Rupara lerves for the south as
The note mentions a Wednesday August 28 schedule item with a reference to Rupara lerves for the south, indicating a regional event or travel plan.
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 21, 1918
Page
2
The note mentions a Wednesday August 28 schedule item with a reference to Rupara lerves for the south, indicating a regional event or travel plan.
Fragmentary notes show a voyage from Bombala toward the south aboard a vessel named Thotif Moor. The entry also mentions Har bor Innisfail and a Thursday departure for Innisfail with lunar phases listed as New Moon Farat Fall Moon Perigee Last Quarter.
The report lists broker quotations from CH. Towers, Augamu Mesera, McCallum & Co and others on several shares and bonds. Notable items include Brilliant Deepa, May Deeps, Central, Victory, Lode Hill, Australian Bank of Commerce, War Bonds of 1925, and Tyrconnell notes with varying bid prices and dates noted as Tuesday 2 h August.
Fragmentary note from Acting Manager W. Brown dated 17th August. It mentions a lode formation at depth in a shaft and indicates ongoing testing or continuation, but text is garbled and several phrases are unreadable. Further details not discernible.
Cairns reports a Burns Land Court session on Friday the joth inst with notices from Green's chemists and local dealers. Public meetings, theatre adverts, auctions and a mixed cattle sale at Peeramon yards outline upcoming local events and commercial notices amid wartime coverage and civic notices.
The Post notes remarks by Mr Finlayson and Mr McDonald at Ravenshoe about limiting land selections to a living area. It cites Mr Hunter and Mr McGuire supporting reviews of alienated lands, while pointing out wealth among local politicians and supporters. The piece questions the concept of a living area and its legislative implications.
Cairns Harbor Board Executive meeting notes a plan to buy a launch from Sydney. The vessel, Ja foet overall with 8 feet beam, will be used for harbor work. Mr J G Wok protested the prior launch sale and argued the board previously claimed launches were Board controlled for wheeled tasks.
Theosophy lecturer W. Rosen, on a lecture tour through Ageersla, sails for Sydney aboard the Rapara for Caley’s furthest northern port and will arrive next Sunday. Rogers accompanies her husband to Australia and has served as Red Cross secretary in Kotsoo. Revere is detained in Sydney awaiting recruitment minister approval.
At a Tuesday morning executive meeting the Ularhor agreed on watchmen duties aboard the dredge. Fire daily at mug and bag ashes, trim coal during shifts, 37 hours per week. Wages set at a fixed weekly rate with no overtime. The matter is referred to the Arbitration Court for later action.
The Moolina line extension advances with plate laying to the cutting near Waughs Pocket now nearly complete. Rails reach four miles from Months and near Kucesell, with Daragee work to begin as Johnstone bridge planned at 75 feet above bed and 35 feet above river level. Construction may span two years for the Johnstone River bridge.
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