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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 09, 1911
Page
2
Applications invited for Cane Inspector and Sugar Boiler with experience and references. Address to Winderm Ore Co and Town Clerk L L Cochrane. Also note tanks replenishment by applying at Council Chambers until mains retapped. Fresh butter daily and ice works contact details included.
Tenders will be received at the House Port Douglas until Noon on Thursday from persons willing to bid for the old Pilot Cutter now lying at Port Douglas. Further particulars may be obtained on application to the Harbour Masters Cairns. The highest tender will not necessarily be accepted. L Fowles.
Government Gazette notices invite tenders for police and court buildings at Wolfram Camp and multiple public works across Cairns Townsville and other locations. The list includes Brisbane works offices, with deadlines and plan access details in the official Gazette.
At 1 pm an auction of mantel jewellery cutlery and fancy goods proceeds under terms of no reserve. See J G Noare auctioneer affiliated with Dodgers for details.
August 5 report from Oaks Rush notes rough timing for start of a battery overhaul. A new electrician arrives as Arenas Syko works at the mine. Heavy water processing continues with Acorn crushing nearly finished and Ty toms still pat in the same battery. Birch and Aly Gioser appear in casual mentions amid shifting ore duties.
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Wing Rapata and manager W. R. Mathews report end-of-fortnight progress at the Tommy Burns Mine. Open cut shows a face four feet high with patchy ore, while the Beaslee vein extends six feet more for a total twelve feet. North-west level opens well with a twelve-foot ore body, despite high sulfur and weak ore quality in places.
Market items list stock readings and prices for multiple firms and holdings including Derham Conpels Kelly's Queen Glock Kalamadan Marshall's New Brilliant Free and Pfeiffer's. The page notes paid statuses and fractional quotes with several prices and dates.
Brisbane reports July state gold yield at 91 646 fine ounces valued at £12 755 a drop from last July by 3 003 ounces. Seven month total reaches 216 977 fine ounces valued at £918 722, a decrease of £365 301 from the previous year.
A tones piece mocks June spending spike in the state budget, claiming the real surplus was hidden to keep taxation high. It notes May to June shifts in several departments and questions whether commitments were deferred or if treasury tricks were used.
The passage argues that representatives owe the public clear statements of revenue and expenditure and that citizens have a right to seek repeal or reduction of taxation if funds taken are more than needed for wise and progressive achievement.
Notes and news report a cutter for sale at Port Douglas with Teakers invited, plus Cairns savings branch deposits and withdrawals. Barron Shire Council discusses joint meeting to review district schemes, Land Commissioner’s Court accepts land applications, a license granted for land at Pratt Sophia Mar cuir and Chillagoe, and a fine imposed in Summons Court for a Post Office liquor offense.
Residents face water shortages as pumps fail and underground supply dwindles. Cairns council approves continuing a temporary replenishment plan while a special meeting of the Cairns AP and M Association discusses a purchase offer for the Jockey Pen tubs Show grounds and related improvements led by Mr P J Ja and Mr E C Earl with 13 attending.
The town runs Mayers Limited bargain sale drawing households especially women as evidence of solid local prosperity. Town Clerk notes notices inviting applications and public response while council discusses leases and school sites. A court case concludes with a fine and sentence for a street incident.
Tuesday’s conference discussed forming a committee to draft proposals for submission. Members debated constitutional rules of the Provincial Council of the ALF and possible methods to advance reforms. A motion to endorse abolition of certain labor practices failed, and the congress adjourned amid unclear outcomes.
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