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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 24, 1929
Page
3
City Engineer Mr H Crowther outlines Pound Yard alteration work and similar pending applications for two other buildings. The report references vague language about rejuvenation and Nova Vita Tablets.
The report notes a surprise free outcome with nationalists and Labour camps split in mood. It mentions campaign finance and club prize money, then profiles W B Carmichael, a journalist who built newsprint contracts across Australia and New Zealand, and references Harry Perrs and Brisbane journalism history from 1891 to 1896.
A reader reports surprising results from a chemical treatment said to clear the skin. The note claims a guaranteed product sold by a chemist can remove freckles and improve complexion, urging readers to ask their supplier for the remedy.
A reader challenges the Bishop of North Queensland on sugar industry prices and land value. He questions the Bishop’s stance, cites land and dairy stock prices, and offers to lease a sugar district block near Port Townsville for ten years at nominal rates, suggesting the Bishop contact him in Edmonton.
The report outlines expenditures totaling 395 pounds for James street water works. It details removal and relaying of two large mains, temporary 24 inch pipes as an expedient, and box culvert options with associated earthwork and embankment costs. Water service may be interrupted several days during construction.
An outbreak of foot and mouth disease hits Kant as pedigree stock holders fulfill orders worth thousands from the Dominions and beyond including Russia. Athletic Queensland, led by Mr Carmichael, oversees the row with Mr Perry handling athletics and boxing. The late Hon H J Bierene, managing director of the Courier, had the book dedicated to him. Carmichael’s career is cited as an example of seizing opportunities and promoting a Canberra tree planting scheme in his later years.
The Cunnamulla Land Commissioner reports on drought resistant merios and cross breds. After two years with only seven inches of rain, 50,000 sheep were shorn. Wethers dressed at up to 80 pounds and fleece samples show fine wool. The sheep fed mainly on underground grasses and fallen leaves, signaling strong potential in average seasons.
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