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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 08, 1913
Page
1
J G Hoare SPpen Als auctioneer offers weekly sales of farmers produce and rents collection. Prompt settlements and careful attention to all clients correspondence invited.
A fragmented OCR list shows names of people and businesses including Cairns, Hughes, Morathan, Leerey, Brootman, Merrin, Jack, Newell, Wane, etc. Locations referenced include Cairns, Mossman, Ravenshoe, Kuranda, Mareeba, and Palone with mentions of towns and associated firms.
Shipping notices detail variable movements from Townsville to Covstoun Tourmag to Temeville and return routes, with USN steamers Carea and other lines making port calls at Lowes Mackay Port Alae and Sydney. The Adelaide Company Limited services Cairns Townsville Brisbane and Melbourne with scheduled departures and arrivals through April and May.
Fragmented schedule details list steamers departing from Townsville Sydney Melbourne and Brisbane with arrivals at Port Douglas Townsville and other ports. Mentions connections via Hong Kong and Pertegai Munchinbresk Kowpala, with dates around April and references to trains and ports, unclear due to OCR.
E Bosaneq offers bicycle manufacture with best Terry material, lowest prices, and guarantees. Repairs in all branches including phonographs typewriters stews motor engines cracked cylinders leaky pistons.
Commercial Sydney reports sun dried copra prices at £25/5 per ton while London markets note quiet Bradford wood trading and varied butter, cheese, and New Zealand meat and colonial fats. Brisbane prices list maize, lucerne, pumpkins, and wheat with sales activity. ocean accident guarantee updates show company financials and reserves through 1912.
Cairns Cane Growers Association held an executive meeting on April 1 at Mulgrave Mill. Attendees included A Mannichair, A J Deaner, J Bastin, A Warner, G R Mayers, W C Griffin, M cGuigen, and secretary V Hives. They discussed the Prime Minister's Marborough speech on bounty and excise, urged aid for raw sugar and refiners, and resolved to wire the PM and write to the Customs Minister. Formal application to Industrial Court to form two boards for field workers was noted, with headquarters at Tavside. Mayers to inform members of the Premier trip plan. surplus funds invested in State Savings Bank in the president and secretary’s names. Meeting adjourned about 1 p.m.
London April 6 The Overton High Commissioners have benefited to participate in the numely Peace Celebrations to the United States. Sir Geore Reid and Sir Rich ard Solomen High Commissioner for South Africa have accepted. The New Zealand Commission is undecided.
A select party of Lodrists sails with Burns Philp and Co for a grand European tour through England Ireland Scotland France and Switzerland. The 40 travelers originate from North Queensland Fremantle and Tasmania with Sydney and Melbourne as starting and connecting points.
Report on the International History Congress with Mr Bryce presiding in Washington. He warned that global forces and civilizational shifts would create a single world history by 2000, with Western powers shaping destinies, languages shrinking, and religion consolidating, while global markets and disputes tie nations together.
In April Sydney, the State Treasurer warned that uniting the States would not boost credit. He said Mr Fisher would find that consolidating the states yields credit no greater than each state alone, with current assets and liabilities tied to the Commonwealth.
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