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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 03, 1929
Page
13
A fragmented Cairns Post page lists stock quotations and prices for diverse Australian and colonial companies. Items include Lander Oil, River, Placer, Tanamai Pref, and Australian Dens among others, with bid and ask figures, shares, and notes on dividends and yields.
Italy aims to reclaim and improve about five million acres to raise wheat yield. The plan, adopted in 1928 and approved by parliament, centers on drainage, water control, irrigation, rural roads, and drinking water. The National Association of Land Reclamation and Irrigation will coordinate government funding and projects.
Colombo October 1. All efforts to refloat the German steamer Hochst have failed. She lies stranded on the reef at Minteoy Island, firmly embedded and may sink immediately if reflated.
The billiard tournament begins Sunday morning with free entry. Ml members must submit their names to the secretary by Sunday night. Handicaps to be determined. The winner receives a billiard cue donated by Johnny Walker Whisky Co.
In London at Blackfriars ring on October 1 Billy Bird of Australia defeated Leo Wax in 15 rounds. Wax pressed early and Bird was cautioned for low deliveries. Bird controlled the pace and led from start to finish with clever boxing despite Wax’s late rally.
In Paris, October 1, Mlle Madeleine Carron and the Prince are described as pursuing a secret betrothal. The union would occur in November with a honeymoon in India, and she would adopt British nationality while retaining Catholic faith.
British dispatches from Nice confirm Aga Khan has cleared up mystification and will wed Mile Carron at month end. He reiterates a desire for secrecy, saying happiness comes only when living quietly.
Ingham October 2 Annie Compmon and two others appeared on the summons court charge of attempting to conceal the birth of a child. Minnie Thompson mentioned as part of the case. Police requested security set at 40 pounds with proceedings continuing.
A leading Sydney firm reportedly acquires Empire Wireless from a home in Surrey this morning with the managing director of the merchandise department of the firm in Sydney present. voices in the scene were distinct.
Melbourne reports a Caulfield Town Hall meeting in uproar over support for Mr. T. W. White. Senator Elliott was jeered and pulled from the platform twice as boos and shouts erupted. He resumed speaking, insisting he began work at the age of necessity amid hostile remarks.
The plan envisions state backed bonds issued to landowners after plan approval. Owners receive a government bond equal to the pledged value, repayable in 30 installments. The bond finances work through the Association with 7.5 percent credit charges, aiming to offset debt via productivity gains.
The article discusses drastic measures to seal inefficient owners through state expropriation under a Government Pact of Appraisers. It mentions sale of properties at the same price and terms after 30 annual instalments, and notes Mussolini’s influence and potential agricultural impact on wheat prices amid costly reclamation estimated at 200 dollars.
A new demng reflects complete temporary hardness and reveals the head’s condition. If treated, the hair regrows in a week. A few readers question the method and its claimed effects.
An experiment at Princeton University recorded sunrise on the moon using a 6 millimetre camera attached to a telescope. The slow exposure shows Copernicus crater walls and a 6 mile crater diameter, with the Moon’s surface features moving at nine miles per hour along the equator.
A 1929 appeal to state and federal leaders calls the widening breadline in Australia a Christian duty crisis. It argues wage and price controls, abolition of awards, and government action to lower living costs and end poverty, urging swift moral courage from politicians and industrial leaders.
A passionate speaker denounces unemployment and charity dependence in Australia. He condemns politicians and unions for inaction, calls for decisive job creation, and urges readers to spread the message that collective action can restore dignity and address the breadline crisis.
Sugar experiment stations note the glossy scrub-chaffer Lepidiona caudata appears mainly in September and October, larger than Frenel cane beetles, flies, and harms cane roots occasionally. It inhabits cane fields near scrub lands and foot of ranges, with larvae resembling grey back beetle larvae.
Growers are urged to prepare for pests and weather by acquiring a spray-jump pump and pest-control supplies. The Autostray pump with eight-gallon tank aids rapid field use against army worms caterpillars and other pests to protect sugar cane. Funds and information on pest control are available from Pest Destruction Funds and local secretaries.
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