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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 17, 1930
Page
4
Week end sale offers wide selection of bargain items across departments. Featured goods include ladies coats, cardigans, bloomers, cardigans, silk hose, shoes, shirts, pajamas, mats, and teas with special A C B prices. Located at Aberneth street Cairns.
The meeting noted Mr Grant proposing a ban and discussed delegates from Kulara Danbulla and Damhalla associations. Mr Sides reported on interviews with Upper Herren Rast Barron and Catens Read. they urged rapid submission of names. Mr Sides was named delegate for Atherton. Mr Gelweiler appointed deputy for Yungaburra district conference in June.
The meeting led by Messrs Sherwood and Lipprrott appoints Grant as a June delegate to study state forest tests. They discuss advancing afforestation proposals, breakwind plantings on farm boundaries, and the need for state forest endowment amid bushfire risk. A federal matter for forestry reserves is debated with Cairns and Cartes range cited as key locales.
At Cairns Road LFA and district conference members discussed establishing a farmers distributing flour depots in Cairns. The motion urged government action to investigate markets in the East for Australian products while seeking better rail and mail services for farming communities. A recommmendation to reorganise the State Farm was proposed to benefit farmers.
The report records recent wet conditions and rain delays with plans for better weather in June. Mentioned are locals such as Weigen Roberts and Modell of Shignat's Flat, repairs on roads between tofelds and Suakionssaey, and visits from Mr Drury, Jane Brow, and A Musee as they spend four weeks in Cooktown.
The Carswell Progress Association held its annual meeting presided by Mr R. Hor and attended by several officers and members. Auditors reported no fund issues, election of officers occurred with names listed, accounts totaling 407 passed for payment, and discussion covered Kirranna and Gunnawarra leases with notes on extension and grazing land potential in North Queensland.
Preparations are underway for the Fenving meeting and Atherton carnival slated for late May. Committee activities, track work, sponsors, and social events are described as plans shape a successful afternoon with participants and local figures named in the club's notices.
A hazy OCR fragment references an Abyssinian cat and a lower count of litters or cats in a group. The text is unclear but indicates a discussion of a cat breed and population notes from an unspecified source.
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