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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 13, 1910
Page
2
Tender notices seek pre date map supply for Shire of Tamras with bids marked Tender for Map Only due by Saturday January 1912. Various allotments and country lands listed with prices and locations including Atherton Sheridan Street McLeod Street Water Street and McLeod Street corner.
A collage of images titled Scenes im Caura Scotch Piper and Dancers at Botanic Gardena Licking and Packing Oranges and athl eee at Mr Holzaphel's River Cooktown. Describes variety and equal excellence in pictorial subjects.
Partial OCR notes list horse names and paid dates including Bonnie Dun dee Drilliants Brilliant Central Brillliant Blacks Day Dawn P.Cod ML Best Mexican Golden Alexandra and new thresholds with several payment dates and entries. The fragment shows race or betting shorthand with payouts and dates, lacking full context.
A fragmented list of stock and betting prices from Chillagoe and neighboring districts includes entries for Mount Molloy Mount Elliott Mount Cuthbert and Mount Agnes. The text records various dates amounts pounds shillings pence and horse or race related notes with scattered names such as Gilmore Now or Never Tommy Burns and Oaks Rush.
A Post report surveys district views on the proposed line's construction and its economic sense. Residents long awaited the project and now weigh its future impact and the ratepayers’ position as the line nears completion.
The Royal Packet steamer Van Anschoren is due at the anchorage on Wednesday around noon from Thursday Island en route to Paris. The Vigilant will leave the wharf about 10 30 a m for METS. The steamer Grunshire of the Torres Straits service is due this afternoon from Lomion via ports and will land 00 tons of cargo, staying several days. Tides current prevent entering beyond anchorage.
Advertises freehold farmland in Pyramid Estate with rich alluvial soil and volcanic features near Nelson. A detailed alert promises interesting land specifics. Also notes a train traveler complaint about luggage handling and platform disorder at the station.
A paragraph of observations debates the impact of a proposed railway extension to Cedar Creek on settlement, land value, and betterment charges. It weighs benefits of access and markets against higher costs for settlers and ratepayers, noting potential profits from Crown lands and conflicting views on funding deficiencies. A separate note mentions Inspector Malone recovering Treasury notes worth £25 found at the Strand Hotel.
On Saturday last Tommy Hobson, an aboriginal man, was arrested at Furanda by Constables Smith and Marr on a warrant for entering the dwelling of Mrs. Newbury at night with intent to commit a crime. The alleged offence occurred in October last and Hobson was subdued after a struggle and taken to the lockup. He will appear before the Police Court this morning.
Barron Shire Council discussed and approved a simple official opening for the Harron River bridge, completed under estimate by about £20. Dr Warren to arrange a date, with councillors and friends invited and minimal ceremony costs discussed.
A fatal incident in Sareyai is reported with limited details and authorities investigating. The report names Kadina as the location and notes a single victim. Further official statements are awaited.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a pineapple drink and mentions Kelly and Mr and Mrs Stuart Douglass of Cocktown hosting visitors. It references furniture, timber seaweed, climate work, and a Christmas hustle warning, but concrete events or dates are unclear.
A jumble of notes lists residents and visitors from Mareeba and Casheery Station with Cairns links. Items mention travel to Sydney and Port Douglas, orders for fruit, and chemist promotions amid a later crime narrative describing poker games, alleged theft, and street confrontations around Abbott Street and the Royal Hotel.
A report notes a charge of stealing involving a hat described as yl Bey Yous Hew Hat. The accused led to the Mining Ex changes Huts where Bock identified a back parlour.
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