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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 02, 1916
Page
2
The page details Cherry Balsam cough remedy adverts and a patriotic excursion under the Waterside Workers Union. It reports sanitary worker Trimble injured in a wagon accident, a charity appeal for soldiers, local horse sales, and social events in Tumoulin and Townsville with assorted notices and mild local commerce updates.
Allan and Stark representative Mr. E Hallett will be at Gordonvale with a fine range of samples until Saturday next and will open at Cairns on Tuesday August remaining until Saturday. The sale advertises ladies and gentlemen footwear, children's boots, and guaranteed fit and style by the Queensland Insurance Company. Rainfall report notes 64 points last month with 3 inches, average 72 points over 27 years.
The dredge Trinity Bay has departed Cairns for Brisbane to undergo repair and overhaul as preparations begin. The weather remains unsettled with throaty conditions locally, and Dr Steads throat remedy continues to be advertised. Cairns Chamber of Commerce plans its ordinary monthly meeting on Friday the 4th to discuss duplication projects. Starr Bowkett Building Society reported a total of 29 15 8 with A Taylor and A Atkinson to join directors next Saturday.
August 1 entry records Captain J. Mourivyan aboard Mourivyan sailing from Townsyilin with a mixed list of crew and passengers including B. Oates Simmons Hartley and several others. mentions Eyre Thieves At Callaghan and various individuals such as G. Sawyer McGroon Malfron Andrews and T. Jolly among names, with Australian steamer reference and inspector McSwane noted.
August 1 departures list shows Pat Tongias and Cooktown among travelers. Other names include Mears Emanuel Buchanan Gough Shép herd Townsend-Vames and Ted. Australiana Steamship replaces details with limited readable items.
Forwic and Co salesmen report from Brisbane dated the 26th noting market opened quietly then improved for wool and crossbred cattle. Prices quoted include merino wethers, yearlings, prime vealers, and calves with general demand described as keen. 1888 sheep and lambs and 514 cattle and calves sold.
Cairns stock exchange notes show brokers’ bids and prices for coastal and inland mines. Listings include Corella Hampden Mungo St Andrew Vulcan Hill End Kalamadan Mareeba Tyrconnell and Tyrconnell Extended with various bid and trade figures, plus Bowen coal and related properties.
At the Cairns Shire Council meeting the issue of next year’s rates was discussed at length but adjourned for a month. Dr. Mayers opposed under-raising revenue, noting roads and bridges require thousands, and heavy ratepayers already bear much. Councillors hope a balance between aid and revenue can be struck at the next session.
Molloy appointed manager of the National Hotel in Montana, taking charge as business operations and customer service are set to improve. The move places Molloy as the key executive overseeing staff, bookings, and daily hotel functions.
Market summary lists buyers and sellers with prices for multiple shares including Brilliant Extended and New Brilliant Freeholds. Entries show bid and ask figures, with values such as 3/5, 1/6, and 5/6, alongside several stock names like Kalamanan Mills, Papuan, and Vulcan.
Sydney reports London metal quotations for July across copper lead tin zinc and silver. Copper standard and electrolytic rise. lead soft foreign and forward lift. spelter steady to lower. tin spot and three months higher. silver spot up.
Aug 1 report from Townsville notes Duchess Mine workers have given notice of intention to strike. The draft refers to an Industrial Court test ballot and West State authorities evaluating the industrial dispute. The fragment hints at broader labor tension and official mediation steps.
A reading from LOSDON dated August 1 reports copper market activity with notes on price movements and production signals. The manager cites July data and describes a rising trend, balance shifts, and color indicators suggesting strong demand.
In Herberton warden's court Acting Mr Wilson adjourned to August 7 1916 a matter involving Pere Adair Josathe and Michael Whelan Orient Camp 10 acres and Samuel Thixon Wood with reports and posting for noncompliance with labour conditions. Richard Wika forfeiture case adjourned for posting and review of grounds of noncompliance.
A fragmented OCR note outlines moon phases with terms like First Quarter and Last Quarter plus times such as 7.6 am and 12th August. It mentions Perigee 7.9 and New Moon and includes garbled phrases about August dates and phases.
A fragmentary report indicates Senator Pearce stated that millions of gallons of molasses, used as a constituent in cordite manufacture, were released into the sea. The remark appears in a disrupted passage amid a larger cooperative mill discussion.
The Tolga group reports progress on October 1 social plans. New donations, arrangements for Patriot Day events, booths, and a children’s luncheon are noted as decisions are formalized.
On Tuesday afternoon at the Cairns Summons Court before Mr A By Gibson PM BL Brimstone, a defendant charged with breach of the Traffic Act faced adjournment requests. Senior Sergeant Kenny prosecuted. Steele appeared for the defence. The information was withdrawn and the defendant discharged. The court noted no substantial difference between the alleged acts and trivialities involved.
Private Jim McSpadden has returned to Cairns after visiting. He speaks of successful facial treatment and cures from surgery, and wishes to resume active service. He credits the Cairns Red Cross Equipment Guild for valuable supplies sent to Townsville and Brisbane aiding wounded boys.
A World War I era scene recounts an officer's cheer in a mess after a Verdun assault was celebrated with a sign reading Fourteenth daughter Both well congratulated by officers. An onlooker noted envy about how the man named fourteen because of the day of the month not his eleventh pregnancy.
Announcement of Paul Duranlt Tout the famous tenor’s coming Brisbane tour. Birch and Carroll theatrical managers plan a northern test with Maryborough first, then Bax plas Le open at Whittick’s on a date in September.
An old advertisement extols Craigs Cough Syrup as the most reliable remedy from White Pine and Tar, claiming it cures even severe coughs when faithfully used. It warns buyers to obtain only from Craig, Cairns chemist, in bottles post free. The text also references sugar chemist training and a Queensland Sugar Chemists Association meeting seeking professional ties.
A calm spell followed a Sunday thunderstorm at Babinda ending a long wet period. Farmers welcome the break as continued fine weather should advance crops and livestock conditions.
The article touts Dr. Kochs Fever Mixture as the only certain remedy for malaria. It claims the remedy is increasingly demanded, with bottles sold at low prices and postage additional, from proprietor Robert Crag, Chemist, Cairns.
A Cairns Town Council meeting failed to reach a quorum and split into a Health Committee session. Alderman Draper and Alderman Ryan clashed over who may sign on the roll claiming ownership of property, with a decision to refer a police letter about prosecuting housing cases to the solicitor. The report also notes the death of Mrs. James Coffey at Galazis District Hospital and her funeral arrangements in Cairns.
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