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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 20, 1929
Page
4
Melbourne's Carnival week features Mrs Drexler appointed Reception Officer at the Tourist Bureau. Violinist Elise Steele joins teaching staff. Fashion notes describe summer coats, dresses, and accessories with colors like mocha, bottle green, and orange blue.
City Health notes four notified diphtheria cases in the month, swabs showed two carriers treated in hospital until clear, and efforts to prevent spread included immediate lab follow up. Sanitation and waste disposal actions described, four pounds of rat bait distributed after fire department examination.
The Australian Sugar Journal outlines current month figures and German beet sugar industry trends, with Bureau reports and an article on alcohol as fuel by the Australian National Power Alcohol Company. It notes Mackay district interest with panoramic photos of Farleigh mill staff and a Sunnyside cane farm.
A short item advertises a cough mixture made with Australian cui phiat seed. It claims quick relief for sore throats chest congestion and colds, promising a cheap home remedy. The text is fragmented and reads like a pasteurized promotional snippet from an old newspaper column.
Fragment mentions a lemon colored set priced in pounds with near closure but lacks complete details or identifiable entities.
District residents and railway staff are noted in Mareeba reports with movements to Canberra Melbourne Sydney and back. Names include Jack Rothenbury Hull and J Galvin with duties at Mareeba Cairns Alma Den and Mackay district. Upgrading works at the Mareeba pumping station progress amid garden improvements and soil use for plantings.
The Atherton CWA held a successful meeting with members including Mesdames Martis Doolan Goodall Curri Lynch Franklin Bowcock Dwyer Snowden J J McDonald Whiting Neary Murphy Koch Holloway Montgomery Pawsey Foley Nurse Austin Miss Austin and Secretary Mrs J D Smith. The group adopted a financial statement showing £45 16 7 general and £24 8 7 Rest Room. They discussed Yorkies Knob committee garage and fence at the CWA Hut and agreed to run a fundraiser. A Xmas hospital benefit event was proposed with authorities’ permission to stage a concert if approved. A suggestion to rent the CWA room for billiards week was noted and further investigations planned. The last meeting before recess ended with a compact vanity case gift to Mrs Good.
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