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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 24, 1929
Page
4
City Inspector D. J. Griscow submits a report to Cairns Mayor and Council detailing health findings. One case of diphtheria recorded. twelve people sent to Yarrabah Mission Station. The document notes containment actions and track-related staff movements during the period.
In the district championships Robbins beat M. Si Mosman 6 3 and 6 3 in the semi and defeated Berzinski 6 2 6 3 in the final. Velma Poor Prest as seen with Mr A H Worsley of Miallo. a Thursday train incident and a tractor week on the Crements Ee Mr C J Crees, manager, and Watson piloted Ath enite to victory at the last race meet in Brisbane.
Ravenshoe October 21 report the Evelyn Tableland Show Association met at the School of Arts to finalize details for the annual show on November 11 and 12. Attendees noted good progress, improvements made, and a ladies committee handling luncheon and ball arrangements, hoping for rain to refresh the dry grounds.
The Tully General Hospital holds its monthly meeting chaired by McKeows with J A Wins B Aver J i Bows uD Dowie and Unwin listed among attendees.
A poem line fragment describes building a house on Queensland’s shore to endure cyclones and termites. The speaker imagines shelter for old age near Banfield’s isle with rock and timber, a backdoor to a sloping coast range, inviting love, dreaming, and thought.
In TIERBERTON on October 21 a report notes Silver Valley ore sources and Herberton as a steady tin producer though copper mines lag. It cites a shift by a former Senator to boost mining efforts, highlighting a mine with 12 to 30 percent copper ore and about 4000 tons of copper ore plus 20,000 ounces of silver, smelting underway at Mt Molloy with potential to restore strong production.
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