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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 22, 1911
Page
2
Renically made for the tropics and at the highest grade the monthly per every Bl steamer by A J Draper. The railway block prevents delivery and wakes the team for shipments. Fifty pound pianos will be sold at forty guineas spot cash.
Readable items show various cotton and livestock prices and payments, with names and places like Copper, Usagi y Ten, Lige, Cloncurry, Crillagoe Raddygore, Flanngry Hills, and Durham Counsels. The note records bids, payments, and due amounts such as 54 mgte 3489, 5/8, 6d, and 9/15, among others.
On Monday night at Hambledon MLA Mr John Mans will address electors on Referenda proposals. Cairns Town Council warns overhanging trees must be trimmed to keep footpaths safe. Mintaro cargo arrived including fuel oil and coal for the Hallway Department. Draper offered a top oven and property in Sachs Street for sale. Barron Rivers location also listed. Weather notices and port updates follow with shipyard activity and fuel discharges for destroyers Parramatta and Yarra. A tank installation and further preparations described. Reports say his Cairns back way mission was very successful.
A Cairns notice announces transport of passengers and goods to Kuranda by Koreom Rediyneh with onward service to Mediyaekh. Details available from EC EARL and Rediyneh H. McMAHON, Spence Street, Cairns.
A Brisbane shop advertises photograph sundries and equipment including cameras at varied prices, albums, mounts, magic lanterns and paper in multiple colors. Listings show cameras priced around 5, 7/6, 20/-, 30, with albums and sheets, and assorted mounts and paper.
Farm owner Mrs Tobin offers Anna Vale Farm Mourilyan with estimated 1911 crop 650 tons. Company paid 14 per ton for canne last year. bounty 7/4 per ton. One mile from Mill on main line. all hauling possible. Improvements include house, furniture, two sacked horses worth £90, five ploughs, harness, chaff cutter, corn cracker, harrows. Walk in walk out with terms. Cam was cut in November. ratcoms in perfect order and cheap. Price £1308.
In a Cairns circuit court session, Mindoo claimant Kurram Chan sues Patrick Gee Kee for 307 pounds 10 shillings for work and labour. The room fills with documents as proceedings continue tomorrow. Separately Ivanhoe Football Club honors President Connolly with a silver-mounted pipe as Chinese residents express esteem and wish him reappointment. The Children's Hall hosts a cheerful event with dances and feasts, drawing crowds and marking a festive community gathering.
A cryptic note from an unknown source references Dreamst and a wedding amidst foggy city imagery. The fragment hints at social events and civic locations, with unclear names and dates, leaving readers puzzled by the motive behind the message.
Mr John Mann will address doctors at Hambledon on the referendum question Monday 24th inst. Discussion will cover pruning overhanging footpaths to ensure safe foot traffic. Town Clerk Cochraze notes details and invites attendance.
Fragmented ad text markets a pain balm for sprains and bruises, claiming rapid relief and availability at chemists and retailers. It mentions a seller and a tailor shop as points of purchase, with era stylistic misspellings suggesting a historical newspaper fragment.
A detailed catalog of ladies' evening dresses with fabrics like satin chiffon muslin and lace. Names such as Miss Kelly Miss Pauline Fox Mrs Haxter-Teyie and others are paired with colors apricot black amethyst navy and pale blue, noting trims including pearls sequins lace and embroidery.
A young man dubbed Adonis placed ads in Postrom seeking a partner for a Navy ball. He received 23 applications with photos and caricatures but did not choose any. An Astonishing response led him to postpone selecting a partner fearing awkward outcomes.
The Cairns Post reports a subscription drive to aid Mrs Davis and her children after a disaster. Readers can donate at the office, with funds published in order received to reach a permanent home for the family. Several named supporters offer trust roles and donations, including individuals and local groups, with public acknowledgment.
Fragmentary text mentions the Trinities with a strength figure of ten and references to Ladies of Coleseed Hinterland and names such as Mase Gur Taller.
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