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Newspaper

Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

Dec 19, 1916

Page

2

Australian Steamships schedule entries for coastal routes

The text lists departures and arrivals for Australian Steamships Limited with notes of Monrilven and Lassoo Gowrie services. It mentions arrivals from Townsville, Cooktown, and Innisfail, itineraries toward Melbourne and Moerigan Carter, and weekly timing details including Tuesdays and Sundays, reflecting a fragmented coastal timetable.

Australian Steamships. Limited Monrilven Southern Mind Test Douglas Cooktown Lremda Teowriesile Lassoo Gowrie Townsville Lesves Moerigan Carter Carddeares Innistal Innisfail Cooma Melbourne

Wholesale price quotes for oats flour and commodities

The list shows wholesale quotations in pounds shillings and pence for items including oats Victoria oats meal flour bran pollard onions compressed fodder potatoes bacon ham butter and wheat with per ton per bushel and per dozen pricing across various grades and markets. This reflects a mid market sheet of grain and feed prices with varied unit measures and terms.

Wholesale Fruit Market Sowing The Sowing Geotomens

Fragmented OCR text describes a wholesale fruit market in California with scattered terms like apples and fruits. The readable content is garbled and lacks clear events, dates, or proper names to form a coherent summary.

California

Kaun Timber Co Dividend and Profit Changes

Kaun Timber Co reports heavy trade and higher expenses reducing net profit for the previous year. Undivided profits were moved to a dividend fund to support a 6 percent return, with distributions at 8 percent annually in June and a proposed new rate. Added taxes amount to 5,000 of the intrinsic capital.

Hoor Jone Capeadinore

Argentine Wheat Report Hints at Drought Risk Across Regions

British wire service notes cautious Argentine crop outlooks due to drought in northern zones. Reports vary on rainfall prospects for the rest of the country, with optimism tied to potential future showers and the impact on wheat productivity.

Argentina London

Cairns Stock Exchange Mining Quotations Report

Cairns stock broker A F Clarke lists mining quotes with prices for Corella St Mungo St Andrew Kalamadan Tyrconsell Oaks Oaks Reserve and others. The report covers coal and metals firms including Hower Coal and Coke, Crber metals and Coal and related notes.

Volcan s _ pu Marcela Gold Mines Tyrconsell Oaks N.L Pao No Oaks Boos Thome + Chale. com Crber Metals and Coal — Rewer Free Coal, Boot 6 &A. Hower Coal and Coke Co. Ltd

Charters Towers Stock Exchange Quotations Report

Messrs AM Cal lum Co share brokers Bow Street report quotations for several mining and shipping stocks. Entries include Dundee Brilliant Deeps Clarks Kalamadan New Brilliant Freehold New Minnie Moxham Queen Cross Papuan Hampden Vulcan Le Mungo and Bowen Coal with bid ask and paid notes. Prices show small fractions and varied status across multiple items.

CH. Towers A. M'Callum & Co. Sharebrokers Bow Street Tran Dundee Tlounie North Billiam Clarks Mitt “Limited Ebrilliant Freehold Minnie Moxham Queen Cross ad_ Papuan Hampden St. Andrew le Mungo Vulcan Gol Bowen Coal

Antimony price updates from London cables

The Mines Department reports from the Agent-General in London that regulus antimony is quoted at 80 to 82 pounds per ton for forward shipment, with refined prices between 66 and 62 pounds, crude material at 50 pounds to 38 pounds per ton on arrival. Quotations remain unchanged.

Brisbane Mines Department London

Allied Unity Proclaimed as War Rages and Verdun Resists

The piece urges enduring unity among Allies led by Britain and France, noting Verdun battles and looming victory. It calls Australians to end internal quarrels, support the war effort, and strengthen the Entente while warning opponents are near breaking. It closes with a civic prompt to shop at Gea Hughes for affordable toys.

Verdun Japan Pacific Bloedhoend Berlin Great League Australia Pei

Furniture Sale and Repatriation Day Delays

A list of notices from Cairns items including a furniture sale at Minnie Street conducted by Mr Woodward, a postponement of Repatriation Day celebrations to New Year’s Day, and holiday business hours for local shops and services. Also mentions a petrified turtle donation, rubber stamps upgrade at the Cairns Post, and legal notices from the Cairns Police Court.

AG Ae F. H. Rogers C Woodward Dremives Minnie Street Gale Stirling Abbott Street Cairns Lake Street S. Ramage Court House Hotel Bennett and Bennetts Abbott Cairns

Sponges and Holiday Screenings Highlight Local News

A note on natural unbleached sponges arriving for travelers and shoppers. Metro features Sigs pure in Playing With Fire screening Boxing Night with The White Pearl starring Marie Doro and Barnard Delano, promising patrons a marvellous cinema event despite busy holiday schedules.

Pelace Pictures Tecegly Marie Doro Oriesar. A Coe Barnard Delano

Heavy Rain and Flooding Hit Cairns District

Torrential rain and gale force winds affected Cairns and surrounding towns as 48 hour totals reached multiple inches. Rivers and bridges flooded with Mulgrave river near high flood and Behana Creek overflowing railway lines. Weather Bureau warned of an eastward moving disturbance and possible heavy northerly weather over the next day.

Cairns Distret Weather Bureau Townsville Gordonvale Babinda Prewett Sateway KR Taste Uranda Mareeha A. Herberton Tam- Pern Meaburra Malamba Gordon Spo Mulgrave Bridge Mulgrave River Mossman Arawatta Sydney Bur Straits Cooktown Port Moresby

Boisterous Weather and Shipping Difficulties Reported

Boisterous weather prevails with heavy rains and rising river levels. A gale off the coast hampers the Ane Decanter eastbound and prevents work on the Allinga cargo ship, forcing shelter on the lee side. Passengers and mails were hard to load onto a launch for two hours as winds and seas intensified.

Innisfail Allinga Ron

Mareeba Bride and Community Celebrations

Miss Eileen Smallwood wed Mr Fred Scott of the Railway Department at St Thomas BC Church with Father Phelan officiating. The ceremony featured family bridesmaids and train bearer, reception at the bride’s home, and a honeymoon through Rockhampton and Brisbane en route to Ara Mac. Posts and gifts honored Smallwood for years of service to St Thomas Church. A pre wedding party, charity thanks from DOLB, and local school events followed amid showers and holiday merriment in Mareeba.

Mareeba Eileen Smallwood Fred Scott Railway Department St. Thomas Phelan W. Smallwood Majorie Gertie Smallwood Dorothy Smallwood Bert. Pares Ide Scott Cairns Brisbane Wride Rockhampton Aramac Stott D.O.B D.olb Marjorie RIC Frazer Lawith Heron Bonar St George's Sunday School School of Arts Arnold Miss . Ferguson Ather Thomas T. Oxley Ted Geanibeers Pearce Lawson Oxley Pil Penrod

Royal terms agent handles grocery acne ais details

Mr. A M Weddell opens the agency for Royal goods at the grocery counter. The notice outlines terms and responsibilities for the agent and stores involved.

A.M. Weddell Royal

Climograph Proposed To Judge White Settlement Comfort

A Clarke-era summary of Dr. Griffith Taylor's climograph method for assessing climate by combining monthly mean wet-bulb temperatures and humidity into a twelve-sided polygon. The approach aims to rank regions by comfort for white settlement, noting humidity as crucial alongside temperature and suggesting refinements like air velocity.

Genfinh Taylor Commonwealth Bureaus Ueteorology Griffith Taylor Rainfell Taylor Tty Borne Osborne Australia Fahr Artiog Griffth Taylor

Sentence commuted in Melbourne assault case

The State Executive Council today commuted the death sentence of Hodges Michocook to seven years imprisonment. He had been condemned for a criminal assault on a young woman in the botanical gardens on October 21, with the trial concluding November 21.

Melbou Stue Executive Council Uate Hodges Michocook Botanical Gardena

Babinda Township Best Store Opens with New Shoes

A new shop in Babinda Township announces a grand opening featuring Caldrens Boots and ladies footwear. The advertiser offers style guaranteed and invites inspections while representing the Qeteosi and Ingeraace Company.

Babinda Township Terma Cath Qeteosi and Ingeraace Company

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Macdonnell, Macdonnell & Hamlyns-Harris Fearney & Co Taiyuan Lonebong Wa Norte Bucks Bani Fiah Esha Commercial Victoria Kaun Timber Co Cairns Stock Exchange A. F. Clarke Corella Ham Bo Mit Cal Carbert St. Mungo St Andrew Bod Owen Whittick Ee Conklin Waterman P.O Thone Coty Pent Kodak Robert Craig His Excellency the Governor General of Eureray M. Relane Spence Street Cairne Arthur Lilley Howard Smith Building E. J. Harris Victoria Holl Cair Pho Green's W. H. Green, Ltd Charters Towers Stock Exchange the Post Gea Hughes Victoria House Nyala Nyal Green‘s Kaiser Thomas Arbouin Irvinebank Mourilyan A. J. Scott J.P Oneesey Runkar Fie Safoonigan Georgefins George Dent Mackay Cairns Town Cairns Shire Enor Hughes Maresak Notes Post Herald
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