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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 23, 1913
Page
1
A garbled OCR passage lists various names and firms such as Knight CoE and Potts & Co EP with scattered references to local commerce. The readable items are fragments of business names, locations, and possible notices without coherent events or dates.
Argmac ships dock weekly from Townsville to Cooktown with 6 am departure, return on Wednesday, and direct Townsville service. Keranda ships depart Townsville Tuesdays for Port Douglas, return midweek and resume Townsville runs. A U S N steamers sail Cayres Saturdays, reach Townsville Sunday, Bowen and Mackay Tuesday, Port Alma Wednesday, Brisbane Thursday, then proceed to Sydney and Melbourne, with returns to Melbourne Saturday and Brisbane Thursday. Weandra sails from Webypour toward Brisbane Fridays, then Townsville once weekly, returning to Townsville on Monday nights.
Steamers sail with the Abelaide Company Limited. Departure on Thursday and Sunday. Returns and arrivals noted with a stop at Bucla and Nismza. Timings uncertain due to damaged text but indicates weekly service and weekend sailings.
Reports outline Smith Co. limits on Australian steamship services with weekly departures from Brisbane to Townsville and back. The schedule shows multiple legs including Port Darwin and Melbourne, with inbound arrivals on Fridays and departures on Wednesdays.
Fearslewy 4 Co Ltd Taiwan lists a voyage due 1 May from East Fan to GA Lime, Continental ports due 27th Kestmant. Feten to London on 9th March. Lima to Cairns via Hong Kong arriving about 1 June.
Captain Rhodes, Harbor Master, notes April water levels at Cabrins with specific measurements and symbols indicating forecasted high water ranges for the month. Details include coding for tides and approximate foreseen values.
The report covers Australian ewes and lambs priced per pound, River Plate and New Zealand reef offerings, and chilled beef bids in London with a March market note. Antwerp wool sales close with merino and crossbred prices up a small fraction. 5069 bales offered and 3534 sold.
Eveln Wrench founder of the Overseas Club speaks at the Toowoomba branch opening night amid greetings from Alderman Atkinson and other officials. He notes a 641,008 mile travel tally and argues empire citizenship, praising non segregated growth and club expansion in Canada and beyond.
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