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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 14, 1911
Page
4
Readable items describe a Christmas sale opening soon at N and A Mellicks with assorted goods and specials. The column also lists local arrivals, departures, customers, and community notices including transport passengers, hotel updates, medical ads, and upcoming events in Townsville and surrounding districts.
An old advertisement outlines Court House Hotel ideals focusing on cleanliness civility and attentive service. It promotes up-to-date lines cool drinks airy rooms first class table and popular rates with a roster of staff and agents listed in a lengthy design. The fragment mentions December 13 and ships to Sydney Townsville and other destinations with names and agents, giving a sense of a regional travel hub.
During tests of electrical equipment on the battleship Orion at Portsmouth overheating sparked an explosive vapour that ignited and burned the dynamo room into a sheet of flame. Four Admiralty officials and several officers were severely burned, with women among the injured taken to hospital.
Sir Vhomae J Setherland, chairman of the Mant o Company, presided at the general meeting and warned that three years of action were needed to handle imports and demand. Applicants pressed for permits, but there were not enough pearls for processing.
The weights for the upcoming CAIINS MELGHAVE races are announced with entries including CH. TOWERS Wennestay and Warcong. Med Jack 648 Fer North 7.56 Keren Lop T 7. CHRISTHASR HANIACAP shows Taetus 9.1 Warsong 8.9 Mad Jaci 8.2 Norma Let 7.T.
In Townsville on Wednesday Acting Justice Jameson heard Emil Tor bach of Alcombe near Cairns seek discharge from proceedings. The petition was admitted, order granted, and letters of schmisivtrrum issued in the case of Gearzigs Frederica Saha.
Oxford defeated Cambridge in the inter university football match by scoring coal and three tries to Cambridge nil, securing a decisive victory in the Tuesday contest.
An unclear London sports brief outlines late scores with names and figures but remains fragmented. The text mentions players and teams in a hurried, imperfect recap, offering minimal verifiable details.
Fragmentary text references health concerns and a Dr Held. The garbled lines imply illness or distress and a possible instruction to tell one of the doctors about a Feat or event, but specifics are unreadable. No clear event, date, or names beyond Dr Held can be confirmed.
Mr Justice Higgins award will cost steamship owners at least £100,000 yearly with extra items for wages overtime holidays and night watchmen. Major charges include £57,000 for crew and overtime £15,000 in port hours and £4,000 to raise overtime rates plus £46,000 for holidays and £1,4600 for night watches. Forty seven vessels not covered by the award face additional unseen costs.
Witnesses described a serpentine creature around thirty to forty feet long with an eight foot girth seen near the river mouth. Local authorities and customs officers vouched for the sighting noting no tail, bristling hair, and a slow glide, with later reports of the creature disappearing near Sheerness.
The fragmentary notice mentions a Miss SuiTH event or pageant with unclear details and additional stray letters. No further readable context or names available to confirm date, place, or participants.
The document outlines annual rates and delivery dates with terms for advances and bookings. It lists advance payments, delivery dates as 23/6 and 26/ per annum, and a 7/6 wrapna unnked line indicating ancillary charges or notes.
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