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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 13, 1918
Page
2
Incomplete readable text notes departures and family references including three children named Donald bright Rat and Thorate. No clear event date location or policy context is evident.
The notice states Brig Peirce will leave her residence on Leod Street at three this Tuesday afternoon for the Cairns Come nace Moetye Street. Other invited attendees include friends of Mr. and Mrs. A. Waugh and many Peirce and Melvin families. Waterside Workers' Association members are also invited.
The page lists multiple names and destinations with dates and times, including Avtreien Seeomshigs and Linied Cooma heading south on August 14 and August 17, Lasso Gowris leaving Cairn at 10 am on Thursday for Mourilyan, and Lucinda Comer Towne from Innisfail at 6 pm for Mourilyan. It also records high water timings and various monetary and nautical references for the same period.
The report by sharebroker A H Clarke details quotations for mining stocks and bonds with prices and terms. It notes a wire from the mine lode section describing five feet of lode formation with visible gold in schist and mentions forthcoming advisories and borings progress.
The report notes ore handling and crushing at Herbertem Mining with various yield figures. It mentions 28 feet of rake work, 19p tons of ore processed, and a 5 ton yield. Portions of the operation are tied to the Consolidated Syndicate and associated committees.
The Assistant Mining Registrar at Stannary Hills reports ongoing sinking and ore processing across several mines. Kitchener and Extended Mines produced 155 tons with low-grade ore. Irish Guard and Two Moons sent ore to nearby batteries. Consolation mine reports 11 tons of concentrates on mill floors from 1,000 tons milled. Mount Nolan remains leading tin producer with new driving and sinking work. Perseverance Mill saw 10 tons 9 cw from 100 tons milled valued at £2350. General Grant shaft in Lyce Moon ground shows 9 tons ore at about 15 percent tin. Old Bradlaugh still shows ore. Empress You and I mine expanding to crosscut main Empress body. 1,700 bags shipped.
Case dismissed after Senior Sergeant Brown and Mr J R Marsland appeared for the defense. The Cairns case against Martin Tenai was dismissed by Mr Ferey. The Northern Herald notes soldiers’ portraits this week including Lt HH O N Kearney a Marecha Pte D R McKelvey and Pte E R McKelvey Cairns.
In a sharp editorial, the writer attacks Bolshevik policies and their leaders Lenin and Trotsky, arguing they threaten democratic principles. The piece compares Russian events to German and Austro-Hungarian actions and warns against any tacit alignment with Berlin, urging Australia to support Czecho-Slovaks and the Allies while Russia suffers under Bolshevik rule.
A jumble of small notices, ads, and names from Cairns appears. Mentions Green's chemists on Abbott Street, a bandmaster position seeking applications to W. J. Harris, plus vague references to a poisoning accusation against a council overseer, and assorted product pitches including Collins Carhelated Ointment.
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