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Newspaper

Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

Nov 18, 1938

Page

4

Mt Garnet and District Notes Reminder of a New Church Dedication

Novetwocr reports hot days and imminent storms with five inches of rain at Wyandotte and a busy week in Mt Garnet. The new church was dedicated by the Bishop of North Queensland with a procession, prayers, and a sermon stressing Christian duty. confirma tions followed and first communion prepared. Roads and mining news fill the rest of the item, including a planned Peninsula road, dredging activity, surveys, and a coal battery incident tied to local workers. The piece names Mt Garnet, Ravenshoe, Malanda, Chillagoe, Mungana, Tableland Tin Dredging Co, and local officials and workers.

Innisfail Middleton Spring Creek Station Black Sol Conjuboy Station Wyandotte Station North Queensland Ravenshoe Gibb Malanda Bush Brothers Mt. Garnet Mt Garnet Hoasm Mt Carnet City of God Australia Germany Rossa Guild Brother Gibb Phoebe Whyte Joyce Cook Steve Cook Lee Smith Norman Forter Len Lucey Bert Watson Suonymount Poison Gully Tableland Tin Dredging Company Messrs A. McCubbin and Cameron Lua and Lo Sydney C. Boulter Racecourse Ans Redmond and Carlson Brownville Battery Richardson Fisk Ernie Richardson Jqrs J. C. Ball

Aloomba Personal News and Local Injuries

Personal notes from Aloomba on November 15 recount Sister C Kenny’s return from Brisbane Hospital with Sister H Brasnett visiting for months. Other residents travel to Sydney Townsville and Cairns for health care visits while local accidents send several to hospital after gashing an ankle shin bone and a broken leg from slips and a tractor mishap.

Aloomba C. Kenny Brisbane Miss Kenny H. Brasnett N. Sorensens Sydney H. Ireland John J. Lowrey A. J. Broughton Millaa Millaa Andrew Stefanou Townsville Mark Morton Packer's Camp H. Morton J. Graham Cairns Geo Stewart Mt Sophia A. Petersen Barron Beach W Harhoe T. Moore W. Hodgson Yorker's Knob J. B. Buchanan Gordonvale Hospital

Chillagoe Notes and Local Club Sports Results

A Chillagoe crowd attended a school dance at Mungana last weekend, won by Miss L Piercy and Mr G Ferguson. Hospital committee met November 7 with financials showing a month end credit balance of £779 3 10 and in and out patient averages. Smelters’ Court tennis season closed with Centrals beating Bachelors 12 sets to 9, detailed but partial doubles and mixed results listed.

Chillagoe Mungana W. Ferns L. Piercy G. Ferguson Spewart Chillagoe Hospital Mesars P. J. Byrne W. J. McDonnell J. Truscott J. Williamson Burke A. Moss J. Kelly A. Brady R. RK. Pilkington R. P. Fleming Almaden Centrals Bachelors J. Shepherd W. Ferris F. Foley A. Patmore W. Honeycomb Gerber A. Goddard B. Graves J. Firth Miss Rowman F. Trainor McNab E. Graves H. Trainor Cooper Fo Foley Mise Rowman Ferris Shepherd Miss Macklin Mies Ro McDonough T Horeycombe F. Graves

North wins Mount Garnet tennis trophy in open handicap

A. North defeated A. J. Smith 7-5 and beat H Wratt 7-5 to claim the men's open handicap title. Finals notes include A J Smith v B Mose 7-5 and A North v A J Smith 6-4. The doubles final was postponed due to H Manly’s illness. Visitors and locals frequent the region with several station residents traveling and guests arriving on Wednesday and Friday.

A North Mt Garnet District Tennis Association A J Smith B. Mose A. North H Wratt A. J. Smith H. Manly

Atherton RSSSA Reunion Highlights War Veterans Efforts

Atherton hosts RS SSA reunion organized by the Atherton sub branch. Leaders praise the RS SSA’s work for returned soldiers, discuss British policy and anti war sentiment, and honor absent president T Clark and secretary W Johnston. The List Battalion toast lauds future militiamen and Diggers traditions.

Atherton Rs.s.ll.a T. Clark J. P. McCarthy J. R. Dawson Australia Wilfred Johnston McCarthy G. Finch J. Qhilter E. D. Draper Malanda Chamberlain Posen Light Horse W. J. Bowden J. T. Carlin T. Seawright L. Pate Pollard Arbouin Finch J. Powell C. Riley List Battalion

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