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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 15, 1922
Page
4
A terse sports wire fragment notes a play at a 8 Vigsa TOWEL event with LL INS in the Bink screed Gatch Mt 4 yard. It references rf Besa 0 ze Gaune Navy AL to 2/11 iste Yat.
Vintage catalog note detailing ladies court shoes and associated fashions. Mentions patent leather, black patent trims, slingback and wingtip designs, with prices ranging from 4 10 6 to 48 6. Includes white coast/ Mail Order options, Melbourne make, and lace trim slippers in assorted sizes.
Readable fragments show Ea HM MEMOEEN LTD and sdartalers with Ambaknert, Lanceran in Cairns. A contact line reads Phone 38 percent, reflecting an OCR fragment from an advertisement or business notice in progress.
Mayers Limited offers Hudson Essex Ford vehicles with a seven seater body and five bassenger touring models. Particulars available from Cairns Motor Agency Co P D Box 56 or Mayers Ltd Hudson 5.
The Friends of Mr J AL Myan and relatives invite attendance at the funeral of William Ernst Bonnat, manufacturer, in Cairns. The service will be held Tuesday at Attica Noon from McLeod Street, with family and members of the Haas Society and Cairns and District Irish Association in attendance. H M Svends, Undertakers and Embalmers.
A reward of £500 is offered for information leading to the identification and conviction of persons involved in the tampering or theft related to sugar cane. The reward is provided by the Australian Sugar Producers Association Limited, with secretary Nike Jane PRITCHARD and undertaker Smallwood Rob mentioned in association with the notice.
The column lists multiple vessels and itineraries including The Taviafait Teavex for Townsville, The Wortans for Port Douglas, The Carretel for Goondi Mourilyan, and The Cantara from the south. It details upcoming arrivals in Cairns, departures to Calrts and Mourilyan, and crews aboard many ships with numerous passenger names and destinations, plus notes on other steamers such as The Canadian Traveller and The Canadian Scottish, with schedules toward August and September.
The Cairns region paper outlines social gatherings, fundraising drives, and village activities. It notes a football match in Gordonvale with receipts totaling £258 19s 5d, a coin and gift evening in aid of a local cause, a public lecture series by the Atherton Ambulance Committee, and a large community concert plan to honor fallen soldiers with a marble memorial.
Skepticism marked early support for Mr Crawford Vaughan’s cotton scheme in the South while Mr Vaughan and Mr Vanelan forecast cotton becoming a major Queensland asset. With a guaranteed price for four years, growers test a crop that matures in seven months and yields high returns per acre, though infrastructure like ginning plants and region reginerry access lag behind demand.
A visiting party examined the compat note with J. Howsn A. Love S Peewett M. Hi Clarke and F.C. Hodel approving the building in excellent order. They recommended alterations for public comfort and described substantial road repairs and a hard road to the waters edge. Sugar cane stone areas and new buildings along the road were noted with plans to extend the line to the hotel area.
Brisbane market notes show moderate guppies at Roma Sere with mixed fodder quality and prices mostly medium to poor. Prime lots quoted around 9 shillings and 10 pence, with other items in the 6/9 to 4/6 range. white chaffairy and wheaten values given, some offers refused for quality. general remarks on local deliveries and price levels.
A muddled report notes Tyrconnell Gold Mines manager claims clean up of three hundred and fifty four dollars in ore and coal. An auction of household furnishings and a Ford car is set for Friday afternoon at 2 describing weather as favorable for Innisfail races with a new starting barrier to be officially opened by Mr A J, Dutty, after the first race.
Mr C W Kindaon, a noted Cairns dentist, joins forces with J Stewart Dental Surgeon from Brisbane after a breakdown in practice. Stewart, coming north for new opportunities, is introduced as a trusted replacement.
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