Movements of Vessels Townsville to Pacific Ports
The Lys Kurands arrives every Tuesday in Townsville then sails to Cooktown. The Wyandra due Friday now waves on Saturday Melbourne to southern ports. The Marsina reached Cairns Monday with a light list and proceeds to Sy. Morinda will depart Cairns for Rabaul direct then Brisbane, weather permitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Au- 7Hilp End Co
Lys Kurands
Townsville
Cooktown
Cinda Point
Wyandra
Melbourne
Jurat Cally
Cairns
Forgotten Decimal Chronicle of December Marks and Trades
Fragmentary 1920s style listing references to dates Moon phases and perigee along with a string of names and amounts for bonds, stamps and goods. Mentions Tommy Burns and Tyrconnell with scattered prices, merchant items and references to Dewar’s Whisky as a refreshment aside.
Shipping Schedules Mention Cairns Calls and Routes
The Morinda will call at Cairns on its northward leg to Brisbane and Sydney, five weeks apart. The Marsina will call at Cairns only on its southward run every five weeks. Adelaide Company Limited notes Rupara leaves for the south on Wednesday in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Brisbane
Rabaul
Cairns
Charters Towers Share Market Report Highlights Trades
Charters Towers shares show activity across several listings including Bonnie Dunder Clarke's Edna May and Minnie a New Brilliant Freehold. Notable prices appear for United Bank Queenan National Bank and Charters Towers Gas Co with figures in shillings and pence and references to war bonds 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Morgan
Minnie
Brilliant Freehold
Crow
Andrew
Lyell Bock
Mungo
Os St Coal
Insurance Co
Acstralia
Cremmaren Queenan
National Bank
Bank of ‘Gueenstant
Adee SS
Oieake Goodlet and Smith
Insurance
Howard Smith
Philp
Copper prices show mixed London market notes
The Metal Market from Sydney reports copper quotations with spot, forward, and ounce figures. Electrolytic copper presents at £46 10s for spot and forward contracts, with a standard spot price around L275 per ounce for longer tenors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Dee
London
Decoration for Innisfail Soldier by First Corps General
Letter from Captain J T McMamee reports a soldier in Innisfail to be decorated by the General commanding the First Corps of the American army at 4 pm. The soldier expresses pleasure and plans to share news with his sister. An unrelated advisory warns about eye troubles and the need for proper glasses from a local optician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. McMamee
J. R. Advocate
Postwar unity hoped as parties teeter in 1919
In a December 1918 Premier speech the need for cross party cooperation to solve postwar problems is stressed. Yet observers warn extremism in the Labor and Nationalist camps, division within both parties, and likely disintegration ahead, with potential reformation around shared liberal leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yail
Ryan
Macartney
Mr. Ryan
Miniery
Labor
Wemeelves
Labor Party
Nationalist Party
Queensland
Kidston-Philp
Green ville remedies and tangled tale of lost trousers
A garbled report recalls Green ville skin relief products as relief for irritations and prickly heat. The story shifts to a labor matter in Cairns where Willie Brown is involved with a labor agent, a haul of trousers emerges, and a missing article of clothing leads to a local legal notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Eariemirg
Esylams
Ryan
Tesney Moming
Willie Brown
Victory Land Sale Noted. Local Notices and Sales
A Cairns page item lists a Victory Land Sale directed by Messrs. Newitt and Roden for Saturday at 2:30 pm. It also notes mosquito netting for sale, furniture ads, a Christmas gift list at R. Craig Chemist, and community notices including Welcome Home events for Movate C Davis. Local court and repatriation district meetings are also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victory Land Sale
Newitt and
Roden
Mayers Promotes Savings and Glassware Clearance
An advert touts low prices at Mayers with claims of quality crockery and textiles, promising wholesale and retail savings, a guarantee on bleached damask, and broad clearance sales while inviting compare with any offer in Australia. It oddly notes an unlikely peace reference between a chicken’s head and Dewar’s Whisky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayers
Osman
Austraie
Also Mentioned on This Page
High Court of Australia
Supreme Court
The
Commonwealth and
New Zealand
PB. MacDonnell
B.A
HE Insurance Office OF Australia Ltd
LOA
Australia
Hemingway & Robertson
Underwood
Nevitt & Boden
E J. Harris
Victoria House
Lake St. Cairns
P.O. Boz
Melbourne House
Abbott ST
A. E. Abel
Customs, Shipping, Commission
Mercantile
Howard Smith Chambers
Cooma
Hassell
R. Carlyon
A. William
J. B. Cochrane
J. Kearney
L. Boden
FP. Maslin
W. Stewart
J. Burton
E. Welsh
R. O'Leary
Penniger
L. Buchanan
Mc-Cui
T. White
H. Pasley
R. T. Rees
J. Andrews
C. G. Rutledge
Clarke
A. G. Thompson
S. A. Favell
C. Wells
J. Bullimore
Russell
F. Shaw
A Lawrence
BR. Wyer
Beattie
J. Sheehy
R. C. Marshall
AL Christie
LO LA Cashmore
A. Johnson
A.M. Adam
J. Law
S. T. Church
W. Boden
C. Putland
J. McLean
W. Owen
J. O. Armstrong
Sergi
F. Mazlin
J. Hood
D. McKendrock
J. T. Hopkins
A. & Noon
F. Hargh
M. Brown
A. Johnston
T. Harborgh
J. Sloan
Wilesmith
G. Swanborough
J. Lomas
Evans
I. Mayerson
EK Thomson
J. Idale
T. Kees
Andrews
A. Keeble
W, Ey Cronin
P. Tully
F. C. Thompson
J. Grosser
W. Bono
SI Setauek
Wallys
R. F. Brennan
Catman
J. Dunn
E. H. Gelling
J. McCulloch
T. Cook
Allen
W Dellaforce
J. Townsend
H. R. McQuire
J. Yeats
W. Creed
C. A. Hot G. D. Templeton
W. Moore
G. H. Bock
Australian Steamships Ltd
POST
Phone Iy
Fade
Kodak
Craig
Sachs Street
Esas
Sheridan Street
Norman
Nyal
W. H. Green, Ltd, the Chemists
Ayringham, Innisfail, Bowen
Bag
the Mart
Abbott Street
A. J. Draper Ltd
Queensland National Bank
Pao
Isharer
I. Ap. Ir
Adminster Yards
Oo Railway
Graham & Matheson Ltd
Dalcety & Company Ltd
Metal of
Daugaard
Mareeba Representati
Teouist
New Moon
Ee Moon
Tocaiay
O Cairns Stock Exchange
Tommy Burns
Great Northern
Biscks de Spa
Dia
Tyrconnell
Oak Con
Bowen
Bill Mawes
Canfe
Dewar's
P. Neary
Saaree
J. P. Neary
Australian Steamships, Limited
Charters Towers
Z. Rich & Co
Acasa Bree Cobagones & Co
Cairns Post
Ascoor
the Post
France
Wgigveritine and Printing
Prompi and
Gist-clasa Ty Ie
Arkina
Mee
Waugh
Valentyne
Chemmara
Abbot-street
Colina
Ayper
R. Craig
Herald
Cannes
District
Edmonton
Trim's Hall
C Davis
Edorntom
Messrs
Bennett and Bennett
Debaies
Igig
Atien
Arthur Robert Cann
Penny Savings Bank
Penny Savis Bank
Cour
Abraham
Henriques and
Whittick
Barronshire
T. A. Ferry
Thomas Elliott
Mareeba
Dan
Northage
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