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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 19, 1931
Page
5
A team of sixteen camels hauling a load of wood was wet by Hatfield and Wilson in their Green Goddess on Bourke Road. The scene juxtaposes ancient and modern transport forms in a single chance encounter.
William Hatfield narrates a rugged expedition on the Never Never trail with humorous jabs at frontier cooking. The speaker describes scarce supplies, hunting birds near Nyngan and Byrock, and a comic moment of meat preparation, highlighting a townsman’s reluctant outdoor cooking lesson.
A Bourke publican relates a hunting misfortune as turkeys vanish across thirty miles of “turkey country.” The party planned a chase at thirty five miles per hour, but birds remain missing and tensions rise as talk turns to larger losses and a missing supply of steak for the track tomorrow.
Innisfail inquiry into Leonard Southerland’s death after a fall from a lorry on the Silkwood main road. Roy Hannah testified about the Saturday to Sunday period, the ride with driver Salvatore Mangeri and other men, the lorry’s lack of seats, and that Southerland appeared unconscious with bleeding from the mouth. Witnesses described the event as a pure accident and the driver as sober. Southerland left a wife and two children in NSW.
An Aberra Labor Caucus meeting approved resolutions praising Theodore for character vindication and for resisting attacks by political opponents. The inquest into a lorry accident at Silkwood heard testimony about the death of Sutherland and details of the scene and vehicles involved.
The Queensland Co operative Federation Limited held a Brisbane meeting with directors from Maryborough Caboolture Booval Maleny Toowoomba and others. The managers report showed butter supply reductions nearing investable levels mid August and a hopeful season. Wire bound boxes reduced handling issues and improved steamship loading though with extra loading charges. A Murarrie Bacon Factory started operations linking South Queensland factories to steamers. A preliminary seven month financial report ending June 30 1931 was mailed to shareholders with a board plan to publish a fuller report before December's general meeting.
The Tolga Greenhorn Cricket Club will face Carrington in a friendly match at the Tolga Sports Ground as fixtures have not started. The Tolga Club plans promix matches like last year with interclub snatches against Carrington East Barron Upper Barron and Bar. FW Dodd honorary secretary appeals for support for the Tolga Memorial Hall dance on October 3 to fund debt clearance and memorials for fallen soldiers. The Tolga railway station is thriving despite dry weather with flowers, shrubs, ferns, and North Queensland scrub scenery.
A view of butter samples from Holland United States and Australia shipped to the East reveals Australian butter resists tropical heat better retains flavor and shows superior tin packaging compared with Dutch and American brands. An eight year old Australian tin still presents well indicating lasting quality noted by observers.
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