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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 24, 1930
Page
12
A letter from the Cairns Post discusses factory and shop workers facing wage and job security pressures. It argues that while strikes threaten profits, direct action and market conditions worsen unemployment and unrest, urging leaders to address wages, hours, and distribution of wealth to stabilize the economy.
An unclear text fragment discusses eating various items and safety concerns. It mentions doctors and health but lacks coherent details or names. The piece reads like a garbled listing of foods and warnings without a clear event or outcome.
A large Cairns Aquate Club attendance presided by Commodore W Faveli. Minutes read and confirmed. Correspondence included donation trophy for the sharpies, note re carnival, badges ordered to Mr GO Miller Sydney. Reports on senior and sharnis races discussed and adopted. Sub-committee elected. program for forthcoming outings outlined.
London observers report deeper European tensions amid the Tapperin Conference discussions on armament and disarmament policy. Dominion representatives and British leaders weigh a strong line to safeguard the Empire against potential upheaval and to address France's Locarno concerns while assessing a revised Versailles framework.
Harold Burns of Cairns shines with bat and glove in Brisbane Country Week, signaling selection hope for the inter-State colts match starting today. If he maintains form he may join O'Connor’s successor in the Sheffield Shield squad, with debate over Leason or Burns as first keeper. Sides and other junior talents also garner praise for early feats.
The Freshwater second team will play Combined Banks at Freshwater on Sunday starting at 10 am. The listed players include J. Patching, F. Moore, E. Ludlow, Jaides, W. Robertson, T. Blackman, A. Evans, E. Cook, F. Palmer, Mo McRae, J. Allen, Emery, W. Palmer, and J. Herd.
In Brisbane's Legislative Assembly the costs of Royal Commissions and mining inquiries were grilled. MPs attacked the Mungana and Racing Commissions over value and costs while the Premier defended actions and the Agent-General's office for its role and cost effectiveness.
The article reviews past crises in the Australian wool industry from 1825 onward, noting the Australian Agricultural Company’s rise and decline, droughts, and disease. It explains how boiledding down surplus sheep persisted through harsh times, then eased with expansion into new outer lands and better disease control, ending with an optimistic view that improved prices, lower production costs, and stronger export markets will restore prosperity.
Dean Inge told a Wesleyan Conference audience in Leeds that Americans spend two years of luxury outlays to pay Britain’s debt. He estimated 2,100,000,000 annually goes to am). his figure echoes a claim that U S consumers burn wealth on luxury goods with little real use, affecting workers.
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