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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 04, 1929
Page
7
Burke bye election results show Labour lead in Brisbane
Labour leads the Burke bye election as A James and R J Clarke trail. About 900 postal and absent votes are expected and last election Riordan won by 1057 votes over Clarke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brisbane
A. James
R. J. Clarke
Labour
D. Riordan
R. J. Clark
Riordan
C P N Gains Votes In Burke By Election Result
The Burke by election following D Riordan's retirement shows Labour leading by 634 with Burketown and postal votes pending. Clarke of the Country and Progressive Nationalist Party gains ground since the last election while Riordan previously led with 2005 votes and Clarke 1. The Opposition leader expects Labour to widen the majority when final tallies come in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brisbane
Burke
Legislative Assembly
D. Riordan
Labour
Burketown
R. M. King
Clarke
Riordan
Forgan Smith
Harris v Cattell damages in Townsville case
In Townsville on November 1 the Summons Court concluded a case where William George Harris sued H. W Cattell for 75 pounds after a collision at Charters Towers Road and Frairie Street. Doctor Chapman said injuries were minor gravel rashes. verdict awarded 20 pounds including costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townsville
William George Harris
H. W Cattell
Charters Towers Road
Frairiestreet
Chapman
Loan Council Sets November 11 Meeting Date
Canberra reports the Loan Council will discuss a 10 million pound loan with no prospectus announcement. The Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works loan of 600 thousand pounds will be held until after the council meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra
Theodore
Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works
Naval Conference Invitations Extended to London Receptions
At City Corporation in London on October 31 the decision was made to extend invitations to delegates attending the naval conference in London in January to four receptions and a banquet at the Guild Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Toundon
Guild
Schaffert Divorce Case Remanded for Further Consideration
In Cairns Circmt Court on Saturday morning Justice Douglas heard Frederick Alexander Schaffert's petition for divorce from Alice Florence Schaffert. The defendant did not appear. plaintiff was represented by T. M. Barry. His Honour found the facts as alleged and no collusion, and remanded the case to Townsville for further consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairns
Justice Douglas
Frederick Alexander Schaffert
Alice Florence Schaffert
T. M. Barry
A. Murray
Murray and Bennett
Townsville
Marriage rift unfolds with paternity claim across Queensland towns
Frederick Alexander Schaffert testifies to marriage with his Mareeba wife and two children born in 1921 and 1923. He alleges she claimed a child’s paternity by Brebner the banker, a disclosure he rejected and later contemplated harming Brebner. He notes moving between Mareeba Forsayth Donnyville and Georgetown, with a 1927 New Guinea trip and radio exchanges confirming concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Alexander Schaffert
Georgetown
Mareeba
Donnyville
Forsayth
Witness
New Guinea
Cairns
A. L. Nevitt
Morobi
Mr. Newitt
Plaintiff
Brebner
Cairns Bailiff Recalls Divorce Case Details
Henry Kendall Green, assistant bailiff, testified in Georgetown about a divorce. The defendant admitted Brebner forced himself on her while her husband was in New Guinea and she registered their child in her husband’s name to conceal the baby bonus. She refused to report to authorities and would not defend the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Kendall Green
Cairns
Georgetown
New Guinea
Bobbie” Brebner
Brebner
Fred
Barry
Girl Injured in Bathes Mishap Ends in Injury
In Townsville on November 1 a 15 year old girl Mary Farrell was jumped by a boy while swimming at the baths and sustained neck injuries. She received medical attention from a doctor and was sent home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townsville
Mary Farrell
Golden Casket Welcome Surprise Ends Nine Day Wait
In Sydney on November 1 a second prize ticket in the Queensland consultation Golden Casket, worth £1000, lay unclaimed in a Forbes shop for nine days. Reuben Ralph of Sydney, travelling for work, was notified by telegram and retrieved the ticket. He plans to settle in a small business after the windfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Queensland
Forbes
Reuben Ralph
Ralph
Official Visit to Roma Oil Fields in Queensland
A government party led by the Minister for Mines an Under Secretary for Mines Deputy Chief Geologist and Messrs Conroy Maher Tedman and Jones left Brisbane for Roma to inspect the oil field and review activities before the Petroleum Act Amendment Bill's second reading in the Assembly next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brisbane
Messrs
Conroy
Maher
Tedman
Jones
M.L.A
Roma
Opposition to foreign capital in Queensland oil search
The government faces strong opposition to allowing foreign capital in oil exploration. A new proposal suggests limiting foreign funding to 49 percent in any refining organization that could later be formed to handle Queensland oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queensland
Impasse in Paris as Clemente Fails to Form Ministry
Paris October 31 M Clemente abandons plan to form a ministry after radical Socialists demand prior approval of the programme. The standoff halts cabinet formation and signals continued political gridlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
M. Clemente
In fond remembrance of Eliza Meggan and Augusta Kerr
Memorial notices honor Eliza Meggan who died November 4 1919 and Augusta Kerr who died November 4 1926. In memory, their families express enduring affection and best wishes. The Kerr notice mentions a birthday date tied to the 1926 memorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MEGAW
Eliza Meggan
Railways burden on taxpayers and push for reform
The piece urges public sympathy for the Minister for Railways and the Commissioner as they pursue a more efficient system. It notes one third of taxes fund railway losses and two thirds support the system, despite rising costs, growing road competition, and calls for equitable legislation to address the muddle and waste.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railways
Railways face tax payer burden amid costly reforms
The government confronts a difficult task to cut railway operating losses while expanding settlement and relying on roads to support traffic. Officials must balance road opposition, reduce costs, and popularize service to avoid further taxpayer penalty and undo years of waste and political log rolling.
Cairns Circuit Court hears matrimonial case
In the Cairns Circuit Court on Saturday one case was heard in matrimonial jurisdiction. The civil sittings will be resumed at 10 am today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairns
Canberra
Melbourne
Sydney
Brisbane
Townsville
Singapore
Yokohama
China
Japan
Sandakan
Changte
Hongeax
Nellore
E. and A. Line
Gulf Ports
Menehree Harbour
Vacuum Oil
Lille
London
Bottle Attack and Dog Bite Reported by City Ambulance
Geo Hydes was assaulted with a bottle at about 9 30 pm Saturday and taken to hospital after receiving a head wound. B Cummings was treated yesterday for a dog bite on a right finger and advised to seek medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Hydes
B. Cummings
Cairns
Fish Hook Wounds Cairns Boy During Fishing Trip
Ronald Salmon a 13 year old boy was pierced by a fish hook in the arm while fishing on Saturday morning. The Cairns Ambulance assisted and transported him to Cairns District Hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Salmon
Cairns Ambulance
Cairns
Rainfall figures for Packer's Camp reported
A. C. Napier notes October rainfall at Packer's Camp was nil, with nil for the same period in 1928. He reports scant totals over the last three months, hopes for a November 1928 pattern of seven inches, and cites ten month totals for 1929 at 83.71 points versus 50.96 points in 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Packer
A. C. Napier
Packer's
Confirmation Service at St Monica's Sees 166 Candidates
Yesterday after the second mass at St Monica's Bishop Heavey led the confirmation service with Fathers Phelan and Redmond assisting. Girls wore white costumes and veils while boys wore white suits and sashes for the sacramental ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Monica’s
Bishop Heavey
Phelan
Redmond
Cairns Tourist League Public Meeting Planned
A meeting convened by Mayor Alderman W. A. Collins will be held in the Council Chambers tomorrow at 8 o'clock to form a 1st Cairns Tourist League. The group aims to promote tourist travel and develop resorts in the district and to cooperate with the Government Tourist Bureau under the Queensland Railway Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairns
Commissioner For Railways
W. A. Collins
Government Tourist Bureau
Queensland Railway Department
Brisbane Weather Forecast From Yesterday Telegraph
The Brisbane Weather Bureau reports generally fine weather with scattered showers. Thunder in the Peninsula and Northern Coast Divisions and sporadic storms between the Gulf and far South-west, extending to the sub-tropical coast by Monday. Warm to very hot in dry areas, cooler with a Monday change in the Southwest. Winds shift from southeast on the tropical slopes to northeast to north elsewhere, with a southerly change near the Western border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brisbane Weather Bureau
Gulf
Pacific
The Bush Fires Surround Cairns Across Fortnight
The bush fires near Cairns remained active over the weekend with a line burning along the Murray Prior Range reflected in Inlet waters. West hills near Edmonton burned in bright patches while a blue haze lingered at sunset and smoke covered the city into night. Flames along the Woree road two miles from Cairns consumed tussock and shrubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairns
Murray Prior
Edmonton
Woree Road
Inebriated man causes disturbance on Abbott Street
A large crowd gathered Saturday as a drunken youth provoked others with loud talk. A burly police officer ordered him away but he resisted and was forcibly removed by the constabulary. He was taken to the City Watchhouse and faces Police Court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbott Street
French cabinet formed after eleven day government gap
Paris reports M. Tardieu has formed a cabinet ending an eleven day vacancy. M. Briand assumes Foreign Affairs as the new administration takes shape in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
M. Tardieu
M. Briand
Cane growers vote on Defence Fund poll results
The Cairns Cane growers Association reports a telegram from the Australian Sugar Producers’ Association and the Queensland Canegrowers’ Council detailing a poll on the Defence Fund. The result shows a large majority in favour of the penny per ton levy, with 1914 votes against the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queensland Canegrowers' Council
Cairns Canegrowers’ Association
F. C. P. Curlewis
Australian Sugar Producers’ Association
Brisbane
Queensland Canegrowers’ Council
Queensland cane levy referendum vote result posted
The referendum to decide a one penny per ton levy for a defence fund among sugar cane growers was held at the Department of Agriculture and Stock. The tally shows 1914 votes for the levy and 1591 against.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brisbane
Queensland Cane Growers Council
Department of Agriculture and Stock
Levy to be deducted from cane payments by sugar mills
The levy will be deducted by the managers of the respective sugar mills from the cane payments due to such mills. Seventy five percent will fund the Defence Fund for growers in serious industrial trouble, advertising, compensation for arson injury, and critical legal expenses. twenty five percent will go to District Canegrowers' executives for local defence purposes.
Golf grows in Cairns as Burpu tournament draws big field
At Burpu over the weekend a large turnout competed in a summer golf tournament despite windy, hard conditions. Absentees drew criticism from the event's organizers, while handicap decisions influenced scores. President S. H. Warner awarded trophies Sunday, praising the late-year success of the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairns
Burpu
S. H. Warner
Anthony wins bogey event amid high scores at club meet
Anthony won the 18 hole bogey round with five to spare while Mathieson finished second two up. The day included a nine hole bogey contest for ladies won by Miss Sparks with Mayers close behind, and N Thorne posted 151 in the 36 hole marathon aiding his late charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denen
P. A. W. Anthony
J. Mathieson
Captain de Aos
N. P. Draper
E. J. Lyon
All Square
R. Lyon
K. Sanans
A. L. Nevitt
H. K. N. MacDonnell
C. F. Clarke
M. Anderson
Miss Sparks
Miss Mayers
Mrs. Wright
Wilkinson
Mrs. Warner
Mr. Thorne
Associates
Miss Backer
Thorne
Golf results highlight 36 hole event and handicaps
H L Jones finished runner up in the 36 hole event after a costly lost ball at six. G Skene, L O Meara and H K N Mac Donnell posted top scores of 154 155 and 155 respectively. Morning winner was H Jones with net 72 while afternoon ties included N S Thorne L O Meara and G I Robertson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Jones
G. Skene
L. O'Meara
H. K. N MacDonnell
H. Jones
Thorne
G. I. Robertson
Robbie
R. Browne
G. D. Gummow
M. Klarwein
C. Schurchard
J. R. Warner
S. H. Warner
R. J. Sutton
Captain de Bavay
N. P. Draper
R. Lyon
E. N. Gillespie
R. K. Sanders
A. L. Nevitt
H. K. N. MacDonnell
M. Anderson
C. K. Bennett
F. J. Drewe
N. S. Thorne
P. A. W. Anthony
G. J. Robertson
Bennett
Associates
Mayers
Wright
Mrs. Wilkinson
Was
Miss Backer
Miss Sparks
Noted Brisbane actors killed in car crash on Wynnum Road
Arthur Aldridge and Kyrle McAllister, two prominent Brisbane stage figures, died when McAllister's single seater car skidded after a tyre blowout on Wynnum Road. The vehicle overturned near a small embankment. both men were found clear of the wreck nine feet apart. Billy Maloney was in the accompanying car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brisbane
Arthur Aldridge
Kyrle McAllister
Wynnum Road
McAllister
Wynnum
Billy Maloney
Aldridge
Beer Strike at Mt Isa Pushes for Full Price Cut
At a Mt Isa meeting publicans offered a 40 percent reduction while the P Beer Strikers Committee refused, demanding a 100 percent cut. Hotels are picketed and the Board of Trade may fix drink prices at Mt Isa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Isa
P Beer-Strikers
Board of Trade
Windslinger winds mar golfing chase at Cairns course
Players blamed the wind for miscues as partners returned from the south and battled on a Cairns course. Several golfers admitted the breeze helped and hindered, with balls sliced and pulled as the day wore on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairns
Oil exploration reports near Wrotham Park in Queensland
Government geologist C. H. Moreton and H. Ro Minguir inspected Wrotham Park counters for North Queensland Oil Corporation. Maguire declined comment. Maunsell notes oil-like seepages in Warshiver with distant rumblings and coal traces at Elizabeth Creek seven miles from Wrotham Park, outcrop stretching three quarters of a mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atherton
C. H. Moreton
H. Ro Minguir
North Queensland OW Corporation
Wrotham Park
Mir. Maguire
Geologician
Mansell
Wrotham Park District
Warshiver
Elizabeth Creek
Wrotham Partk
Maunsell
Cone Shaped Mounds Mark Mitchell River District Survey
The district shows cone shaped mounds 10 to 12 feet high with mud and water issuing from tips and side outlets. Ground features include sandstone surface to the southeast, fossils in marine shale, and large vertebrate remains. Area surveyed is about 300 square miles bounded by Walsh and Mitchell Rivers. Government provides free services for Mr. C. H. Moreton not engaged by North Queensland Oil Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell River
Wrotham Park
Walsh
Mungana
Gamboola
C. H. Moreton
North Queensland Oil Corporation
Loyalty of Dayboro milk trade questioned by minister
Brisbane November The Minister for Railways told a deputation from Dayboro Samford and Pine districts that residents are not fully loyal to the railways. They use motor lorries to ship milk and cream to Brisbane and haul goods back, undermining railway business. He warned that taxes subsidise railway losses and stations are being closed due to lack of traffic. Dayboro sends 2000 gallons of milk and 200 gallons weekly to Brisbane, which the railways should receive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brisbane
Mr Morgan
Dayboro
Samford
Pine
Traffc
Td Corgis Aere
Taxing Competitors in Parliament Over Rail Transport
A speaker discusses bills to tax motor vehicles competing with railways and to exempt farmers transporting dairy products. The aim is to protect railway employment while avoiding wholesale layoffs, urging business leaders to support retaining workers and restoring normal service with sufficient staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railways
Roe
Pearce Wins at Davies Park Speedway in Brisbane Race
Frank Pearce won the Golden Helge event at Davies Park speedway on Saturday in 75 1 3 seconds at 47 mph. Charlie Spinks finished second and Dick Smythe third in the first division Panthena race with Spinks noted as second and Pearce third in the time of 83 45 seconds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brisbane
Davies Park
Frank Pearce
Charlie Spinks
Dick Smythe
Panthena
Wit Emp Secon
Pearce
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