowale and Take Eacham Hotel with scattered names and numbers.
A Cairns city notice calls ratepayers and residents to a public meeting at the Council Chambers on Tuesday March 22 1952 to protest actions by certain Cairns City Council Aldermen regarding Barron Falls incident and Hydry Electricity Board. The request urges mayor W A Collins support and names F Fulton and other signatories. The document includes a range of municipal and electoral concerns with a formal summons for residents to attend.
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