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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 08, 1911
Page
2
A public excursion will depart from Semepinn sewing on Sunday 16th April at 9 15 a.m. from Bebidas Creek with intermediate stops at Tram jerres Cairn. Fares adults 2s 6d children 1s 0d ор.
Mrs Foster announces an Anal Dancing Class opening at the Hibernian Hall in Montayargamedt. She will provide printed notes on desired details and offer further particulars on application.
A garbled London market note lists various copper and tin prices with uncertain values. Readable items include copper at 55 and 16a prices, tin at 180, and minor mentions of lead and other metals, but details are incomplete and uncertain.
Draper sells a valuable land allotment with three shops and cottagers. A memorial service for the wreck of Uses Vougale is set at St. Joke's. Members of the Masonic Lodge are asked to attend. Mrs Foster opens a domestic class in Hibernian Hall. Mr H J Matthew advertises sales of draughts. Cornelia Dranches listed among livestock. Carns Town Council to discuss 1911 loan and relief for Yougaly wrecks. welcome for arriving destroyers.
The Loyal Trinity Lodge of Fellows announces a public excursion to Babinda on Easter Sunday. A delegate from the North Jamesland branch will attend Cairns for the annual meeting and arrangements aim to make the outing enjoyable for visitors and attendees. With fine weather the trip offers a holiday among the Behinds scenic charms. A special tram will take Cairns at 8.15 am, fare adults 2s 6d, children 1s 3d.
At Seison Police Court before J.P. Gordon the case of Punial Singh versus Willie Ming was dismissed with costs to the complainant after four witnesses. A second suit by Jaya Singh for wages was withdrawn with costs to the defendant. Costs awarded against the complainant in both actions.
The Cairns Shire Council held a monthly meeting last evening with the chairman reading a somber pledge honoring the victims of a recent wreck. The council extended sympathy to the bereaved and noted the community’s grief in the wake of the tragedy.
A visitor from Hamien reports Wright's Creek floods washed away about 12 acres of sugar cane belonging to Birds Townsend and several acres of land owned by Arthur Townsend. A dray and sulky were lost, with debris washing onto a neighboring farm. The incident alters local proverbs about property and fortune.
A Cairns Chamber of Commerce meeting led to City Treasurer Mr Macdonnell and his assistant being ordered to depart the town this morning. A train fare will send them to a crossing, with engineer Earl and Bolt accompanying Macdonnell on the journey, the party expected to return tonight.
The governor intended to visit the State Nursery during a pass through but railway disruption shifts his route. He will travel by the Suva to Thursday Island en route to the Gulf, with the overland leg canceled and alternative sea passages outlined.
Tenders invited and to be received by Arthur Blakey Irvinehank up to Saturday April 29 1911 for the purchase of the entire mining plant of the Sow or Wever Tin Mining Company. The assets include a now or never Steam boiler Colonial type eight feet long, Gardner feed pump, 215 by 115 by 3 inch iron plates, 100 feet of flexible wire rope, two large baling buckets and two smaller mining tool buckets. Iron plates were purchased new about 15 months ago.
Members of the above lodge are invited to attend a memorial service in connection with the Yougala disaster to be held at the Church of England on Sunday at 10 39 am.
A memorial service is held by Gregory Masonic Lodge 2139 and Cairns Lodge 1039 BLO. Brethren of the shore lodge are requested to attend the service by order.
Flood images show erosion near the residence of Mr Woods as water margins advance. The river may have carved a new channel with a separating ridge, recalling a similar 30 year old event when cultivation was present and flooding was slower.
A Cairns man recounts an arduous foot journey from Mount Molloy to the port and back. Exhausted and short of food, he fixates on a large baking damper hoped to sustain him, but the cherished bread fails to materialise leaving him weary and hungry. The tale ends with his uneasy recollection of the hoped damper.
The District Engineer informed the Calms Chamber of Commerce that the railway line over the range will be opened to traffic in six weeks. Some people who inspected the damaged portion provided initial assessments and observations.
The notice says west trams will run from Kuranda to Herbertom and between Tolge and Malanda. It also notes the resolution of the strike will accelerate Wineheamie Carson's new wool stores at Bulimba Vite ery ban with opening sales planned soon after.
An appreciative Cairns audience enjoyed a splendid program by Cairns Firas Dane conducted by A Henson. The 24 piece ensemble offered balanced performances with rich melodies and strong instrumental unity earning high praise from locals.
A scrambled report notes delays in census collection with collectors failing to leave personal cards for householders. The Commonwealth Statistician emphasizes that every person and every child must receive and fill in a personal card, with a midnight deadline looming between Sunday and Monday.
Mr. B. C. Earl reported at the Barron River crossing that flood waters swept approaches away and left the bridge buried under water. The river channel widened, but he believed the course remains the same. A bridge extension and boat transport for Cairns were discussed as immediate needs.
In Adelaide an extensive discovery of Burien James bones is reported at Swanport on the River Murray. About 70 to 80 graves are unearthed as diggers work the reclamation, with deeper layers to be exposed. Relics are relocated to a pit for disposal by authorities. Local elder Mr. Rott notes natives once hunted for him and many Aboriginal graves are said to have been disturbed in the past.
A fragmentary item mentions The Gage Market with figures such as 5.20 and 0.55. Traeestee 3 46 appears as stray data in the readable OCR, but no clear event or names are established in the readable text.
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