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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 26, 1917
Page
2
All members of the above are requested to attend the funeral of their departed sister Miss C. E. Miller. The procession will leave her late residence on the Upper Esplanade at 4.30 this afternoon.
April 23 sailing from Paringa to Sydney via ports carries passengers Mrs Bolger Miss Irving Messrs Pasley Park Parsons Clarke Bradford Samuels and twenty steerage travelers aboard Adelaide Co Limited agent.
Burns Pulp and Co lod Kuranda arrives every Tuesday evening from Townsville and leaves at 11 p m for Cooktown. Returns Thursday morning and departs for Townsville via ports. Wodonga leaves for the south on Saturday. Morialta due from the south on Sunday. Moorilyan arrives 5 am Tuesday with southern mail. Leaves 7 am for Port Douglas and Cooktown due back 1 5 p m Wednesday. Lass of Gowrie arrives from Townsville via ports on Sundays. Leaves Cairns 5 0 pm Tuesday for Moorilyan Harpwr cis Clump Pr Demk Is Ol
Fearnley and Co advise a steamer will leave Cairns this afternoon for Cathern ports with passengers urged to apply early. After a naval overhaul the steamer Kuranda resumes service between Cooktown and Townsville.
High water is forecast Thursday with tides at 016 am and 049 pm.
London metal quotations for April 24 show copper standard spot down and three month prices down. Electrolytic copper best selected also down. Tin standard spot up with three months unchanged. Silver standard up. Fine metal prices in British currency noted, with various currency translations and unit terms.
Messrs A M'Callum & Co Bow Street publish a terse list of securities trading names including Bonnie Drb fm Brilliant Firrendey Kalamadan Milla and Moxham with prices shown in fractions. The fragmentary OCR text hints at a market diary style report with multiple securities and bid asks though many words are garbled.
Fenwick and Co salesmen report from Brisbane describe a firm market opening and mixed prices for livestock. The text records sheep penned and sales activity with unclear figures and fragmented phrases reflecting a brisk trading start.
The editorial argues against scrapping Queensland’s Legislative Council to a unicameral system. It cites Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia with two houses and notes the Council’s low cost, independence, and long service. It warns of dangers from abolishing the check on government and the rise of a caucus-controlled assembly, potentially increasing corruption and tax burdens.
The London dispatch reports Admiralty notice of three British air planes striking five German positions near Lens on April 23. German forces pushed to grips of a heavy assault across a 16 kilometer front. fierce hand to hand fighting occurred along the Cambrai Arras road and in the ruins of Guemappe as the battle raged with shells and counterattacks.
A Daily Chronicle correspondent reports that the sinking of the Russian steamer Thara, carrying emigrants, deals a blow to Russian Socialists and undermines hopes for an armistice with Germany. The piece accuses German rulers of hypocrisy, noting Labour’s renewed calls for peace without annexation, and comments from London about informed circles.
The Daily Mail argues against the claim of attacking submarines as groundless and defends the Entente’s use of hospital ships. The piece critiques volunteerism in England for delaying war efforts and endorses conscription as the necessary path, noting Lord Kitchener’s role and the shift in public opinion toward mandatory service.
Melbourne April 25 The Prime Minister stated that Germans would not be admitted to Australia if his party wins. Mr Tudor criticized the remark, noting it differed from earlier sentiment. Other items include Lloyd George in Parliament and a Brisbane police case, with diverse wartime dispatches from London Copenhagen and Townsville.
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