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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 08, 1913
Page
1
In a Cairns meeting Mr. Valentine decries the North Queensland scrub lands policy. He argues lack of system to classify timbers and regulate development, urging protection, cataloguing of economic timbers, and promotion of timber use to benefit settlers, manufacturers, and railways.
I, Mr H Seward, relate how my appetite and digestion failed due to poor health and severe headaches. After trying many medicines without effect, Warner's Safe Cure improved my condition after the first weeks, restoring strength and relieving distress. I continued treatment and felt greatly better, gaining confidence in medicine.
A detailed plan suggests using State forestry to record timber in scrub lands, cut and sell timber to fund clearing, then survey and lay out blocks with rail links. Areas would be cleared except for a shelter block, with sales on easy terms and strict occupancy rules to speed settlement and raise state revenue.
A fragmented note discusses a familiar object and its home use as a remedy. It mentions treating infections by removing illness from a home area and the potential impact of a railway route on local attractiveness and effectiveness of measures.
The article argues for preprepared land ready for settlement and higher prices to attract experienced immigrant farmers. It suggests immediate railway construction to haul timber, extend the line block by block, and reuse staff to reduce costs, speeding settlement and production in tropical soils.
The text argues for surveying and clearing large tracts of land before deciding road and railway routes. It contends that a unified plan would reduce costs, avoid needless work, and prevent manipulation, noting a 10,000 acre block as an example and urging state-led land handling to fix routes early.
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