Shipping movements of vessels and moon phases
Shipping notices show arrivals and departures from Townsville Cooktown Port Douglas and Lucinda with vessels Bures Pilp and Co Mourigan and Dunk Is and others. Moon phases for August list full moon periger last quarter first quarter and high water times with dates in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australian Steamships, Limited
Mourigan
Southern Mail
Port Douglas
Cooktown
Lucinda
Ownaville
Lass of Gowrie
Townsville
Sanda
Periger
Wholesale Quotations List For Lucerne Hay And Staples
Wholesale quotations show prices for Lucerne chaff and various hays with figures per ton or bushel. Includes flour, bran, cheese, compressed fodder, potatoes, bacon, ham, butter, pumpkins, oil cake, oats, wheat, eggs, and a fruit market section listing apples pears mandarins lemons with prices in shillings and pence. Names of items and prices reflect a mid‑20th century commodity market listing.
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Lucerne
Victoria
Market Enquiry Shows Slight Uptick in Prices
MacTaggart Broa reports a better enquiry today on July 1. Prices are not likely to fall below those in the best catalogue, though a substantial advance is not anticipated.
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MacTaggart
Jrst
Green's
Boda’s Proprietary Tonic Promoted in Advertisements
An OCR fragment promotes various tonics and remedies for digestion and uric acid, naming Salma and Green's Chemists Cairna, with references to HOADLEY'S Tone and fruit products. The text is promotional in nature and lists multiple remedies without clear dates or outcomes.
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Cairna
Assayers Ore Buyers and Metallurgical Chemists in Queensland
The notice lists Assayers and Ore Buyers including Sefcourse Steen with Charters Towers branches in Medbourse Cairns Herberton and Ravenswood. Sulphide Corporation buys gold silver lead concentrates and ores from Cockle Creek Port Kembla and Wol Molybdenum See a theot ist pany. An updated power plant will process all ore classes. contact MR A G Oxley Cairns Wharf Street or Herberton Post Office for details.
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Sefcourse
Steen Head
Charters Towers
Medbourse
Cairns
Herberton
Ravenswood
United
A. G. Oxley
Wharf Street
Eames
Herberton PO
Cairns Sharebroker Quotes Debentures Note
Mr A H Clarke a Cairns sharebroker reports a speculative quote for Cairns Jockey Club Debentures and gold mining shares with a half point spread and a six month term noted.
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A. H. Clarke
Cairns
Cairns Jockey Club
Market quotation notes and prices from Ang 6 and associates
A fragmented market listing shows quotations from Ang 6 and Messrs A M'Cokes and ae lowing with prices and items such as Brilliant Extended and Brilliant Deeps. The text references coal, sip, and resale terms, indicating a rough pricing round and supplier names amid unclear OCR fragments.
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CH. Towers
Ang
Messrs
A. M'Cokes
Sip
Brilliant Extended
Brillant Deeps
Apa I
Bos L Brilliant Block
Chik
Mills Ubad
Esnee
Wolfram and Lyle Prices Rise Notices
Messrs. R Sturt & Co. announce increases in wolfram prices for the Federal Mr Dalgety & Co. as agents. The notification signals a price rise to be observed in the market, with further details in the reseller listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
R Sturt & Co
Dalgety & Co
Wolframr
Unclear OCR notes hint at school string of items and names
Fragmentary text mentions powders perfumes and sugars with figures, a 5th 6th class girls group named The Strike, an orchestra led by Alf Hanson, and references to motor cars Len Pa and Abbott Street Coes.
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Alf Hanson
Len Pa
Abbott Street
Coes
Rail strikes polarize Australia as war enters fourth year
The Post analyzes a split between New South Wales and North Queensland labor actions amid wartime strain. It condemns arbitration as a failed policy and links domestic unrest to broader national unity, urging end to industrial arbitration and a focus on real grievances.
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New South Wales
Queensland
Ryan
Brisbane
Storey
Sydney
Kerensky
North
Peememer Cernecta
Kaiser
Local shops advertise openings and prices in Mareeba and Cairns
Me Evann represents at Herberton and will open in Mareeba on Tuesday 7. Boots have advanced in price, Waddell of Babinda bought before the rise. Yates' Ladies Tailors and Brisbane designer Hutton now at Im See Reel. See Fens and Samples invite inspection. Cairns Penny Savings Bank notes veterinary embrocance and horse care remedies in 2/6 to 3/3. A kindergarten teacher recalls a confusing encounter with a man she mistook for the father of two of her children.
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Waddell
Babinda
Ne Hutton
Stanley
Talore Brisbane
Unclear vintage note hints at art and beauty
Fragmentary OCR text praises natural glint and high light admired by artists. Mentions Civita and a perfect sham. lacks coherent event or identifiable entities.
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Civita
Banana shipment details from Lagoon Pocket to Gympie
Mr Burkhardy of Lagoon Pocket cut 29 bunches of first crop bananas about 16 months old. The fruit was placed on rail to Gympie via Adelaide and sold for d educting case costs the price was 6/1 per bunch.
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Banaoee
Burkhardy
Lagoon Pocket
Gympie
Adelaide
Weekend Post Office Hours Update
Fragmentary text notes weekend activity at the post office with scattered timing references and mentions of showers and sugar. The readable items imply irregular service hours on the weekend and a Monday schedule, but key specifics are missing.
Special Henna Shampoo Powders Offer Delayed Cairns
A fragment mentions Arlene shade and a Special Henna Shampoo Powder box offer from a Chemist in Cairns, with a delay in permit and a Lake Street address. It also covers a Charters Towers Patriotic Fund meeting about coordinating with the Queensland War Council on fund collection for soldier repatriation and committee affiliation, with debate and a carried motion.
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Lake Street
Cairns
Charters Towers
Queensland Patriotic Fund
Eek
Mitchell
Ohmson
Unclear local notices on drainage and sugar cane progress
Local items report a blocked or poorly flushed drain along a main thoroughfare and hope for regular flushing from water pipes. Separate note says sugar content in cane at Megrid is satisfactory with better tests than the previous fortnight, though mill results at the Sogae Experimental Station cause concern among growers.
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Q.N. Bank
Offic
Megrid
Sogae Experimental Station
Fragmentary OCR Notes Delay Danger in Eye State
Fragmented text notes delay risk for eye condition with phrases about eyes and danger. Unclear subjects or events due to corruption, no identifiable names or organizations.
Fragmented Note on Locke and Goods Display
An unclear fragment mentions Locke, a motor bicycle, and promises to display goods to someone named Se. It references handling by mechanics north of Bris, a self-starter, and a special Warner Wah, with a mention of whisky tied to a wartime context.
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Locke
Bris
Prison population in Queensland declines in 1916 records
The 1916 Queensland prison annal notes 112 males and 37 females incarcerated at year end, down from 104 male and 0 female the prior year. It cites yearly convic tions counts, costs per prisoner, and historic comparisons across 1903 to 1916.
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Queensland
Captain Spires
Saya
Mt Molloy Extension Serisbanes Decision
The Public Works Commission has arrived at a decision in regard to the Mt Molloy extension project. The brief note indicates a formal ruling issued in August, with no further details provided in the surviving text.
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Serisbane
Public Works Commission
Rail Strike Action Rouses Brisbane Political Debate
August 6 report from Brisbane notes a railway service strike in Ba Eeehare Tisiahan. Premier Ryan says workers were ill advised and questions the retroactive arbitration award, citing a £65000 annual gain to railway men and asserting government stance will align with public opinion. Engine drivers and firemen reportedly oppose the strike.
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Brisbane
Ba Eeehare Tisiahan
Inom
Labor Party
Arbitration Court
Mr. Ryan
Quiet in Bowen Station Amid Railway Dispute
The Bowen railway station is deserted except for the stationmaster who remains on duty as a nonunion member. Farmers face significant inconvenience due to the strike affecting operations at the station.
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Bowen
Railway Union
Calm at Townsville Strikers Quiet Amid Unchanged Tension
Townsville reports no fresh developments as strike persists with calm conditions prevailing. No new actions or protests observed, authorities say.
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Townsville
Cairms and Back Country Affected Rail Strike Stalls Service
Work on the Cairns railway halts with rolling stock idle and a deserted line. Workers vote to continue the strike, threatening back country communications and mail service. The Postal Department uses motor car deliveries to Edmonton Gordonvale Aloomba and Babinda while a backlog builds awaiting official action.
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Cairns
Postal Department
Edmonton
Gordonvale
Aloomba
Babinda
Alf. Franks
The Postponed Excursion Decision Clarified
Mr Hogan states the Alliance authorities fully discussed with railwaymen before deciding not to run the excursion due to prevailing uncertainty. The Ambulance Committee preferred not to proceed to avoid affecting attendance.
Atherton Butter Factory Waggons To Connect
August 6 report from Atherton notes seven waggons are to be connected to the butter factory with two from Kulara and one from Nes al ready. The arrangement will provide factory accommodation for several days ahead as the issue is largely settled.
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Atherton
Fer
Kulara
Sawmills Close as Exports Stalled Amid Rail Strike
Chapman’s mills shut with all workers laid off in a temporary move. Large bog timber orders await export, and the railway strike cripples the district with Innisfail station staff also striking. No irama left this morning.
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Chapman
Innisfail
Irama
Feeling on the Tableland
On the Malanda line the strike runs in full force causing local disruption. Settlers brace for a drawn out stand as the ongoing strike mania makes any decision difficult and prolongs uncertainty about the line’s future.
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Malanda
The Pastoral Strike Rejected by Charleville Leaders
The Charleville strike leaders on August 6 rejected the pastoral action calling Newman's Sauce payments as a dividend. The decision labels Queens land men shearing in New South Wales as scabs.
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Macdonnell, Macdonnell A
High Court of Australia
Supreme Courts
Commonwealth
New Zea
J. HL Brownlee
City Mutual Life Assurance Tree
Sneer Street
Freneral
Kt Rushworth
Violet
W. H. Gibbs McLeod
St Monica’s
Eorome
Catris
Martyn Street
St Svendsen, Loderaker & Embalm
Bures, Pilp and Co
Sid Kuranda
Vorrema
Paringa
Commercial
Pruit
Owen Whittick
Winsor & Newton
Phone
Perlicenabey Bates
Robert Craig
Cairne
Fipenca Street
Coiran
Pe Meray
Melbourne
E. J. Harris
Victoria House
Laee &T
Annie Ta
W. H. Green, Ltd., Chemists
Graham & Matheson
Poe
Moreche
Wil
Palin
Wolfram and “Lyle
Percy Hiver
the Post
Evann
Mareeba
France
Pennsy Bank
Penny Savings
Craig
Mesara
Ieee Ee
Ance, Supervision
MT. Molloy Extension
Mo Fresh Strike Developme
Cairmes and
Back Country
Newman’s
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