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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 31, 1946
Page
5
The Cairns district debates reviving tourist traffic after wartime losses. Officials urge a centralized plan with publicity campaigns, pooling finances, and a three-service tourism body to sustain rail, sea, and air visitors. The aim is a strong, sustained campaign to reestablish Cairns as a premier winter destination.
A chaotic report combines a ministerial appointment and weather forecast with a Brisbane weather bureau notice. It mentions Minister for Works and Wares, regional electricity planning, and expenditure for storage water tents, plus a police court story about a youth with a revolver and a former Tart Brosbane College principal.
A jumble of notes covers an injured employee, hospital attendances, and a council election result. Mentions include Mr EE Buckmore, the Care How pial, and Dor LA. Vanis with votes by WD Whinnel and VA Jenset. Also notes a visit by a Country Party Leader and a Cairns arrival. A coroner’s inquest into Lecmetd Stewart Orr’s death is referenced, with witnesses named.
Fragmentary obituary style note lists soldiers from Burma Camp area with references to ranks and names. Mentions brave dead and nephews. honors and remembrance language hint at a memorial roll of honour context. Unclear sentences reflect damaged OCR.
Mr Muller, member for Western, spoke at Gordonvale arguing irrigation expansion across North Queensland. He urged closer investigation into waterways and federal aid, pressed for centralised schools transport, rural hospital upkeep, and stronger industrial controls to boost country prosperity and population.
Brisbane May 30 The importance of developing the state's underground water resources is stressed as a key issue in regional planning and agricultural resilience. Officials urge coordinated surveys, drilling programs, and conservation measures to ensure long term supplies for towns and farms. Local authorities consider implementing standardized pumping rights and monitoring to prevent depletion.
Ministers note irrigation schemes depend on underground aquifers near rivers Ape MIGUMIT and Lockyer. Investigations seek replenishment rates and safe pumping levels for about 21 000 acres of farming land amid calls to avoid litigation risk. Field surveys cover Dewman Callidle valleys and nearby basins for data.
A two year old cyclist named Tash arrived in Cairns while touring Australia. He plans to ride from Cooktown to Perth, visiting Croydon, Burketown, Darwin, Wyndham and more, detailing harsh conditions and vast distances. He claims Queensland is the west state and references rugged riding along sand tracks and the Nullarbor.
The newly formed Regional Electricity Board held a meeting to choose a chairman. Nominees included Alderman J. P. Corcoran Hermit Park Labour, Alderman A V Hamilton Probated by Labour Councils, W Wordsworth representing Thur ingowa Shire, Councillor J. L Kelty representing Ometa Lah MW, and Councillor C J McCuthie Ave Shire. The meeting proceeded with debate and the chairman would be officially notified.
May 30 weekly tobacco leaf prices reported at Mareeba with an average for the week of 75 and a date to date total. notes excellent quality leaf from Dimbulah and Dimbulan growers selling at varying prices up to 48d and 40d in early June. The final season price was declared on an 1849 year total, with a reported average and detailed lot prices across multiple lots and weights.
Fragmentary report of a parish meeting where two sugar men aim to gain control. Herold ie Cotas M'syaree stated BE Minster fer Loan Me A. Jones. Our Brana correspondent notes uncertain details and local statements.
Cairns mourns the death of Ernest Pawsey aged 66, longtime public servant and member of the Cairns Harbour Board. Born in Wonderi, he served Atherton and the Tableland region for decades, contributing to public affairs and local governance. He leaves a widow and two daughters, with a brother and other relatives. Funeral plans for the Atherton area were announced, with services at 4:30 pm and obsequies to follow.
A reporting of appeals heard at the railway tribunal recounts witness statements about an appellant named Marlow. Colleagues Cairns and James Pulton praise his long service, skill in wheel turning, and reliability as a leading hand turner, while noting wartime or postwar shop conditions and sectional division of tasks.
The report notes Walter Hermert joined the railway at Twopaville in 1017 as a fitter or foreman grade and later became a leading hand in May 188 with the title and duties unchanged since. He led crews of machinists and toolmakers, supervising foreman duties with 8 to 12 workers. A hearing referenced his absence and the official record mentions the role and responsibilities.
In Doomben and Memnborough trials the Ahern Memorial Handicap drew strong fields led by Viola Miler and Delia with Victorians Delina Bee ter and Graeme, as betting favored Melboro. Trainers note Melboro unlikely to start in the Doomben Cup, while riders and weights shuffle for Bernborough memorial races with several horses and jockeys listed across the program.
The Attorney General noted a smaller sugar crop with preliminary estimates by A Bell of the Sase Exper Station indicating about 40,000 tons of cane for crushing and around 429 tons of sugar, roughly 30,000 tons less than last year. Weather is expected to be cool in the Bundaberg belt as a rough estimate of the belt’s conditions suggests a smaller crop.
In a fragmentary notice, Elishe Joseph Favoih is described in relation to Cairne Tuambet Bewea and Cairns Lm Sees Sharh oto, with mention of his widow and Ivy Bien Norman. The readable text hints at a marital event or arrangement tied to Cairns and Friday, but the details are unclear due to the damaged OCR.
In St Joho, a late 19th century note recalls Frederick Price and family ties across regions. The fragment mentions services years apart, a baris wun tas Ox Melbeure, and a remmaptin of the parma Price. The terse text hints at a local memory of inheritance and status within a small town.
Fragmented OCR text reports telephone service changes and regional communications notes between Calms and Cooktown with unclear details and several garbled phrases. The readable items suggest a regional telecom update rather than a full event description.
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