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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 26, 1928
Page
4
A Brisbane Board report reveals split control between honorary and resident staffs and lack of supervision over honorary doctors. Chairman C E Chater urges the general medical superintendent to act as supreme authority, threatening to test the supremacy of the honorary system to preserve professional dignity.
Innisfail residents note clock mismatches across town from the Post Office to shops and the railway station. Confusion grows about official Brisbane time versus local time while waiting for a standard to arrive before the Christmas season.
Local report from Innisfail dated November 21 describes Mingh birds increasing around Enolafail. They threaten crops by feeding on wheat, nest under caves, and pollute water. The birds were once imported to aid cane fields, but many now inhabit town areas and cause disturbances.
Mr. W Stewart Conochie of Breckland Farm Sherwood is named a leading Jersey judge with extensive experience across Australia and New Zealand. He trained at Gatton, presides at meets, has studied herds in England Canada and America, and is respected as a frank critic by Jersey breeders in New Zealand and Australia.
A Cairns Innisfail reader urges the Cairns Shire Council to fix the road near the shire boundary to provide a continuous motor link between Cairns and Innisfail. He argues a improved highway would boost travel for weekend visits, enable bus services, and strengthen trade and mutual understanding between the two towns. He contrasts this with delays in progress and notes that neighboring Johnstone Shire may set the pace.
The council faced difficulty securing men for work yet agreed to press ahead with a plan. The Committee of Commerce and Manufacturers and the Master Petters were to coordinate a program to employ the unemployed, while assuring men not seeking work would not be forced into it. The aim was to provide earnings opportunities and prevent habitual loafing.
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