09 Dec 1915
Page 1
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 09, 1915
Page
1
A garbled OCR fragment lists numerous personal names and place names across a coastal area. Readable items include Prien Vand Woodlark Island, Innisfail, Mackmade, Darwin, Mackmade and Victoria, with scattered references to merchants and ships.
Burns Philp and Co Limited report port movements with Kuranda ships arriving every Tan day from Townsville and departing at midnight for Port Douglas and Cooktown, returning Thursday and leaving at 11 o clock for Townsville. AU S M steamers depart Cairns on Saturday, reach Townsville on Sunday, Howen and Mackay on Tuesday, Brisbane on Thursday. Tasters Continus heads south the following Saturday, arrives Sydney Monday and Melbourne Thursday. Return trips depart Methbourns Saturday, Sydney Thursday, Brisbane Saturday arriving here the following Thursday. Avemac from the south is due Thursday.
An OCR fragment describes ships She and Sydney visiting ports, with mentions of Brishame, Morialia, Runcing, Stegmera, and Toonsille. It notes arrivals Sunday or Friday, and departures toward Sydney. The text is garbled with incoherent phrases and unclear dates or routes.
A brief shipping notice notes Tateuan arriving from Tone Kong on December 78 and Remesha departing for Hong Kong on December 1, identifying two crewed vessels and their routes in a concise trade record.
Listings describe multiple land parcels in the Wabinda and Belledon Ker Scrub regions with frontage to rivers and creeks, scrub land, and open forest. Prices per acre range from about 13 to 508 pounds, with various parcels offered on terms including partial upfront cash and balance over years, some with lime tram access and river frontage, in parishes Sophia Trinity and Grafton Pyramid Estate.
A reader letter questions the cane prices bill, arguing mills pay too little to growers. It compares costs, depreciation, and interest, urging a fairer scheme based on raw sugar price and mill costs, asking if the cane price board bill will improve the sugar industry for farmers.
A fragmented sports item recounts an eventful session with remarks on audience reaction and a hoped correction of errors. It mentions Mr. W. Till and Hartigan, with references to a championship and performances on the gym floor, ending with scattered game details and a rough score mention.
Fragmented OCR notes detail a competition with MEBO criterion scores and multiple players. It cites Bul- G. BR. Mayers Standish W H Mayers 18 losing to Meflics Horser oma Lismett 25 and other bouts including O'Leary Lemmon Fallon Mec Greth 20 beating Bulcoc Wilson oma Moser 71 and Paige Best Abi Murray anl Gikmers 29 defeating Hoare Gi om Toohey and A J Draper 15. Also references Championship Singles Northage ei beating Htertigan 22 and Overland Su. teed Shee 10. Final lines discuss Sunday play and vague medical or defensive notes about injuries and remedies.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.