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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 18, 1939
Page
6
The Dimbulah branch of a society held its monthly meeting on Sunday with present members including Messrs Meshair Flumb secretary Lowe ard Short Marshall Glynn and H.
J Larkin Nicholls and other members admit new names while backing a Mareeba secondary school proposal. The group plans to support a plan for a railway ambulance car and raises concerns about recent pack-ups. They decide on a mining registrar pursuit, irrigation talks, and elect an Ambulance Committee with officers and trustees. The meeting sets monthly dates and assigns drivers and car upgrades. Five members shoot at ranges despite bad light and wind.
The May 2 meeting of the Herberton Hospital Committee discussed new respirators with duty waivers, state furniture for maternity ward expansion, and a profitable April fund-raising party. Seat changes included replacing absent member J. Todd with J. Milne, and T. H. Miller received one month’s leave due to illness. Financials show April receipts of £614 12s 8d and expenditures of £537 14s 5d, leaving £76 19s 3d credit. The Doctors Report records 60 general ward admissions in April, with 60 total dissections and 205 outpatients. The Matron notes busy hospital work, isolation wards occupied, and beds in maternity ward fully utilized.
A week start Chillagoe Amateur Hack Race Club held a dance to aid Chillagoe Hospital. Lawrence won the event, Peterson's Orchestra provided music, and gatekeepers included Mrs Atherton and Mr Brice. A new road from beyond the warden's residence to the railway station is being marked and soon graded and metalled.
The Atherton Hospitals Board met in May for the final session of the old board. Discussions covered travel allowances, fund transfers, a 2207 pound loan for a new morgue, and progress on the new buildings. Reports on hospital census, obstetric and infant wards, staff changes, and donations were presented by Dr. A M Martell and others.
War disrupts China’s trade as Australian flour and wheat shipments surge to North China and Shanghai. Renewed demand follows a wartime tariff repeal, with 33 cargoes totaling about 10 million bushels shipped since January. Analysts warn the Far East market remains unstable, likely limited to the war period.
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