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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 26, 1912
Page
2
Builders invited to submit tenders for creation of convent buildings for the Sistem ah Vercy at Cairne. Tenders close at noon September 14, 19L2. Lowest bidder may not be accepted. Plans and specifications available at the Architect's office. E Gregory Waters MA CEA Abbott Street.
The Offee has been transferred from the Cairne Post Office to the new premises at the corner of Speare and Abbott Streets. The CV aims to resume daily business from a TU ROA ySS venue with Friday nights highlighted.
Fragmented list shows medical and household goods with prices and abbreviations, including sick room requisites, water, postage, and door items. Names and places are unclear, but references suggest a catalog-like inventory from a late period newspaper page.
Tenders are invited for the purchase and removal of Mr Donaldson's residence in Abbott Street. Full particulars on application to the undersigner. Tenders must be received by 1 am. Thursday the 29th August.
Tender invites issued for purchase of Sub 4 Bar 68 Cairns Parish show ground area of 10 acres with 2 apertions and cemented adjoining fruit garden. Offers may be for whole block or portions. plans available at the undersigned office. Sealed tenders due by noon Monday 9 September.
Capitalised at £95 000 with 17 500 shares offered to the public at par. Applications close 31 August 1912. Provisional directors named. Bankers listed as The Quernstand Bank. Allotment planned and shares held in reserve. under-writing arranged. Arthur H Clarke named as sharebroker for Cairns address.
Fragmentary notice describes a Wednesday 28th sale at Sipenre Street premises. Items listed include hotel furniture and various home goods such as stretchers rugs crockery cutlery linens and chandlery with references to mirrors and tele sets.
Suburban listings describe multiple cheap homes for sale in the Draper Street area with terms from £1 to £500. Properties feature quarter acres, new houses on high blocks, detached kitchens, fenced yards, and various room counts plus subdivison options in Suburban Sections 27 90 and others.
A. J. Draper, on behalf of Morte Rees, offers improved freehold esplanade dwellings for sale by public auction. Properties front Abbott and Gatton Streets, Cairns, with substantial frontage and corner position near park reserve. Postponed to Thursday evening 13 September at 8 pm, with tickets for prize draw including a return trip to “Vineland” or similar prizes.
The Mungie Miner notes ongoing work with trial parcels passing the ae. Desert Rose shipped about 20 tons of quartz in the last fort night. Mt. Jackson Company prepares to send a second galena ore supply. Three teams have reached the sampler with three more expected this week. Raina and Northwood on Monquile Creek aim for about 18 tons of firsts and seconds.
The Cammenersutth Government enters eight contracts with Galdfield Tiamond Drilling Co Ltd to bore for coast. Since the Victorian Buyers Act passage there has been dispute over miner searches and duties, with protests voiced through Mining Standard and concerns about workers’ fate at goldfields.
Heavily edited page notes toyed prices and results from a Papuan market column listing numerous items and figures: Brilliant Central, Brilliant Deeps, Mocks, Fast Mexi can, Kelly's Queen Block, Kalamedan, Marshall's GQueen, Mills United, Queen Cross, Victory, and others with odd shillings and pence, suggesting a financial or commodity roundup rather than a single event.
London market brief lists cable and forward figures with Weta Warkst in av cable. Entries show price ranges like £70 10s, £79015, and forwards from £79 7s to £79124, with further mentions of £209 and related LO amounts.
The article discusses Mr Spence MHR presenting a petition demanding constitutional changes to grant Commonwealth government supremacy. It argues Federal Parliament cannot alter the Constitution directly and explains that any amendment requires a referendum with majority support across all states. It notes the long history of public attention to such questions.
The article discusses central vs local control in Australia, arguing provinces should handle rural matters locally while the Commonwealth manages nationwide policy. It notes Northern conditions, state subdivision, and the need for balanced powers among six states with broader federal authority.
A representative of Byder will stay at the Strand Hotel until Friday and visit Mareeba for the week. sample rooms will be at Shinlop's Hotel. John Weares Richard Graken and Ald Wallace were fined 3 shillings each for drunkenness at the Police Court before Mr Fo Grant P.M. with 24 hours imprisonment in default.
An old advertisement touts Stead's Throat tablets as a cure for hoarseness and throat discomfort. It claims no remedy matches their effect and markets Keely, a chemist, as the contact for the product.
The Naval Secretary invites applications for entry to the Royal Australian Naval College. First entrants are boys whose 10th birthday falls this year, from 1208. Applications close in August 1912. A interviewing committee will visit Williams Town in September to interview state boys, with further visits planned to other states. An educational examination will be held toward the end of September.
In a House debate dated the 18th, Mr Deakin cited a Cairns Chamber of Commerce telegram denying claims that farmers were unaware of new regulations. He stated he had a correspondent’s note supporting the misapprehension and pressed for clarity despite confusion about the issue.
In Townsville a court orders finalization of an estate distribution with executors to pay costs from the estate. The case mentions Mr It nena Barnett as solicitor for the executors and directs payment of expenses from the estate pending further orders.
A jumbled account describes a voyage with a Pirate captain and crew aboard a Warer Launch visiting Green Island. A crowd prepared meals and street barrier scenes, while the trip home ended without notable incident amid a festive atmosphere and local attention.
Fragmented OCR text mentions government wage policy and growers, with unclear phrases about shortages and advisories. Key proper nouns and specifics are obscured, making precise event or responsible parties difficult to determine from the readable lines. The piece hints at economic policy impact on growers but lacks verifiable facts.
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