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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 05, 1916
Page
2
Omitted readable details describe a legal notice involving solicitors and notaries and a commission for the high court. The fragment references official roles and potential proceedings, but specifics are unclear due to damaged text.
Shipping notices list arrivals at OC ports with numerous misread names and initials. Readable items include personnel and vessel references, but many tokens are garbled, yielding a rough roster of individuals and ships without clear context or dates.
Fragmented OCR text lists names such as Fotheringham, Peters, Lances, Mapas, Lemod, and others, hinting at a committee or team departure note. The readable items imply a sports club or school roster related to a committee pace and players.
The schedule shows Bern pulp ce Sout movements of vessels with departures and arrivals between Melbourne, Sydney, and landings. Vessels leave Melbourne on Thursday and Saturday, reach Sydney by Friday or Saturday, and proceed to Port Cowen Mackay or Landesc with subsequent returns to Melbourne and Sydney on following weeks.
Fragmented OCR outlines shipping movements from Townsville with rough days and ports. Mentions departures and arrivals for Port Ales, Melbourne, Port Douglas, and Cosktown with Tuesday and Wednesday patterns and unclear names.
A brief transit note records the arrival of a passenger linked to Bong Keere at 457 1th Charesta AO Lane from Meee EKeeg with a scheduled stop at Apelme, noting line and timing details in local transportation terms.
Fragmented readable text describes a New Zealand telegram and a bewildering scene aboard a vessel. The passage mentions a bell and a mysterious loss, with garbled phrases hinting at nautical signals and a mentioned location and people, but details are obscured.
Abbott Street catalog highlights men's and women's footwear. Includes men's Taz Kid Lace Boots with wetted soles, Cali Derryy Lace Boots with toe caps, and leather work boots. Women receive Derby lace shoes, black ket derby, and ankle boots with reinforced soles. Children’s styles feature canvas button boots and welted soles in various sizes.
Mr. Quodling of the Agricultural Department, in Brisbane, says fodder crops are being grown and some districts report good weather. Cows at Barnett face distress but other districts like Beaudesert show excellent rates. Darling Downs crops may not meet expectations, while Kilkarsay district expects better yields.
Australian markets show nearly all wools selling above reserve values as buyers remain cautious. Prices cited for prime merino and crossbred grades range around 6s to 7s 6d per pound. some lots report lower bids reflecting testing conditions and market softness.
The document records prices for cattle and calves at market, with medium and rough descriptions of stock and sales figures. It also includes pastoral resumptions approving settlement feed on October 1, 1914, at Derling Down Talwood, and a manager’s report detailing mill hours, ore treatment, and gold yields.
In a turbulent session, Lord Conti is named governor of the Bank of Hagieed. Lord Cum ite secures a role on the board as deputy, praised for guiding the nation through economic turmoil and crisis, with long service in stabilizing finances.
Mr A OH Cleehe reports a list of bids and holdings across numerous mines and estates including Corellia Hampden Vulcan St Mungo St Andrew Tyrronnel New Minnie Moxham and Quks Reserve. The record lists prices quantities and statuses such as paid up, released and com bod with references to coal and coke firms Bowen River Coal and Ety Coal and Coke Co Ltd.
Fragmentary OCR text notes development work carried on mainly in driving Ha, a level inc worterly direction, with references to dates 1/5 1/8 and 2/8 to 217i, lacking coherent context or clear entities.
The piece argues that disloyalty clusters around Clyde, Liverpool, and South Wales, and that radical, Labour, and Socialist groups harbor half-fighters and traitors. It asserts cause and effect from cant and anti-patriotism taught for years, blaming leaders like Ben Tillett and Lloyd George for sowing resistance and predicting worsening disaffection amid wartime conscription. It contends moderate Labour voters must distance themselves from anti-patriot voices in Trades Halls and press loyalty to the Commonwealth.
A fragmented 19th century ad copy touts Koch's Fever Mixter as the sole remedy for malaria. It claims the medicine cures fever and malaria attacks, urging workers and patients to rely on this remedy. The wording emphasizes strong confidence and ubiquitous demand for the product.
Mr C Woodward will auction the furniture of Herbert Manners at 2.30 pm tomorrow at Lake Street. Babinda and Cairns report rainfall with light showers continuing through the week. Austral Pictures postpones a benefit to the 10th. Various notices include Dr Stead's throat lozenges and Royal Insurance Agent services.
An advertisement touts Tropolax as a universal tropical fever remedy. It claims effectiveness for dengue malaria coastal and land tropical fevers, priced at 2s 6d or 58 per bottle, with a note to obtain it from Cof lines on Lake Street, Cairns, urging consumers to seek the genuine Tropolax.
The Northern Herald marks its fourth successful year with an enlarged issue. It features illustrations of Cor poral Wooley Cairns Cairns District Volunteers March 18 Jetty Port Darwin Boring Plant Annan River Co Base Hospital Cairo Stanns Opera Square Cairo BNG Co Native Employees Papua Longreach Hospital Youth and Old Age British Submarine in North Sea tram bridge over the South Johnstone. The paper remains a popular choice for local readers and distant friends alike.
Merce Cavell at Cairns Pictures screens The Martyrdom of Nurse Cavell produced by Australian Famous Features Company. Miss Vera Pearce stars as Nurse Cavell. Agnes Gavin wrote the scenario. Film follows Cavell in life before war, at Brussels hospital, and her execution including a spy plot and loyalty to country, four reels shown tonight with strong audience interest.
An inquest opened on Tuesday into the death of a male patient at Catrna District Hospital following a jump from a ward railing. Senior Sergeant Kenmy led the inquiry with evidence from Welter Herbert Prica, a Keany Street labourer, who was hospitalized at the time, and Constable Neilam, who stated no evident neglect by hospital staff amid a full ward.
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