Shipping notices detail voyages from Melbourne and Sydney ports
April 18 entries list passengers aboard ships Wyreema and Adelaide SS with numerous families and individuals including Mesdames Leen Wimach Keeble Standish and many children, then Rupara voyage from Sydney with extensive passenger lists and 32 steerage aboard Adelaide SS.
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Wyreema
Capt
Grahl
Melbourne
Mesdames H. Leen
Wimach
Keeble
Anyon
Standish
Wreils
M. Henderson
Calhane
A. Revie
L. Preserand
J. G. Henry
FE A
Cullen
Kelly
Gilvany
Low
Const
Sullivan
Parker
Anocey
Hayes
Young
Salathiel
Mills
Taylor
Vessel Movements and Schedules for Townsville Cooktown Route
Shipping updates list arrivals and departures from Townsville and Cooktown. Kuranda arrives Tuesday, departs for Cooktown. Arawatta sails south Saturday. Rupara sails Wednesday. Monrilyan arrives Tuesday 5 p.m. from Townsville, sails Cooktown 7 a.m., returns Cooktown Wednesdays. Lass o Gowrie from Townsville, Cairns Tuesday. Yonisfail from Townsville and Innisfail arrives Wednesday, sails back Wednesday night.
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Australian Steamshipa
Lienited
Monrilyan
Townsville
Cooktown
Port Douglas
Pacinda
Lass O’ Gowrie
Sanday
Cairns
Yonisfail
frome _ Townsville
Innisfail
Liberal terms offered for Government War Bonds investment
Details outline instalment dates fromApril 24 1918 with 10 percent down and 90 percent financing options. Quarterly interest 4 or 5 percent, with a small bonus, and final principal repaid at par on December 15 1927. Minimum investments from £10 or 17 6 in War Savings Certificate.
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Fe Pe Ar Sten
Sheslettin
Treasury
No Home Safe Without War
W A Watt serves as treasurer for the Commonwealth Treasury urging wartime financial measures and public savings efforts. The note emphasizes securing funds for national defense and wartime needs through responsible fiscal action.
Anzac Day versus St George's Day Debate in Australia
A column condemns public recognition of Saint Days in Australia arguing Anzac Day should be primary with solemn observance given the war crisis. It urges rectifying holiday choices, promoting national sentiment, and avoiding semi celebrations while noting hoped Anzac observance in Cairns.
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St. George's Day
Australia
England
Metal Market Quotes From Sydney Trade Desk
Sydney metal market notes show daily quotations for electrolytic and ingot grades. Spot prices are listed with three month futures and standard contracts. Thames and York tin values appear in the report with specific pound figures.
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Sydney
York
Anzac Committee Meeting Notice and Local Market Updates
The Anzac Committee calls a meeting at the Council Chambers at 8 tonight replacing the previous St George's Day plan. Farmers are alerted to a Farmers Produce Agency Act sale license by J G Hoare with Saturday markets at Cat Hope and surrounding towns. notices also mention upcoming stall dates in Mareeba Cairns and Herberton. The Navy and world affairs are discussed with reports of German fleet activity and U S Navy readiness. Arefers to a ship refloat effort on the Tay at Mackay after a tidal event and notes on fashion accessories and probate notices related to a late member of the armed services. Tickets for a guild event are on sale in Cairns and at the Palace and Aus venues.
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Anzac Committee
Council
St. George's Day
Council up to the time o his death chairman and an ex leavea a widow
An obituary note reflects the council chairman who died leaving a widow and no sons. The article mentions a Steen perhaps as a survivor, with expressions of sincere sympathy from associates and community members.
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Steen
Fatal Crash Kills Telegraph Inspector on Four Mile Road
Inspector T. J. Ford, 40, traveling with Alfred Franks, dies from a skull fracture after a car collision with a horse on Four Mile Road near Mrs. Skeen’s residence. Ford, stationed in Brisbane, was en route with his wife in the Royal Hotel area. doctors treated injured passengers, and an inquiry will examine the incident.
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Dow
Four Mile Road
Alfred” Alfred Franks
Gordonvale
Mra. Skeen
Aes Eeare
T. J. Ford
Brisbane
Shang
Mr. Ford
Kerwin
Tors Collins
Royal Hotel
Ahout
Ty Ts
J. Franks
G Shang
Tolga sale. Hayes furniture and land auction to be held
The Tolga Hotel Hayes Hall auction will occur at noon on Saturday May gh. The Eacham Co operative Farmers Ltd. auctioneer, on behalf of Mr S M Hayes, will sell furniture and land. A public holiday for Cairns Anzac Day has been proclaimed and the Cairns Notables Society plans a benefit night with a special Orchestral performance.
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Co-operative
Ter and Bacon Co. Ltd
Atherton
Garden Grove
Malanda
Cairns
I. D. Lynch
Townsville
L. Draper
J. Hill
Glenboughton
R. Craig
Noble
Tolga
Eacham Co-operative Farmers Ltd
RB. C. Macpherson
S. M. Hayes
Tolga Hotel
Hayes
Ey Wilkinson
Cairns Metores
Cairns Orchestral Society
Ths
Question on soldiers under the Empire in Commons remarks
The text notes seven and a half million servicemen under the Empire, yet references Mr Churchill's Commons remark about a lower number and asks "where are they" and "certainly not in touch with the enemy" in light of current events.
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Churchill
Commons
Fully Trained Now in Seine Sector Fight
The Americans show readiness for active role in the Seine conflict with all day fighting in the Town sector. Troops reportedly captured but sustained few losses while French officers praise their conduct and artillery accuracy. German prisoners disclose the new attack aimed to avenge a prior defeat.
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Seine
Aes
Anzac Day Observance Letter to Traders in Cairns
A letter to the Wholesale and Retail Traders Association in Cairns asks shops to stay closed on Anzac Day until after dawn services honor soldiers and sailors who died in the war. Signed by local church and community figures.
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Folla
Wholesale and
Cairns
Dave
OU Cuinan
St M
Herbert F. Garrete
Methodist
A. F. Moody
KR Maslin
Ernest Dawson
Nehur
Mestworts Employer's Death at Marecha Hospital
Andrew Pearson, employed by Bibookra Wear Export Co Lod, died at Marecha Hospital on Friday. Joe Fame, a fellow employee, said they shared quarters though in separate departments, found Pearson unconscious at 2 15 pm after being in the preserv ing room. Pearson, reportedly 40s, died at 6 pm.
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Mestworts
Marecha Hospital
Andrew Pearson
Bibookra Wear Export Co
Joe Fame
Agan
Sion
G . Persivsie
Hear
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Australian Correspondence Schools, Ltd
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Balickers and Notaries
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Hughes
Miss Smith
Melbourne House
Abbott Street
W. H. Green, Ltd
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Commonwealth Treasury
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Joe Seth Se Steel
Court House Hotel
Jacob's Music Store
Cairns Pictures
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London
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J. G. Hoare
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John Dan
Imperial Hotel
Mackay Duff
Green's Chemists
Abbott-street
Aeater
Foster
Pease
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Clark's Model Store
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Uss.a. Navy
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