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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 20, 1911
Page
4
Townsville residents see a flurry of short items from outings and visits to Osim and Cairns to a long Western trip by Captain A T Jackson. Advertisements promote Anderson's Seeds and Creig’s Special Cough Syrup while notices mention a visitor from Wolfram and a land commissioner departing with Mr T S Wallace.
Boarders at McLean's Caledonian Hotel organized a lively reception after a wedding ceremony. They presented the happy couple with a wedding present and a congratulatory display.
The brief lists civil time cues for Thursday April 20 with nautical terms. High water at Caries around 1.57 pm and 2.41 pm are noted along with civil times for sunset and twilight.
A senior reader from Belmont Road Gee long Victoria describes a winter illness and credits a government analysis showing no poisons in a remedy sold by chemists. After trying three bottles the writer reports improved health and asks a niece to convey the message.
Advertises varieties of fruit trees including rot ts and apples pears peaches plums figs and lemons for cash with postage paid. Offers seedless persimmons and special quotations for future plantings and notes a planned 1911 supply of orange trees.
A fragmented listing describes multiple farms and parcels in the Mulgrave Mill area with acreage and prices. It notes 145 acres for £3850, 129 acres for £2000, a Par. Smithfield allotment near Mr A Street, and several parcels in Cairns and Flor ence streets with various dwelling lettings and values. Further entries include Par of Allot 20, section 20 with a two storey dwelling at £104 per year and other improved and unimproved property descriptions.
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