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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 24, 1930
Page
11
May flood notes and maritime activity described with times and locations. References to ship units, port operations, and moon phases are noted alongside scattered, partly legible data about high water events and schedules.
Fragmentary OCR text shows dates, places and personal names in a chaotic flow. It references May events in Canberra and Leys, Lewes, and London with scattered numbers and stations, suggesting a past newspaper page with vague listings and notices.
Delegates at the Cane Sugar allied meeting discuss upcoming plans and governance steps. A formal review outlines council actions, ministerial input, and the role of the Sugar Board in upcoming campaigns and policy moves.
Fragmentary text discusses G R Mayers and a Verona development, mentioning mills, river, and wartime context. References to plans for a public works or postwar reconstruction, with uncertain names and dates, and notes on energy, industry, and area development.
In a shaky summary, Barcelona issues a cryptic note about the Crane Prix event. Gene Bris is mentioned in relation to Bosgs Limited with unclear details on ownership or outcome. The fragment hints at European competition with elevated stakes but lacks clear facts.
The notice lists Holy Eucharist and Sunday services at multiple churches led by Rev J. Griffin, Rev T. Lo Deapey, Rev J. Tannen, and Rev L. Peek. It includes Evensong, Sunday School times, and various evening services. A range of sermons and events are noted with local names and street locations.
A garbled boxing squib notes a Gordonvale bout with chaotic details. Names and specifics are unreadable, but references to May and a dramatic clash suggest a notable local fight scene fragment.
Fragmentary OCR listing names and items from an Aussie club page. Reads like a roster or event notes with multiple personal names, places, and phrases, but many garbled segments limit clear facts or dates.
Fragmentary text describes a Monday event with different names and roles, an ambulance incident during a gathering. It mentions Johnstone, Connell, and Fare Munro, a right forearm fracture, and conveyance to a district hospital. Names and details are partially obscured and uncertain.
The final payment to Mourilyan rowers was made last Thursday at an average rate of 1/10 per ton of cane. The total amount paid reflects the 1929 crop and confirms clearance of accounts.
Fragmented OCR text mentions a Family Syndicate with W. Brie and Ronald Stevenson, Forest Lodge Sydney, and third to Third Checkmsie Syndicate via M. J. Dever in Devertos, with limited legible names and addresses.
A fragmented obituary poem honoring Slendon Tendon Glendon and Ellen Glendon, recalling a mother’s toil at home, a sudden call to rest, and a family tribute by sons and grandsons Keren James Glendon, with mentions of a May 25 date and a May 24, 1923 memorial line. The piece laments the loss, invites remembrance, and reflects enduring love.
A Cairns Post editorial argues education as essential for democracy, tracing ideas from Danton to modern uplift. It praises public instruction as a right and duty, urging intellectual progress to lift national life and curb social unrest. It warns against neglecting schooling and urges fortifying the mind as a path to reform.
The piece argues that education nurtures artistic and refined qualities in everyone not a fixed set. It contends that art belongs to all minds capable of seeking it and that true democracy arises from tolerant, informed citizens. A educated person is the aristocracy of intellect, with strength in self and an informed mind as its kingdom.
A Cairns report details Minister for Railways Mr Fredirey Morgan plan ming to tour Earns and the Far North on Thursday. He will address the Cairns Shire Council Chambers and receive greetings, while other city events and local notices regarding hydro electricity, accidents, and court actions are summarized.
Town Council leaders including Mayor W A Collins and Aldermen J Birch and RY McManus prepared to front deputations with Chamber, Shire Council, and Harbour Board to press for railway freight reform. The group aims to meet Railways Minister Godfrey Morgan to seek freight reclassification review and broader railway policy consideration.
The government names new hospital board members including Walter J. Bartlett Norman F. Draper Borman A. McKeeman and George A. Hamilton with others such as Cornel, Jenny Webb, Job Welsh Atherton Robert Clarke and Herbert Arya indicated among appointees in Teismaney publication.
A garbled report describes an annual gathering of delegates and members of a northern federation. Mrs Spencer Hokins chaired the session with ROT Meltanus as president and a national anthem opening. Afternoon sessions featured remarks, reports, and financial statements, amid a noisy program of songs and convalescent decorum, concluding with resolutions and committee meetings.
A garbled account of a meeting describes delegates, officers, and visitors with numerous misspellings. It mentions a president, secretary, and executive roles, plus an upcoming special meeting and unsteady references to locations and names.
Fragmentary note from Raven shoe CW A Cardwell dated May 22 mentions mountain bene fits and an upcoming event. Misreadings reference Dany happy te wil you and Mare Marin Muror as measurer of the Raensshoe aiensstant urine tus Inv Tetter.
Aged Chinese man and partner pleaded guilty to selling opium to an interpreter on a city street. Police witnessed the exchange as a marked florin and an opium packet were found. The defendant, old and with prior similar offences, sought leniency after a £20 fine in 1909.
The Magistrate convicting Cheong Hing noted a similar case earlier that week and warned older men acting as agents for the opium ring would face longer sentences to break up the traffic. Hing was sentenced to 14 days in the Cairns lock-up.
May 21 report says 26 miners are entombed after a Neglected explosion at Dunder colliery. One identified as a white man. Rescuers work through 1000 feet of wrecked passages despite gas, using bore rescues and sonic drills to clear debris.
Donnell supports 10 assist the Chamber's delegate at Bowen Conference. Mr Mc Downe argues revival of gold mining after payment of the proposer loom would alleviate unemployment and bring wealth into the country, aiding production and solving Australia's economic issues.
A fragmented 1895 Cairns era record notes Mr 5 B Spirk leaving for the United States, appointment as manager in Colorado, and ties to the Cairns Aerial Pastoral and Mining show. It also covers sugar industry data, local transport, river and port activity, and a fatal beach fire incident with a 14 year old injured.
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