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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 18, 1930
Page
4
A jumble of garbled catalog style phrases and scattered names appears. The fragment mentions items like pink color, satin, and the word peace, with stray numbers and unclear references, offering no coherent event or clear actors.
Fragmentary market notes describe silk fabrics and fashion items including silk hole, thread counts, and embreved ties. Mentions include various names and places such as Paris and Champagne era terms, with scattered references to fabrics, color names, and potential buyers or sellers.
Reordered lots of plain white sheeting offered with trimmed price details. Mentions 10 weekly value, special toilet sale, and assorted packaging terms. Includes stray references to town suppliers and quantities but reads as fragmented ad copy.
March notes show a shift to fine weather with nights cool and mornings crisp. Rainfall is heavier toward Rumula, residents report new mining activity and several locals visiting Mareeba. Road work and timber transport expand as Wootha kata Shire plans a horse track and road maintenance amid limited funds.
Local column reports a bustling period for Mt Garnet with Kimber ore shipments, new housing, and a fresh influx of families. Engineering works include a wide ore lode at Oakey Creek, productive boxes at Nettle’s Creek, and road updates from Return Creek to Smith’s Creek.
London scores show Lindrum leading with 17 068 including a 1 050 break against Smith. Lindham tallies 2 308 in the evening. Smith 138. McConachie in play versus Davis 6 479. Saturday sessions list McConachie 12 209 against Davis 10 741. Lindrum 18 669 against Smith in play about on Black Mountain road. Caterpillar tractor haulings to Molloy mill expedite logging logs.
Report discusses sustenance granted to men while prospecting or working. Critics argue officials ignore the real prospector who covers more territory than official parties. Commentary from miners and local observers questions the mining commission’s findings and recommendations.
Mareeba Shire council notes discuss road surveys from Kamil to Bilyoah and Kuninda to Mareeba, drainage plans, and property implications. hardware, surveys, and funding estimates feature. discussions cover Main Roads work, rates, health, and a proposed hydroelectric scheme loan.
Council debated appointing a new news council member and postponed elections to May 3 with June points in view. The Main Roads Commission planned tramway sale to reduce overdraft while opposing traffic delays on the Binghomm-Uyper road and urged the council to approve boundary alterations and bridge work at Trepee Cove.
Appeals heard on March 14 regarding rulings by stipendiary stewards that disqualified two horses for two years and 42 months. Charles and K. Jeffers contest the decision while P Foley’s appeal is set for a special QTC meeting.
Myota informed that authorities do not intend to act on removing a fence from the Myola Mantaka road at the present time.
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