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Newspaper

Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

Feb 10, 1911

Page

2

Calina Athletic Club Mules Post Entries and Auctions

Nominations close March 2 with events under Calina Athletic Club Mules and March 8 for Hag Hicaps. Auctioneer offers private sales across Cairns and Mulgrave areas including 145 acres for £9850 and multiple allotments with prices and terms. Historic notes mention Johnson and Jeffries boxing bout as epochal.

Calina Athletic Club Mules Hag Hicaps Secre Mulgrave Mill Smithfield Cairns Peer Cairns Carsrosie Sheridan Street Eoce Street Esplanade Emper Aneum Anna

Wage and working conditions in Queensland sugar mills debated

The article defends mill wages and living conditions amid claims by Mr. Hemsell and the Age alleging poor treatment. It cites actual pay scales for firemen engineers drivers and other workers, plus rationed meals and housing regulated under the Sugar Workers Act. It notes past wage totals, cane-cutting earnings, and government influence on bounty eligibility.

Hemsell Mulgrave Sieikera Edlet Hana Hana Shearers’ and Sugar Workers Russell Nara Duell

Boland's Doors Open for Musical Treat by Abbott Band

The Abbott band faces weather delays as they perform a program of contest pieces, including Victory, Cascade of Rubies, Mounteems, Bohemian Girl waltz, Dona Well a, Don Quixote march, and other selections. The meeting of district teach organizers continues despite wet weather.

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Kelly’s Special Sale Promises Bargain Footwear for Ladies and Kids

Bargain alert from Kelly’s Abbott Birest store. A gale warning and strong sales rhetoric promise large discounts on ladies and children’s footwear, with quoted prices and limited time to snap up the items before stock runs out.

Kelly's Cairns Abbott Birest

Storm aftermath prompts calm shopping at Lake and Spring streets

After the storm the council election is planned and factory choice made. Citizens are urged to visit John Isaacs store on Lake Street or Spring Street for a full stock of dry goods millinery boots shoes and household requisites at reduced prices.

Setin Lake Street Speing Street John Isaae

Cairns Easter Carnival Promises Large, Diverse Program

Preparations for Cairns Easter Carnival are well advanced with music and sports planned. The prize list is the most attractive yet in the North and will draw many competitors in vocal, band, and sporting events. A public broadcast and nominations are noted as forthcoming.

Ube Cairns

Native Animals Protection In Cairns Seeks Trapping Permits

Cairns clerks report new Department of Agriculture and Stock instructions requiring permits for trapping operations protecting native animals. Permits cost 2/6 and are obtainable at the C P& S office. Statutory penalties apply for unlawful selling or possession of animal skins or decoys, with bans on certain poisons and cyanide.

Han Department of Agriculture C.P Birds and Animals Protection Amy Pereom Eale

Evening Variety at Share Hall Promises Entertainers

An advert invites patrons to book ahead at Craig and Whitticks for the anticipated variety show tomorrow at Share Hall. It notes entertainment by feeding artists and urges advance seating.

Craig and Whitticks

Cairns Ambulance Brigade Seeks Cheap Easter Excursion Fares

A Cairns Ambulance Brigade deputation led by acting chairman Kerwin and superintendent Mogen met with Cairns Caillagoe Railway General Manager PF McDermott to request cheap Easter week excursion fares from Mungana to Mareeba for hinterland residents visiting Cairns for the carnival. They offered a return fare of 12 shillings and asked for proportionately reduced fares from all stations, thanking McDermott for consideration.

Fir. Kerwin M. J. Mogen Cairns Ambulance Brigade PF. J. McDermott Caillagoe Mungana Mareeba Cairns

Serious slipping aboard Mourissan lugger port Douglas

A passenger reports a dangerous state of affairs aboard the Mourissan lugger bound for Cooktown. A heavy sea and high wind caused tossing and a near-miss as a spar and rigging collapsed over a deck, narrowly missing a woman. The Mourissan later put in at Cairns with passengers and mails onboard.

Mourissan Yeaternday MmOrhing Port Douglas A.u.8.n. Company Mourilyan Cooktown Mommen Cairns Grotlemen

Mellick's Sale Catalog Listing Prices Across Goods

A fragment from a sale listing at Mellick's crest stocktaking page catalogs prices on dry goods including linens, chemises, stockings, hats, boots and shoes, vests, trousers, and undergarments. The notice mentions Munro's Corner as an address or related name.

A. Mellick Axi Wombric Ahonen Sale Tadjen Oditty Aleten Howe Tieet Khald Crouky Paine Net Gulaies Walle Gale Witte Wre AL Mollick Munro’s Corser

Discount Bonanza Hits Tailor Shop With Timed Deals

Readable lines announce limited week long discounts on shirts, skirts, and fabrics. Shoppers are urged to notice special low prices valid today and tomorrow, with various items and prices listed in a bustling catalog style.

Te-Mo Jspanwerk Cmts Maual Price

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