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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 15, 1917
Page
4
Racing meetings were curtailed in the region following a statement by a Jockey Club official. He clarified that curtailment did not mean abolition of pony meetings, but pointed to limited safeties for uncensed events.
The Cairns Aquatic Club launches its 1917-18 season on Sunday with the first race for Mr. Mo Lo Mackesy’s trophy. Handicaps listed include classed entries and predicted positions, reflecting local club competition and early season form.
Barhwws Burke Littheford Glover lands Cressie Wardell Ames Dinytes Jones McGerath La Livthe- Mernane KB O'Neill Clarke J Pease Natives Lennon Rose Mideleton Northage Mousey Derland Malone KKeble Treacey Foster McLeas Buchan Borer Pay sperts compete at 205 sharp. Mr Abel to referee. Players urged to attend early.
Melbourne reports a British imperial decision is awaited on taking over Australia’s exportable butter surplus after discussions with a deputation seeking financial aid. Mr Hughes warned such aid would cost millions and suggested readjusting demand, mentioning a possible £6,000 figure and a sale before government action.
Innisfail notices report shipping delays due to recent tree calamities. The supreme court adjourned to hear bail cases on the 8th with fifteen witnesses arriving in Cairns. Individuals faced fines for drunkenness and obscenity with a prohibition order issued in one case.
The Coal Board in Brisbane resumed sittings addressing general definitions for mine workers including hours holidays and conditions. The panel agreed to time and a half for Sunday work and overtime for holidays under the Industrial Arbitration Act. Debates centered on Mount Mulligan shift pay and deductions for early departures while union leaders argued safeguarding the proprietor.
Brisbane on September 13 reports the Premier expressing surprise at Chamber of Commerce support for a Free Labor Bureau. He criticizes remarks made by attendees and says the move harms industrial peace and welfare while noting Tory groups in the south aim to amend the Commonwealth Arbitration Act to disfranchise thousands.
Senator Reid presented a supplementary petition to the Prime Minister from Ipswich and other towns calling for the adoption of a law restricting anti shouting under the War Precautions Act and related measures.
Mr Easterby general superintendent of the Sugar Experimental Stations will depart Brisbane for a month long tour of northern sugar districts. He will be away from Bris for about four weeks on departmental duties.
Cairns Methodist Church holds services at 1 am and 7.90 pm with Rev. HL J Garrett. Freshwater service at 3.30 pm. Gerlonvale Presbyterian Church Gordonvale Tham and 7.30 pm led by Rev. H Corbett. Mass to be celebrated tomorrow at Rahbinda 9 am and Edmonton 9 am.
Delegates from Townsville representing the northern branch of the Queensland Railway Union arrived in Brisbane to confer with the Premier on appointing an arbitrator to decide the disputed points from the recent strike.
Frederick Lowden and Times Mc Emay were remanded at Wollongong Police Court for shouting with intent to murder Alfred Vivian Green at Coledale on August 25. Bail was fixed at 1600 pounds. Green, wounded in the chest, remained unable to attend court.
Mr Sidney Kidman leads a cross country expedition from Adelaide to Gull, filming Australian life from stations to native scenes. C Alma Baker funds and organizes proceeds for a battleplane fund while Australian Films Ltd sends a cinema photographer. The trip, starting around mid November, uses motor cars camels and horses with films destined for Britain and allied nations.
The Palace features a military serial Liberty with acclaimed photography and a crowded program. Tickets priced canvas chairs 9d stalls 1 shilling 4d gallery 6d with an overture at 8 o'clock. Lofty Anderson manages the venue and audiences are promised laughs and other films.
Pathé premieres The Mystery of the Double Cross a 15 two reel serial by Gilson Willets. Peter Hale an American traveler meets a mysterious woman aboard a vessel amid a panic over a submarine threat. Hale pursues clues to a branded arm and a cryptic message as the plot unfolds aboard ship and in New York with a courtroom-tinged arc.
The Austral on Spence Street offers a bright program with a monster matinee for children this afternoon. Topical comedies, drama, and the serial Liberty will be screened, with nightly changes and a large audience expected. Prices remain 1/3 for canvas chairs and 6d for stalls.
Cairon Pictures presents Dorothy Dalton in a melodramatic tale set around a German spy in London. A pseudoart connoisseur, a letter to a husband, and a wounded captain reveal betrayal and danger as a knife scene leads to a fatal twist and the title heroine faces consequences amid wartime peril.
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