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Newspaper

Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

Apr 21, 1917

Page

2

Shipping Movements: Burma Kuranda and Adelaide Vessels Schedule

Burma Philp and Co Led Kuranda arrives Tuesday evenings from Townsville and departs for Cooktown next day. Adelaide Company Limited vessels Varega Mourilyan and others operate southern routes with scheduled calls at Townsville Lucinda Cairns and Dunk Island. Innisfail and O Gowrie serve Mourilyan and Townsville routes with weekend calls. high water times listed as 92 pm and 8 pm or 11 am and 7 pm.

Burma Philp and Co Kuranda Townsville Cooktown Om Thursiday Wo Cema Satuly Australian Steamshipa, Limited Mourilyan Southern Mail Wert Douglas Lucinda O’ Gowrie Innisfail Southern

Board of Control for Imperial Supplies Established in Brisbane

In Brisbane the Board of Control for Imperial Uses was created to clear supply for imperial uses. Richard Sumner and Mr Ress lead the board, with Sumner having long controlled Queensland price frames and now carrying out work under Commonwealth oversight. The new board operates under the Meat Act, with salaries and expenses paid by the British government.

Brisbane Board of Control Richard Sumner Sumner Queensland Lormer Board of

Mining Quotation Report by Mr A Clarke

Mr A Clarke sharebroker Carns reports mining quotas and prices for various firms and metals. The list includes Voreta Cuthbert Mungo Srew Votan Tommy Burm Lode Hill Gilmore Amal Kalamadan Marecha Goldines and Oaks Reserve with figures in shillings and pence and notes on other metals and coal from Bowen River Coal and Coke Co Cairns Pictures.

Voreta Den Cuthbert Si Mungo God Tommy Burm Lode Hill Bava Gilmore Kalamadan Marecha Goldines Oaks Tiscmeete Con Bowen Bowen Coal and Coke Co Cairns Pictures

Towers Share Market Report From Ch Towers

Beears A M'Callum and Co Bow Street report share quotations with mixed figures. Bonnie Dundee Priam Fast Mexican New Brilliant Freehold St Mungo Vulcan Bowen Coal Corella and others show varying bid and offer prices amid a bustling market note.

CH. Towers Beears A. M'Callum & Co Sharebrokers Bow Street Bonnie Dundee Priam Bonnie North Lark Pom Nod Kolemodaa New Frilliant Freehold Pea Chieen Crosa Fy Riga Bote Horodem Andrew St. Mungo Vulcan Tad Bowen Coal Corella

Belgium Mine Shows Rich Copper Find Near Selwyn

The Belgium Mine on Tooleyhne Road seven miles from Selwyn, discovered January 1915, covers 20 acres and is owned by Mesa F G Kin ver H V Kulver and G E Stanley. A cricket team of eleven works the site as ore production climbs from 115 feet with recent yields over 70 tons at about 66 percent copper sold to Hampden Co. The find promises great prospects and fortune for its owners.

Western Mail Belgium Tooleyhne Road Selwyn F. G. Klever Ispet Mesa F. G. Kin Ver H. V. Kulver G. E. Stanley Hampden Co

West Australian Gold Yield Falls in March

West Australian mines produced 7.10500 units of gold in March, below February and under the same month in the prior year. The March yield totaled 76,999 fine units, reflecting a decline from the previous period.

Mining Company Listing for Port Kembla and Herberton Areas

Branches Melbourne Cairns Herberton and other NSW sites list Ben Buyers Seid Lead Concentrates and Wolfram Bismuth Molybdenite and Antimony ore details. Mentions Port Kembla gold and silver contents paid in full. Herbertton Mr Thomas Mas Newton EO Box 29 Telephone 22.

Melbourne Cairns Herberton Eecours i Hs

Dredge Return From Paracale Calls Readied Work

Cable report notes dredging units at Paracale with No 1 and No 3 inactive for repairs while No 2 and No 4 resume operations. Totals listed include several project figures and station identifiers across Philippine sites.indicates ongoing dredge activity and maintenance status across Paracale and Philippine units.

Paracale P I Incree Parcale Philippine Tabor

Mount Elliott smelters set to blow in at month end

A Townsville paper reports the Mount Elliott smelters at Scere are likely to blow in toward the end of next month. This will boost traffic in the Clon district with several extra trains needed to move ore from the Great Australian mine near Cloncurry and from nearby mines including Dobbyn and Kuridala Consolidated.

Townsville Mount Elliott Scere Clon Great Australian Cloncurry Dobbyn Kuridala

Anzac Day events and local notices from Cairns area

Sydney reports market quotes for copper and tin then shifts to Cairns news. Auction of late Mr C Linnden’s effects at 11 am, hotel events, shop sales, and secrecy around Rabirda Cane Price Board decisions. Anzac Day plans in Cairns Babinda also outlined with services and speeches.

C. Lindemann J. G. Hoare Rabirda Cane Price Board Usee Honcur Board Cairns Mayer Messia N. Mighell A.J. MacDonnell P. Pease

Newmarket Horse Sale and Babinda Boots Open Anticipated

Auctions at Newmarket saleyards conduct as executors of the late W J H Collinson provide 35 head unbroken and broken mixed horses. Babinda hosts a new stock of ladies and mens boots with guaranteed fit and style, inspection invited. Weather and public events update Cairns region notes end.

Messie A. J. Draper, Ltd Newmarket W. J H. Collinson Babinda Stora Kirk's Terma Queensland Insurance Company

Caiens Shire Council's Friday Meeting Notes Road Works and Local Inquiries

Caiima Shire Council met Friday night led by Acting Chairman Dr W W Grifin with Councillors Butler Cannon and O Leary. The minutes record correspondence on land compensation for Townsend Strickland and road repairs for West Cairns Dairy and bridges, plus audits, burr control on Little Mulgrave Road, and park maintenance questions at Gordonvale with a stance on park handover. The meeting covered telegraph pole removals, road improvements, drainage works, and sanitary notices across Aloomba Babinda Gordonvale and surrounding areas, ending with a review of district roads and public health issues.

Calimas Griffin Gordonvale Aloomba Cairns Butler J Cannon Caiima Shire Ci Il Ww. C. Grifin H. . C. Butler J. Cannon J. J. O'Leary Murray & Marsland Townsend & Strickland Reed E. Smith Cannon Mr. Rushworth Mulgrave Road J. Kyremis Jacks Progress Association Goodonvale Nui J. Christian Parish Landa Treasury Templeton Mopo Mooliba Lamghoes Dr. Reed Senate Img Vervice

Steamship Bingera Strikes Obstruction Near Townsville

The steamer Bingera left port for Townsville but near the river mouth her port propeller hit mud or an obstacle. She stopped at the pile light, reported the incident to Brisbane, then resumed at speed. The stokers refused to sail, Captain Mackay turned back, reaching port in the evening. The ship, just days from overhaul, will go to dry dock for repairs and accommodation is arranged for two extra passengers aboard the Wodonga bound for Cairns.

Arisbane Bingera Townsville Brisbane Mackay Cowan Cowan Wodonga Cairns

Babinda Notes on Meeting for Church School Build

A local notice describes a Monday meeting at the church to discuss converting a building for church school use. The Church School Committee plans to host a large turnout with several speakers giving addresses. Two Red Cross ladies are also to consider a project related to a Sowers Desk of Newman’s Senco and other community items.

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