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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 14, 1912
Page
4
Cablegrams report a massive dynamite blast at Aetna Powder Company works in Gary Indiana killing six workers who were blown to the roof. Other dispatches note John Schrank’s guilty plea for the Roosevelt shooting and a Canadian trade minister planning a February visit to Australia.
The Marcon Wireless Telegraphic Company announces a contract with the Canadian Government to establish a line of additional wireless stations in the Great Lakes District. The government has also created the Malay States offer of battleship development.
In Townsville on Wednesday, Justice Shand sentenced William Evens to five years imprisonment for rape of a little girl. The case followed a grand inquiry earlier this afternoon, with related notes about a separate injury incident at Monquite Cree, Sandgate, progressing satisfactorily.
The General Superintendent of the cane experiment stations travels from Brisbane to inspect cane farming districts. He will visit Wossman Cairns Johnstone River Herbert River and Burdekin to attend farmers meetings and discuss cane culture initiatives.
A motorist swerved to avoid road hazards, his front tyre blew out, the car struck a telegraph post and capsized. The driver died, while another name appears in the case as a defendant with allegations of not guilty.
Melbourne horse event lists E R Pan and Moonee Moonee as entrants. Sparser OCR text shows participants and staker references with limited context about outcomes or specific races.
Unionists seize on the contention and push for a revocable five year experiment. They suggest appointing a Land Avent to perform duties in the district, led by an officer with knowledge of the work, in a suitable building.
A garbled piece notes tensions between Christian social work and external threats to the church. It questions clergy activity against invasion and asks whether railway service remains a symbol of beauty and joy. It speculates on nationalizing the Monitor and state funding, presenting opinion amid unclear context.
A correspondent describes a Saturday event featuring Mr. Pipssamt and Mrs. Asten with their daughter Miss L Asten. First class music was performed by Mire Astunn and Miss D Boland among others. Mrs. Bethel Mrs Young Mrs Ashman and Miss Martin sang and the host Mr Ree Dane led the program at the spacious hall with refreshments plentiful.
A reader letter urges action against burning cane to cut harvesting costs, arguing racial tensions rise as workers claim pigment changes and white workers fear loss of status. It praises unions as powerful and threatens to push ministers to stop bounty payments, citing Charlie McDonald and William Neal Gillies as initiators and Andy Fisher as intermediary.
The speaker urges immediate action to recognize Eacham’s services and calls for workers to contribute in gratitude. He highlights the downtrodden worker seeking justice and pledges personal support as a sign of appreciation for Breal service to Gaicn.
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