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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 09, 1929
Page
11
TIDES times listed as 93.33 and 4.2 pm with vote a 4.47 pm and Rev 0 m plus 3.32 pm and 6.15 pm. MOON'S PHASES show First Quarter at 10 08 am on Nov 17 Full Moon at 10 142 am Nov 4 Last Quarter at 20 83 am. SHIPS IN PORT include mba or No 4 with irregular notes about meat week.
Shipping notes detail arrivals and departures at Cairns Townsville Sydney and Brisbane. Vessels including The Orungal Malabar The Tandz and Taipings are listed with November dates and routes to Singapore Yokohama and China. The Momba Junee Kallating and Fiona load timber sugar molasses and bulk goods for the south while several liners from Howard Smith and Beamsers lines report departures via Suez and London with dates in November and December.
Gladys Moncrieff, famed stage star, travels to Queensland for a public appearance tour. The Melbourne-born entertainer draws large crowds and is expected to perform at key venues, showcasing her signature songs and Photographs from past tours.
London November 7 The butter market is slow with scarce buyer demand. Choice salted New Zealand butter priced 172 to 174 shillings per hundredweight. Australian salted butter selling at 92 shillings. Cheese market dull with New Zealand raffled sales at 92 shillings for white and colored varieties at 92 shillings.
The notice lists Sunday services at Central Methodist Ilam Rev Philipson 2 45 pm Sunday School, and Rev Tainton 9 30 am English services. Mulgrave Road and Caravonica Methodist churches host 7 30 pm and 4 pm sessions with welcomes. Apostolic Faith Mission opens with 7 15 pm and Presbyterian and Church of England services follow at Gordonvale Babinda and Moselle areas with Holy Communion, Evensong, and Sunday School times.
The Lucerne chain and New South Wales chaff faced light to moderate supply, with oats and wheat prices noted as heavy or fluctuating. Potatoes showed very high supply with values slipping, onions rising, maize and barley sale figures listed, and pumpkins fetching 12/9.
A historical mining market brief lists electro lytic bars and lead with quoted prices such as £82 for 24 bars and £31/5/- for lead, alongside other metal quotes like Spell and Ter. The fragment notes American electrolytic at 18 cents and mentions prices in shillings and pounds for various metals.
Golden Casket Brisbane reports Golfen Casket No 250 drawn on Wednesday. First prize went to No 46 187 held by K Roberts Brent Hunchy Palmwoods. Second prize to No 164% knead the dough care T I Willan Newtown Sydney. Third prize to No 41312 Hallelujah Chorus care of Mrs C Williams Cran Street East Bundaberg.
Melbourne November 7 High Court Justice Starcke ruled in favor of the Minister for Agriculture and the Dried Fruits Board of South Australia along with public officers in the case brought by Frederick Sn. a mintgrower of Berri seeking 435,734 damages for dried fruits seizure. The Acting Secretary Leonard Batten was jailed for not producing books. the court found the seizure lawful under the Dried Fruits Act and dismissed the action.
In loving memory of my dear father who died at Broken Hill on November 9 1928. A loving father and friend, inserted by his son W J Harris of the Railway Department Cairns.
Mr and Mrs Johnson thank kind friends for floral tributes and sympathy following a family bereavement. The Rayment family expresses thanks to Dr J Ross Herberton Dr Tayne Atherton the Matron and staff of Herberton District Hospital the Matron Methodist Hostel Herberton and to friends for moral tributes and sympathy during her illness.
A truncated Reuters service notice outlines arrangements for world coverage and mentions reporting from Britain, Australia, New Zealand and other sources, indicating multiple international feeds are used for time. The fragment references special arrangements and the expansion of foreign news availability.
Washington uses mechanical sorting and electric conveyors to reclaim trash from 100,000 homes and 500,000 residents. The system salvages paper, tin, glass, and rags, producing profits from mills and paper plants while cutting waste with a highly automated process.
A Cairns feature extols a city waste management system where workers sort bottles, rags, paper, cans, books, and magazines for baling or incineration. It notes only two tons burn from 780 cubic yards daily, urging similar efficiency for Cairns as it grows with hydro power and industrial expansion.
The Raiway Band presents a programme of music at Anzac Park tomorrow night starting at 8 30 conducted by H M Henderson. Brisbane Weather Bureau forecast: generally fine with thundershowers and dust storms west of a Normanton to Mungindi line, scattered coastal storms north from Mackay, warm to very hot, and southeast to easterly winds along the northern coast.
In Cairns Circuit Court yesterday counsel for the defence moved to amend the judgment in Wrotham Park v Trembath. The correction reduces the number of cows from 44 to 43, altering liability from £14 5s 9d to £6 5s 9d plus costs. The defendant was granted costs after securing judgment on the counter claim.
In the Summons Court at Babinds yesterday before magistrates Mr A H OKelly and others, Thomas Britten Nathaniel Gordon Hugh Harwood Patrick Hoare and Peter Larsen were fined 2 pounds each plus 3 shillings 6 pence costs for failing to issue duly stamped receipts for payments to Babinda Central Mill Co. Lad.
Inspector W H Lutteral of the Stamp Duties Commission warned North Queensland courts over lax compliance with Stamp Acts. He noted duties may be denoted by adhesive stamps on documents and reported ignored letters from the Deputy Commissioner. He urged a substantial fine to enforce observance and deter future violations.
Magistrate Mr O Kelly imposed £2 fines on each defendant, noting these were first prosecutions in the Babinda district. He stressed that the law must be observed and that revenue collectors from the Commissioner of Stamp Duties must not be ignored.
Canberra reports a new policy announced by Mr J. Fenton on banning books in Australia. It aims to enforce regulations against obscene publications and extreme revolutionary works advocating violence and government overthrow, while distinguishing such ideas from legitimate revolutions. War-era bans remain under review, with removal considered on individual merit.
News from Cairns says a stockman on Forest Home pastoral property unearthed a silver lead find about 40 miles west of Forsayth on Langie River. Assays sent to Georgetown show strong silver and lead values, though the site lies outside the recognized mineral belt. Warden Byrne and government geologist Morton plan an on site inspection from Georgetown.
Mr Hudson visited Forsayth to assess ore supplies for possible transport to Chillagoe smelters. He found potential for a large ore quantity but expected limited supplies after the wet season. Mining activity continued at Forsayth and Einasleigh with ore hauled in bulk to Alma Den for rail pickup, while water levels and mining work progressed amid oppressive weather and scattered rains.
A public meeting will be held at Sutcliffe's Theatre Gordonvale tomorrow Sunday at 10.30 am. The protest focuses on ratepayers concerns over the area and the inflated price of Town allotments perpetual lease to be sold on Tuesday next.
C R Vogler, newly appointed manager of Silkwood Co operat ive Butter Factory Association Limited, tours Silkwood Clump Point and El Arish. He says the £5000 modern factory will anchor dairying in Innisfail, with manufacturing to start December 10 and about 300 cows needed to produce a ton of butter weekly. He notes steady rainfall and strong local interest from settlers and dairymen in the district and Nevada next.
The Cairns Chamber of Commerce will meet Monday afternoon to consider the Commission's plan to restrict and reduce operations of the railway workshops at this centre. A Maryborough meeting of railwaymen on November 6 unanimously protested the commission's findings and urged the mayor to convene a citizens' meeting to act.
The Cairns Hospital Board meeting discussed freeing insurance from state limits with licensed insurers, the Babinda drain fix, and nursing exam standards. Directors debated payment follow up, with two thirds of admitted patients deemed able to pay, and plans to raise hospital revenue by adjusting fees.
At a Cairns Hospital Board meeting disquiet rose over proposed wall repairs and plastering costs. Director N I Draper opposed a large outlay, arguing cleaning and cheaper plastering could suffice, urging ward inspections. Chairman W H Murchison suggested deferring the decision to the next meeting as others weighed cheaper, durable options.
A meeting discussed income from basic wages and hospital contributions. Workers in mill and railway sectors agreed to weekly deductions to fund hospital costs and ambulance services, with action to authorize paymaster deductions and implement the scheme soon.
Board members debated low daily averages at Gardenvale and the need for better out patient facilities. They considered plans, funding options, and possible roof expansion while stressing privacy and effective care for visiting patients.
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