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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 14, 1929
Page
2
A public letter warns that Sheridan Street deteriorates due to inadequate roadside support for asphalt and concrete. The writer urges swift repairs before harsher weather or the next season sets in, stating the council must uphold its duty on the costly thoroughfare.
At Eacham Shire Council Dr Williams urged no timber be removed from Lakes reserves citing fire risk and damage seen after 1927 cyclone. He warned removal would endanger a sixty acre paddock and argued preservation over revenue. The council asked Williams and Winter to inspect the reserves before next meeting.
Ingham reports the crushing season with civic attendance led by Count San Marzano at a meeting in Ingham on November 11. The C S R Company lost about 100 cards of owing while The Italian Returned Soldiers League presented a donation of 35 pounds for the proposed erection of a cemetery. Local business leaders and the Shire Council chair attended.
Mareeba social notes list Mrs J Martin and daughter returning from Chillagoe and Mareeba, W G Newell due back from Cairns, Mrs L Carroll visiting Cairns with her son, Mrs O Rourke and Mrs W Rourke on Tableland holiday. Nurse Bernice McElligott from Atherton Hospital visited family. Local members attended Edith Cavell Lodge birthday celebrations and Cairns visitors included George Lawson and family, Douglas Lawson, D Ellis, Eva Firth, G Quigley and others.
A Lakebank school fundraiser held on 2nd inst featured dancing from 8 p.m. with Indall and Claude Davis winning a novelty chocolate waltz. Prizes donated by Kallas and Brodziak. Watty Davis won the chocolate box raffle. MC Percy Titlow kept events lively as Mrs. H Evans and Laurie King supplied music. Head teacher H Dyson oversaw arrangements. supper followed about midnight. committee thanks issued.
Cairns Harbour Board adopts October report by Harbour Engineer A C Nicholson noting Trinity Bay dredged 18 700 tons of silt, new offshore wharf shed platform proposed 30 by 15 feet to ease cargo handling, and timber dolphins to be added. figures show vessel activity rising from 1928 to 1929 with increased tonnage and vessels.
Nervous people seek relief from nerves fatigue and blues. A test with phosphorated iron nerve tablets is claimed to boost digestion nerve cell function and brighten mood, helping focus and energy for daily tasks.
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