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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 04, 1916
Page
4
Reports mix wartime updates from Haig and Salonika with a Board of Inquiry on sugar production in Australia. Details include Allied advances, Bulgarian activity, and the strategic stance of Britain, alongside findings on overproduction risks, proposed new mills, and district recommendations.
Canterbury Park Cup racing concluded under fine weather with strong attendance. Hurdle race won by Treacherows at two miles, then Sunlike led to victory in the selling stakes. Canterbury Park Cup over one mile three furlongs saw Challenge Crosse win, with Tarpsalia second and Silent Way third. Welter Mile results headed by Waller. Multiple betting details and times noted for each event.
Ten members gathered at the rifle range last Sunday for a 2m and 2 yard shoot. Weather hampered scores with rain and mist. T Barrett, Henry Lawrence and Way McLeod triumphed in various events. Mason’s trophy, a pair of pants, awarded to Lesgrand, with Captain Desgrand donating the conch prize. Mareeba club annual meeting held on 23rd July elected new office-holders for the coming term.
A Maori prophet Rua Wat Anad faced charges related to police influence and manipulation. Jurors reportedly disagreed with the main accusation of compelling others to write admissions, leaving the case unresolved.
At the Supreme Court in Townsville the case of AL J. Banning and Thomas Chellingworth with Frank Johnson against Louise Banning, for 2000 damages, and 1990 on similar grounds, was settled by mutual consent after a daylong bearing of evidence.
Fragmentary text lists pay services at St John’s in Cairee and Saviour’s Kuranda with times such as 0.57 am 7.90 pm and 3 pm Tuesday. Mentions include Freshwater Holy Communion Evensong and Memloy with scattered times Thursday and Friday 7 am. The ailing OCR yields incomplete place names and event titles.
A garbled OCR theatre page highlights an August program featuring "A Game Cad Kaighi" and "Triangio Keystome" comedies with Charles Murray in Old Kaighi sketches. It promotes Whittick's showing, a 30,000-strong audience at Palace Theatre, plus a bustling photoplay with military drums and a Mary Austin role. The Past Defedit concert is set for August 15 at the Hibernian Hall with New Zealand performers and English parts, led by Mr Detante and a team of musicians.
A rough catalog of farm acreage for 1917 with 23 to 66 acres, 3 000 tons annual yield estimates, and multiple lease and sale offers. Includes a Nediyach residence lease with orchard near a railway, three cottages by Railway Workshops with rents, a Scott Street house, a fenced Severin Street allotment, and leading refreshment rooms on Abbot Street with prices and terms.
Coma agents list at Lake Steret Camus with stationery news agency hair dressing and Tebscoonist business in Malands for sale. Includes 2 billiard saloons. Real bargain due to ill health. small capital required. Strand Hotel Bowes lease for ten years for 41900 with option to purchase freehold. Boarding house near Cummins and Camp with nine rooms, furnishing noted. 145 acre timber near Oaklands and 657 acre selection with residence. 41 acres selection near Carben priced at 90, broomed house and more listings.
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