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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 19, 1918
Page
2
The listing notes the Australian Steamships Limited vessel with Captain J Minehane sailing from Townsville via multiple ports including Messrs Rieke Camp Pear Mainwearny Ellery Barron Bewick Miller and passengers Miss Ruston Parker Mrs Brock and two children along with 5 Dunn and one child and 16 steerage aboard.
The Kurt Kuranda sails weekly from Townsville to Cooktown and returns via Lucinda Point. Arawatta departs December 28 for Melbourne. Levuka due January 10, sails January 21 for Townsville Mackay Brisbane and Sydney. Morialta delayed. Bombass due Friday morning for Melbourne. Cooma due January 1 for Melbourne. Lass O Gowrie sails Thursday to Moorilyan Harbor. Laciets of penn/ cargo sails Thursday 4 pm to Innisfail Mouril yan Dunk Island Cardwell Lucinda Townsville.
The market for commercial hides and skins shows overall firmness with full rates for most furs and hides. Kangaroo skins declined slightly and goatskins are expected to ease. sales included 7s75 for some items while high attendance and strong demand kept prices steady on top grades.
Pleuro pneumonia outbreak at Spring Creek Station leads to quarantine. Cattle movements limited as 118 inches of rain fall at Brooklyn Station over two days. Seven hundred cattle planned to depart Silver Plains for Brooklyn State Station around Christmas. Drover Robert Boyd oversees Dotswood Station fire and drought impacts suspend large stock draft to Dotswood. John Meehan leaves Brooklyn State Station to become a buyer for Seven Ment Works and will reside at Mareeba.
The Cairns Stock Exchange ledger shows trades in mining shares and related stocks. Entries include Molybdenite Kitchener, Tyrconnell, Tyrconnell No 1, Misima Block 10, Great Northern, Bowen Consolidated Coal, Kitchener blocks, Hill End Amal, Iguana Consols, Cairns Pictures, Cairns Gas, and War Bonds 1947 with various bid and ask prices and lot sizes.
Brokers report a list of shares and prices across multiple companies in Charters Towers on December 18. Items include Brilliant Blocks, May Consolidated, Mt Lyell, Victory, Vulcan, Bowen Coal, British Broken Hill, National Bank, Gomme National Bank, Insurance, and others with quoted prices and ratios. Note mentions War Bonds 1927 and a general line about military hospitals in the United States prescribing whisky, citing Dewar's.
Hampden Cloncurcy Copper Mines Ltd in North Queensland held a half yearly meeting led by J L Wharton. He reported satisfactory development with encouraging ore findings at Number 3 shaft deepest level and high grade primary ore being disclosed.
The Cairns Host will not be observed on Christmas Day or Boxing Day or New Year’s Day but instead will follow an unusual schedule. The notice outlines a deviation from the standard holiday observances and explains the planned arrangement.
Various public notices from Cairns include auctions of O Rileys farm Mooliba on January 17 by A J Draper Ltd, sale of sawmill plant Ravenshoe next Saturday, and a Town House auction near the Methodist Church. Hospital donations requested, small debts court judgments listed, fashion expo and local council debates on W C compliance.
A mixed page notes sales by J. G. Hoare including prime les, poultry, and household furniture on upcoming Fridays and Saturdays. It mentions cargo shipments from Bombala at Brisbane, local appeals on Soldiers Rest Home funds, and various court notices on overdue rates and railway by‑laws. Also covers the Dodd Australian Insect Collection sale and exhibition plans in the United States.
Police records for three days show forty drunkenness charges, many older than thirty, with most offenders preferring bail forfeiture to magistrate appearances. Mount Carbine miners return after Christmas on existing terms, arbitration award respected, apology issued, and a conference planned by January 10.
Constable Martin, Cairns Watchhouse Keeper, promoted to Acting Sergeant. He began in Cairns and spent six months at Beg, then Palmer, then transferred to Ebagoolah near Coen, twelve years there with a Cooktown break. In the last two years he served on the northern station in thirteen roles including Mining Warden CPS and Postmaster.
Notice from Stacey and Stacey Optometrists in Carina and Townsville warns that frequent health issues affect eyesight and urges visiting a competent local optician rather than canvassers touring the country. Emphasizes their scientific sight testing to guarantee exact correction and stresses stable patient care in North Queensland centers.
The Cairns town council debated a memorial to fallen soldiers at November meeting. Suggestions included a park Esplanade site or a public monument near Shields and Spence Streets, with talk of a town clock, kiosks, and brass tablets as possible tributes. The mayor urged inviting designs and consulting residents.
The Facham Red Cross society met Saturday afternoon December 6 at Williams Hall for a race meeting. Members noted donations from W Nash Milas Milla and Yungaburra District Race Club totaling £14 7s 2d, with £5 sent to Brisbane for December. May Young served as collector. receipts recorded 19 shillings.
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