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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 27, 1938
Page
11
A damaged OCR extract lists tide metrics with hours and numbers but lacks clear context. It shows high and low water readings and multiple station codes, hinting at a coastal or harbor tide report without complete details.
London market news lists spot and three month prices for copper tin lead and boele r and electrolytic gold per ounce in pounds shillings pence. Copper ranges from £46 8 14 to £58 10 per hundredweight while tin sits around £811 and £219 2 6. Lead quotes span £15 8 0 to £16 10 7 with gold at £7 5 11 per ounce.
A vessel departed yesterday heading south toward Cooktown. The ship named Olivebank remained in port on Friday.
Notes and news on inter state shipping schedules. Ormiston leaves Brisbane Friday for Townsville Cairns to arrive November 1 and return to Sydney via ports. Katoomba departs Melbourne October 2 with Sydney November 1 and Brisbane November 4 Townsville November 7 arriving Cairns November. Bidelia from Sydney arrives today and sails tonight for Cooktown then returns Friday morning to sail south with general cargo. Rona loads sugar and molasses for Pyrmont arriving Cairns November 2. Tinana leaves Sydney October 24 Brisbane November 2 Cairns November 8. Wandana returns from Gulf and sails south November 2.
Shipping notices show Macdhus departing Sydney November 2 calling at Brisbane Townsville Cairns and Papuan ports with early morning and afternoon arrivals. Taiping leaves Hong Kong November 4 while Changte plans Cairns to East via Thursday Island Manila November 22. Manilla and Thursday Island events noted for November 17 and 25. Sugar cargoes include Olivebank loading for overseas and Willsail due Friday. Trevorian arrives November 9 to Toad sugar.
Owing to a coal strike inter state cargo ships ceased calling at Mourilyan Harbour for lifts of sugar. The Mendalla was the last major vessel in September. A new interstate steamer is expected to Mourilyan Harbour by November 14. In the interim sugar cargoes are moved from Goondi and Mourilyan by the Far Northern sugar fleet units to Cairns.
Mail schedules list Cairns Post Office closing times for destinations across Australia and overseas. Entries cover Brisbane, Townsville, Innisfail, Tableland, Chillagoe, Etheridge, Mt. Garnet, Cooktown, Mossman, Port Douglas, Gulf districts, Townsville inter state routes, coastal ports, and overseas services to the United Kingdom, Europe, America, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Malaya, and the Dutch East Indies with specific days and cutoff times.
Brisbane forecasters issue a 24 hour outlook for Queens with fine weather apart from scattered showers on the cast north from to. Winds shift from southerly to easterly increasing later. The Brisbane Townsville Cairns air route sees mainly good visibilities with some cloud and isolated thunder. Winds 10 to atlas miles and south to west along the rest of the route.
Heavy lucerne supplies on Boman Street with prices generally down due to weak demand from buyers hoping for lower costs. Prime bagging reached 6 shillings. wheat hay 3 shillings 8 pence. mixed chaff 4 shillings 9 pence. local chaff 6 shillings 9 pence to 4 shillings 1pence. NSW line 6d. Potatoes scarce with few lines sold. Brownelle line 12 shillings 3 pence. pumpkins 10 shillings. onions heavy with brown and silver skins showing better quality and high competition. No wheat observed.
The butter market shows subdued activity. New Zealand choicest salted at 114 per cwt and unsalted at 115 per cwt. Salted at 110 and unsalted at INM per cwt as reported.
Crowds lined the streets as Rev Norman Millar was laid to rest in Brisbane after a large public funeral at St Andrews Presbyterian Church. Leaders including Premier W Forgan Smyth and Opposition Leader F Maher attended with soldiers forming a guard of honour under Sir William Glasgow and Col WC Harvey.
The friends of Mrs E H Hill and family invite attendance at the funeral of the late beloved E H Hill District Grand Secretary at Cairns Cemetery Martyn Street. The Cairns District Grand Lodge and all Minor Lodge members, including Masonic Brethren, are requested to attend. H M Svendsen Pty Limited, Funeral Directors and Embalmers.
Mr J H Ahlers and family express gratitude to Dr Cohen Sister Short and the Gordonvale Memorial Hospital staff for care of their wife and mother. They thank friends for floral tributes messages and assistance during their sad bereavement and request acceptance of this personal thanks.
A reader notes the whereabouts of Annie Cecilia Cahill and descendants, with names linked to Rockhampton and Brisbane addresses. The notice references overseas intelligence and a publication in The Times, stating rights reserved in Australia and New Zealand.
In Parliament the Postmaster-General defended embargo on iron ore exports amid a government review by Dr. Woolnough. The report warns only two Australian deposits can be developed economically Iron Knob in South Australia and Yampi Sound in Western Australia. If high grade ore is not conserved Australia may become an importer within a generation.
Canberra report states Mr R Gordon Edgell of Rathurel donated ten pounds toward the defence fund. Prime Minister Lyons announced the gift saying it is his second contribution. The public gifts fund now totals £13,288 for defence purposes.
The Queensland rail service between Brisbane and Cairns resumes a near normal timetable starting Monday. Mail trains run from Cairns at 12 a.m. on Mon Wed Fri with additional through train at 7 a.m. Thursday. Extra services on Thursdays and Saturdays connect to Townsville, while Brisbane departures run Sundays through Thursdays with a 3 p.m. Friday mail.
The Defence Programme raises Australia's iron and steel demand beyond current forecasts. Queensland may establish a steel industry, requiring ore from Yampi or Iron Knob. Exporting ore risks a temporary boon followed by decline, leaving Australia with insufficient reserves and reduced future employment and development.
Advice reports the steamer Hunter and the Moruya arrived safely in Shanghai after a lengthy tow from Sydney. The Hunter was piloted through the Great Barrier Reef to Thursday Island by Captain Sullivan from Cairns.
In the will of Percy Lawrence Leo Barbet late of Mackay engineer who died January 31 1937 probate was granted yesterday by the registrar to Audrey Charnley Barbat of Mackay lawful widow. Real estate valued at £999 and personal estate £2330. Our Townsville correspondent.
The net collections of income and land tax in Queensland for the year ended June 30 rose by £316,010 from the prior year. Income tax and miscellaneous income tax totalled £2,956,983 with 42,643,755 in 1937, and land tax including miscellaneous £405,070, up from £402,308, making £3,362,053 versus £3,046,043. Arrears at June 30 were £642,511, up £19,425.
Certificates and awards from the Railway Ambulance classes will be presented to successful candidates by Mr. J. Bloom acting district superintendent on Thursday November 3 at 8 p.m. at the Railway Institute. Trophies for top marks in each branch and the novice gold medal go to F. Burnell for the highest first year marks in Queensland.
On arrival of the Changte from the East yesterday morning the Commonwealth Medical Officer boarded the steamer amid a suspected cholera case. The vessel was later allowed to berth with precautions. Officials boarded after unloading cargo. five Chinese passengers were restricted. The Changte then departed for Brisbane, omitting Townsville, while Townsville cargo heads south on Friday.
After a Barron Falls meeting the Cairns council eyed a possible transfer from Chillagoe smelters. The mayor defended keeping the mines operating at a loss citing job harm and regional development, urging government aid to retain mineral resources for the state.
Aldermen Kiernan and Balfe push to keep the Chillagoe smelters in place citing mineral wealth and hydro electricity as essential for the Far North. A board motion seeks Cairns MP J O Keefe’s notice of the threat and to mobilize local bodies in protest against any transfer or closure. Dr. J Martin also protests, sending telegrams to state and federal ministers.
James Melville aged 36 of 17 Minnie Street was found unconscious in Aplin Street opposite the Arrest service station shortly after 9 PM. He was bleeding from the nose and, at Cairns District Hospital, suspected cerebral concussion. It is believed he fell on the back of his head rather than being struck by a vehicle.
In the Magistrate's Court yesterday before Acting Police Magistrate A Anderson the following judgments by default were given: Fulton v Kyte for 8 pounds 2 shillings 6 pence with 6 shillings costs. Martinuzzi and Montiverdi v Quinter for 3 pounds 13 shillings 6 pence and costs. Flecker v Pradella for 2 pounds 2 shillings with costs. Olive Smith v Allen for 11 pounds 12 shillings 6 pence and 17 shillings coats for board and lodgings. Griffiths trading as Advanx Tyre Service v Regalia Singh for 29 pounds 15 shillings 6 pence and 16 shillings costs for goods supplied.
The sale of Lowth's Hotel in Townsville was completed yesterday. The brick building at the Flinders and Stanley streets intersection, part of the Lowth Estates trust, changes hands to Burns Philp and Co. Our Townsville notes the property faces Flinders Stanley and Sturt streets and was completed after Thomas Lowth’s death.
On the weekly mail run from Jo ee Cooktown the motor vessel Merinda spotted a sampan anchored north of Cape Tribulation while unloading near a creek. The crew observed over 20 persons on the sampan and noted the alien vessel did not pose a threat, likely mistaking the Merinda for the Vigilant due to similar appearance.
North Queensland Airways director T McDonald refutes claims of inexperience and defends Pilot Ben Goodson. He lists about 3000 flying hours across WAKP Airlines Kingsford Smith Air Services Adastra Airways Airflite NSW Aero Club and more, plus licences and aircraft flown. He notes Goodson trained at Cairns and Townsville and landed at Innisfail before the fatal flight.
Receipts for railway refreshment rooms for the year ended June 30 totalled £150 019 up from £143 788 the prior year. Expenditure reached £135 384 an increase of £10 667. At 30 June there were 49 rooms eight dining cars and three refreshment cars in operation.
In Brisbane an Air Force base fence project is planned with an early start and total outlay around £300,000. Mr W Thorby told reporters the works would begin soon with materials bought in Brisbane for Darwin. Senator H S Follett and M H R Tally raised concerns that quoted Queensland costs were misleading and did not reflect the full spend.
Cairns Shire Council Chairman J A Martin protests to the Queensland Government against moving the Chillagoe Smelters from their Far North site. He warns such a transfer would harm industrial and economic development, urging retention and rallying local leaders and MPs to support keeping the plant.
Mackay October 24 A bus driver, Frank Gallagher aged 61, died after his vehicle collided with a mail train at Bak er's Creek. He leaves a widow and four married daughters. Other patients are improving and most have left the hospital. Gallagher was born in Ipswich and previously worked as a timber getter in Bundaberg district.
Innisfail railway and tramway report shows September figures with a comparison to the previous year. Railway: carriage receipts 1924 1655, tonnage cattle forwarded 2, horses received 114, sheep received 380. Tramway: tonnage received 22,556, merchandise 11?1, passenger tickets 838, total revenue £4676. Our Innisfail correspondent.
The Tokyo Maru number one was officially handed back to Japan today in Darwin after being ordered released. The ceremony aboard the lugger ended with a champagne toast to "The Winner." The vessel will head to Palau soon, with the Takachiho Maru to be handed over tomorrow.
The State Government Insurance Office excluding life posted a net profit of £215,186 for 1938, up from £95,194 the prior year. Income rose by £116,637 while claims increased by £242,304 and expenses by £6,569. After adding to reserve for claims, the year ends £34,158 lower than the year.
In Mt Isa on October 26 Leo William Mills 47 a miner employed at Mt Isa mines fell 80 feet in the Black Star area and died shortly after hospital admission. Miners halted work and will not resume until after Mills funeral.
North Queensland Airways sold its hangar, planes and goodwill to Australian National Airways on Tuesday and the Cairns service is taken over by Airlines of Australia Ltd. Messrs A J Draper Pty Ltd remain as local agents for timetable and tariff details. Tom McDonald, pioneer of Far North rescue flights, is remembered for a 1934 mercy flight when 30 lives were saved after a Cairns aerodrome flood. Shareholders in the winding up are to be paid in full.
The Mammoth Casket draw at Krispane on October 24 lists multiple prize numbers and winners across Australia and New Zealand. Notable prizes include £50,000 to No. 69,890 and £10,000 to No. 89,597 with numerous £1,000 and £200 prizes awarded to assorted syndicates and individuals in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, and across the sea in Canada and New Zealand.
Sydney reports 21 men refused to begin work in the pickling department at Lysaghts Newcastle galvanised iron works last night. Union officials say eight men moved to the chamisea and no management interview had been obtained. Aiming to extend, the night shift may be followed by day shifts, risking major disruption to galvanising and packing operations.
Wellington reports a 10 year old girl from Nelson contracted infantile paralysis after measles. The case follows an attack of measles noted in the region as authorities seek treatment measures at the trestment facility.
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