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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 29, 1913
Page
1
Notice of removal of theatrical company and traveler samples on shortest notice. Furniture and pianos removed and stored with care. Contact details indicate Pearce, Junr., Cairnn, for correspondence. telephone numbers and address partly garbled.
An Abbott Street advert claims repair services for bicycles, phonographs, typewriters, and motor engines. It offers guaranteed low prices and repairs for cracked cylinders or leaky pistons and urges customers not to discard items.
Commercial Winchcombe Carson and associates report wool sale results with over half of 11088 bales scoured. Hides sold high with improved bidding and less irregularity. Prices rose versus Tuesday as supple sheep and suppliers competed, notably Arcturus and Alma lots from Artesian Downs and Richmond.
At Selfridge's in Oxford Street a woman described as Susannah Watson wife of Rev EW Watson BCA a Presbyterian minister now in Canada faced charges after allegedly stealing a lace collar two hair slides and a scarf buckle. Witness Alice Puffen testified Watson claimed she would buy later and police bail of £28 was set.
The fragmentary note mentions a local health care effort with a focus on peppermut care in a rural area. It references community groups and a small team aiming to improve access to services and outreach programs. No dates or clear outcomes are provided in the readable text.
Fragmentary OCR lists various names and places including Georgetown Queensland towns and several personal names. It hints at topics spanning railways payments finances and a written serial story about geology, with scattered references to government and infrastructure. The readable bits provide no cohesive event or report.
A Cooktown Chamber deputation met AL SN Company General Manager Mr. Barnes in the Council chambers seeking help to replace the weekly mail steamer Flinders with a larger vessel. They cited Carnival week crowding, inadequate accommodation, and a contract timetable with no tonnage clause. Barnes listened, noting the Flinders’ issues and the need to balance costs.
Brisbane reports the presentation of a petition for the dissolution of the Town Council. The Home Dames examine its genuineness before further action. The Bundaberg Council issue remains between ratepayers and the council.
John Mayes an opal miner was buried up to his chin in a Mullock shaft after a dump collapsed. Over thirty miners fought the slide for more than an hour to free him. He was hoisted out alive and taken to hospital in a fair way to recovery.
A favorable turnout attended the event as thirteen tables hosted a lively euchre night. Miss Kinnear and Miss Mogow tied for first, Megan wore a crown for queen of salting while Atherton won the gent’s prize and donated boots to the hospital. Marter Cadiolo secured the consolation prize.
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