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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 01, 1912
Page
2
A candidate from the Port of Cairns appeals for support on the upcoming Saturday ballot. He emphasizes immediate and practical improvements to unloading cargo and ocean-going operations to boost port and district efficiency and business.
The speaker credits E A Cullen head of the Harbours and Rivers Department for Queensland with championing reform for all boat classes and times. He urges ferro concrete wharves and early live-work schemes to reduce waste and move Cairns toward an almost free port while ensuring fair wages and conveniences for lighterage workers.
Land Company offers allotments for sale at upset prices well below value to settle affairs. Properties include key business district parcels. Terms are cash with half due at sale and balance on presentation of deed.
Copper and tin prices move within small ranges as forward values shift slightly. Lead and electrolytic metal prices show modest gains amid ongoing market activity. ONESDAT'S CALL.
A fragmentary OCR text lists items and numbers such as Deeps 10/-, paide 16/-, 16/0, TWiocks a/5, 3/T, Clark's Sd, Day of eee, Bomb ay 744, Oake 28, 2/8, pala 2/4, 2/8, Vulcan 374, 3/9, indicating a miscellaneous ledger style entry with varied figures and names.
In Cairns, three Harbour Board seats are open with five candidates. Notable withdrawals include P Doyle and T Dillon, reducing the field. E C Earl seeks re election, praised for long service. Top contenders likely Joe Hartigan and George Gummow, both described as capable and seasoned.
The biweekly electoral court to be held in Cairns next Tuesday. Reports of rainfall at inland stations show Lynch 49 points, Kulara 5, Yungaburra 10, Malanda 20, with Atherton and Herberton recording none. A new Nelson Court House replaces a tin structure and opens this morning. A quiet wedding at St John’s Church unites Edward H. Prendergast and Miss Berths May. they depart for Kuranda en route to Indstom. Ostrich farmer Mr Cork suffers a dog-triggered accident. an ostrich dies after throat injuries. The article also notes a wrestling scene described as dance-like between Japanese wrestlers observed in Sydney.
Paris reports that the renowned Durant Cafe opposite the Maddlains, long a favorite with British visitors and diplomats, shut its doors this evening. The restaurant, once central to embassy quarter lunches, is linked to the Boulangers coup and to broader political intrigue amid conflicting views on a proposed association under the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act.
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