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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 27, 1929
Page
6
A reader signatories debate Theodore's beer tax, praising lower prices and easier service during breakfast hours. The letter laments reduced trade from stricter licensing and hints at a beer strike discussion. The piece also references a Sugar as food discussion and energy costs context.
A reader letters discuss sugar propaganda and its potential strong footing for southern policy. The writer questions whether proving two items would give anti sugar critics a solid basis for legislator action and hints at harmonizing various issues toward a common end. The missive references dog food and a dog named lacie in a metaphorical appeal.
A Cairns Post reader laments a faulty memory for math in a brief missive to the editor. The letter notes confusion about counting items, mentioning two fearful men and a missing dozen, reflecting a fragmented public correspondence.
Duncan Brown defends the Lakes Eacham and Barrine Timber Trust against claims of improper logging and misused funds. He recounts trust formation, key meetings, and steps to protect reserves including lease cancellations, boundary brushing, patrols, and opening accesses. He asserts trustees have acted to preserve natural beauty and prevent wasteful timber removal.
A Cairns Post reader notes discuss sugar’s essential role in life for both animals and plants. The letter references a piece in Facts About Sugar arguing that nutrition, not price, should guide sugar value, claiming sugar’s true worth is in its biological importance and potential to sustain life.
In Stant report Mr E H Heale claims timber destruction at Lake Eacham reserves was sanctioned under a 192? agreement by five trustees then controlling the reserve. Heale and Henry S Williams were chair and councillor of Eacham Shire. neither the Shire nor its members were responsible to the Eacham Council for the arrangement. A Q Goulet was leased land from the reserve under that agreement, covering about 15 acres near the water.
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