29 Nov 1911
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 29, 1911
Page
1
A fragmented schedule lists vessels and ports with sailing days and destinations. Entries cover Cairns, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Townsville, and extensions to Port Douglas, London, and South Africa. Details include weekly departures, arrival times, and linking services among Australian ports and international lines.
Debates on the Cairns four representatives plan and the Mackay Harbour Board bill discuss power balance and potential deadlocks. Key figures include A. A. Barrow and the Treasurer, with arguments on regional influence and port development amid a metropolitan claim of Cairns as a future major city.
London cablegrams report the death of Mir Haker Hussell, son of the late Hoc William Hussell, of New South Wales.
Felicius Lyne a American soprano, age unspecified, makes a sensational debut in London. The report notes crowd interest and media attention as she performs.
In London a dramatic plan to unite miners and workers for a sudden joint halt of trade is reported. Charles Hallam Elon Brooktiel is named term examiner of plays, provoking protest from teaching journals over the appointment and a prior censor linked to a criticized novel.
In Lisbon on Monday authorities ordered the expulsion of two Chinese residents amid a riot near a hotel. Republican Guards faced stones and gunfire as bombs exploded and swords were drawn. Many injured were treated at San Jose Hospital after rioters seized the facility.
Sir George Reid, Australian High Commissioner in London, argues in the Morning Post that British parental education is near revision. He says children’s memory is taxed by taxing measures and urges an experimental approach to teaching. He supports NSW industrial education and access for the poorest to universities amid slum conditions and food shortages.
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