A few spoil it for the many

BOUQUETS to the Cairns Regional Council for its ongoing financial and in-kind support to all of the arts and cultural organisations of Cairns through their Infrastructure Grant Rounds. Bouquets also to the community at large who, by their continued attendance to all things cultural, make the artistic endeavours of these volunteers worthwhile.

Brickbats however, to the person or persons who persist in removing the small advertising signs which are positioned by community groups, quite legally for a couple of weeks, on secondary roads. Surely this action demonstrates their apparent lack of community spirit. Kevin Shorey, Cairns Cultural Coordinating Association chairman and Cairns Little Theatre president 1543: Henry VIII of England marries his sixth and final wife, Catherine Parr, widow of Lord Latimer, at Hampton Court Palace. 1920: The Panama Canal is formally opened six years after the first ship sailed through it. 1930: Australia’s Don Bradman sets a Test record with an innings of 334 against England at Leeds. 1996: Britain’s Prince Charles and Princess Diana agree the terms of their divorce, ending a 15-year marriage. 2005: Prince Albert II of Monaco accedes to the throne of a 700-year-old dynasty. BIRTHDAYS: Ernest Edward “Weary” Dunlop, Australian surgeon famous for his leadership of POWs in World War II (1907-1993). PRIVACY POLICY: Our privacy policy www.apnarm.com.au/privacy includes important information about our collection, use and disclosure of your personal information (including to provide you with targeted advertising based on your online activities). It explains that if you do not provide us with information we have requested from you, we may not be able to provide you with the goods and services you require. It also explains how you can access or seek correction of your personal information, how you can complain about a breach of the Australian Privacy Principles and how we will deal with a complaint of that nature.