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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 26, 1918
Page
2
A historic notice lists ore and metal buyers and agents in Queensland. Grace Street Herberton hosts the assay laboratory and office with a sampling floor in Cairns, including Cairns agents FEARNLEY & CO THL BROWNLEE, AUCTIONEER, and contact details for Land Nas.
Loving memory of Private Francis W. Power who died of wounds at Pariel France on 26 April 1917 while serving to keep Australia free. In a soldier's grave he lies sleeping one of earth's bravest and best. Inserted by his parents sisters brother and brother in law.
Arrivals list includes H. Rawan from Cooktown and Port Douglas Mrs Humphreys and child Gliddon Broadbank and three children Ward and infant Miss Schipiske V Nixon and several others aboard. Names include A E Pope J McLeod M Humphreys E Macdonald Gliddon Broadbank H F Stacey Ward J Smith with constables Griffin Ryan Henoecssy Philips Mitton and Burns Philp Co Ltd acting as agents.
The list shows passengers including Mesdames Tooth A J Bennett and two children A J Reid Malpass and infant Gilwarry Adair and two children Misses Johnson Feilbronn McNally J Martin H Tebbutt G Alt oft Malpass Barnett D R Gilwarry G Turner Master Glynn and seven second class passengers Burn s Philp and Co Ltd agents First Quarter 2 pm 18th Appare 91 ami 23rd April Full Moon 65 pm 26th April The tides Friday April 36 gt a High Water p 13 am 927 pm.
London metal prices for April 24 show gains in copper and tin with Standard and Electroyltic leads. In Brisbane, John Reid urges quick action to defer interest and capital costs on Babinds Mill until final repayment under the Act, aligning with Mossman Mill relief precedent to aid stricken farmers.
The fragment lists goods and sales notices from Greca's chemists Abbott Street and Model Store, with references to Kuranda schedules, a Red Crown Society ball, a dress ball with Mr Robert Craig, and a Mt Molloy sale at the National Hall. It also notes the funeral of W. Hall, describing him as a well known local figure buried in the old cemetery following an internal illness.
A garbled fragment mentions salary of £2600 yearly and entitlement to 35p a day, referencing a Mr Jestive mission and wartime payments. It recalls anniversaries related to Asiana-men and a fateful time that shaped Australis, with stray lines about whisky and purchase declined.
The garbled text references a tailor in the Cairns area and a hotel setting with related bearings. It mentions merchandise like boots and moving through a cen turion or cent cyclone, though details are unclear.
Wartime dispatch reports morning actions around Zeebrugge and Scam Valley with hand to hand fighting near Giv Barty and Robecq. Shelled fronts and sea bombardments mark the front, with attempts to destroy enemy sheds and infrastructure.
London reports the posthumous award for Commander Goodhart after his submarine wreck forced a rescue attempt. He volunteered to escape with no tin cylinder to guide rescuers and entered a flooded conning tower as air pressure rose, dying in the effort while the submarine commander was saved by surfacing.
A report notes Sir T Smart warned Nationalists about the danger of unrest during a five day debate on the war vote. He warned that civil war would be war to the finish and retribution would be exacted if the vote sparked division, as the tally stood 75 to 4 against the minority.
Partial garbled report cites air raid alarm in London and barrage activity, mentions Paris and Antwerp court-martials with executions, and references official despatches from Austro-Hungarian fronts. Details are fragmented and uncertain.
The hotel unveils new modernizations including an auto elevator, new kitchen equipment, a hot water system throughout, updated lavatories, and improved wastewater facilities.
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