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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 19, 1918
Page
2
March 17 arrival reports list Captain Stewart from Townsville and numerous passengers including Mesdames Saver Maclean Marjack Grmsay Mallirs Miss Maclean Muffray Finlay Messrs Chapman Lynch Wilson Pearce Miller Jacob son Fiora Mehell Green Murphy Buchan Payne Kaine Haney Gregory Egan Murphy Foulis Grier Lampera and Australian Steamships Littl agents.
Burns, Philp and Co from Cairns lodges at Lerinda Point. Wrrerima departs for the south Saturday. Moorika departs for the south Thursday. Moorilyan arrives from Townsville Tuesday 5 am and sails to Cooktown via Port Douglas at 7 am returning 9 pm Wednesday and sails to Lucinda Townsville at 11 pm. Lass O Gowrie arrives from Townsville Sunday. returns Cairns Tuesday 5. Innisfail arrives from Townsville Innisfail Wednesday and sails for Townsville 11 am Wednesday night.
The record lists lunar phases and key timings for March 1918 including Last Quarter and New Moon in early March, First Quarter mid month, Full Moon near month end, with perigee and apogee events. It also notes high water times and a date marker for Tuesday March 19 1918.
At Egmton's Hall Croydon a meeting discussed D Riordan's Burke electorate candidacy and called for an early public inquiry into the granting and use of government monies on the Last Line reef as Tuigana Mary and Highland Mary reefs. The reply quoted from Riordan promises an inquiry.
A fragmentary OCR item references Seat Macleay Dutf Site with unclear context. The readable elements suggest a discussion of a frill and font linked to a location or project, but details remain vague.
An odd personal note rounds up casual observations from a seer’s account of a cyclone passing Emu Creek. The writer mentions travel with Treasurer Theodore and a crowd at a train, names Bob Fuller Kilpatrick Pat Grogan and others, and reflects on old mines reopening and attracting metal men to revive the district.
Letter-writer argues voters backed the Ryan government to maintain existing order amid warnings of a Bolshevik style program. Prohibition and common ownership aims are dismissed as unlikely changes, with labor and farmer supporters portrayed as content with current policies. The piece concludes voters chose the party of the status quo for three more years.
Atherton distressed by cyclone cases noted after a Treasury credit to the Clerk of Petty Sessions J. P. Lucy. The Premier wire requests reporting of cyclone relief actions and any subsequent cases or needs arising from the disaster.
Private M Gorman of Serme is in Brisbane and expected home soon after serving at the front since 1914. The notice also advertises remedies, cattle auctions in Tableland, pure bred Ayrshire stock, and dairy herds for sale with farm leases, plus a war loan advance offer from the Queensland National Bank and eye specialist H F Stacey touring Cairns area offering vision tests and glasses.
Ladies of Carns convene at the Oddfellows Hall at four to arrange clothing supplies for cyclone sufferers under Mayoress oversight. Donors urged to send parcels of male or female garments to the Town Clerk. A public meeting follows tonight at four in the same hall.
The Railway Recreation Club trip to Babmeas last Sunday yielded a strong cash return with duties due today and the remaining balance to be remitted from wayside stations. Expenses were modest. government support for train and staff was acknowledged.
An old-fashioned advert touts a "magical" remedy for wounds and sores. The copy promotes household ointment sold by Collins on Lake Street in Cairns, claiming rapid healing and scar removal at 1 shilling 6 pence per pot.
About sixty residents from the cyclone struck Babinda area are housed in Cairns. They stay in hotels and private homes. among them are men, women, and children who endured terror from the roaring wind. The Osiras assisted, and more help is expected as needs rise.
CHL W Wallace and H H Cross are noted along with Pte W A Mazlin and O F McMahon and F P Smith in Darwin and Malanda. The piece mentions James Harris of Woothakata Shire and Virgoe CBE in exile at the West Front rival, plus a cyclone at Innisfail. Readers are urged to secure copies early for full cyclone details.
The beacon blown by the cyclone is repaired by the Harbor Master with a hooped position marked. A girl, Karara Carr, injures three fingers in a separator cog and may lose a hand. The Mackay Relief Fund receives further funds from the Cans Railway Recreation Club. Port Darwin reports no killing season this year. At Shillington Parish Church a preacher's surplice catches fire from a candle but is extinguished.
The article notes a preliminary inquiry into the circumstances of the lighter blow during the cyclone with evidence sent to authorities. Both lighters were recovered after the event.
Boys and girls of Cairns and the Tableland contribute letters explaining why parents like to shop at Mayers Store. The competition closes at month’s end with five top letters earning five shillings each. Also notes a reader offering patched iron repair tips using a 2 inch pipe and a lead slug to seal holes.
A report from Mr. A. Gibson Field Assistant outlines overhang of three year old cane in the Childers district due to heavy rains and late harvests in 1917. Milling ceased early, leaving standover cane and associated soil and crop issues. Pialba expects good crops next season as soils vary from alluvial to shale and limestone.
Historic cyclone of 1900 impacts Rockhampton Bulletin readers with reports from Jaccary and Pine Islet. Eclipse schooner under No. 2 Nerrey Island shelter breaks anchor as wind shifts and sea overruns reef. Crew reach safety after staving off wreck. Innisfail and Johnstone Rover districts suffer extensive damage. town ruins, hospital wrecked, police stations and court damaged. Vigilance Committee forms as residents endure loss.
London March Mr J Dillon replying to congratulations on leadership said England must free a nation long misgoverned before discussing League of Nations or war. He hoped Ireland would learn result of the Convention soon. He urged Sinn Feiners to drop bluff and ally with fellow-countrymen.
In Melbourne on March 14 the Bowser Ministry fell after a narrow three vote defeat on a Premier’s motion. The opposition had pressed for a nominal cut in the railway estimate, which the Government had previously reduced, triggering an immediate adjournment to reassess the situation. If no dissolution is granted, the crisis continues.
Beautiful weather prevailed for the St Patrick's sports at the Showgrounds, despite a light shower about 2 o'clock. Three Australians arrived at Rotterdam en route to England, and Dewar's Whisky was noted as a restorative for the attendees.
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