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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 12, 1918
Page
2
Mr and Mrs ASL Broughton express gratitude to Doctors Clark Collins and Kerwin Matron and Steff, and to the Cairns District Hospital staff for kindness shown to their daughter Lyra. They also thank the town and countryside for sympathy and floral tributes.
Shipping notices show Lucas Philp and Co vessels Le Kunis arriving Tuesdays from Townsville and leaving at 7 am for Cooktown, returning Wednesday evening and departing at 1 pm for Townsville via Lorinda Point. Veodenga sails south Saturday. Moringa heads south Wednesday. Lasso Gowrie arrives from Townsville via ports Wednesday morning and leaves Cairns at 10 am Thursday for Johnstone River. Cardwell-Lucinda Clomp Pr Dunk and Townsville routes listed. Innisfail arrives Wednesday from Townsville and Innisfail and leaves Thursday for Townsville connecting with southern steamers.
The Adelaide Co advises ships call Bowen and Mackay bound south. The steamer Emecht Wings, detained by Custom authorities, was allowed to sail without its master under Marine Board direction. The Frome Minister’s department exempts the vessel carrying urgent munitions materials. The American steamer Bear ran aground near Eureka, Queensland. salvage by buoyant boilers weighing 50 tons each was attempted to tow the hull. High water at 9 51 am and 5 0 pm on Tuesday February 12 1918.
A. HI Clarke of Cairns files notes on Trycomel G.M. Co and NLL disclosures, outlining financial quatrains and nonsensical entries as observed in the sharebroker’s ledger.
A defense of Bolsheviks as the true action-oriented faction, contrasted with Labor parties in Australia and elsewhere. The piece argues socialist governments would radically change society, critiques opponents for empty rhetoric, and warns readers about press bias and public sentiment toward socialism and taxation. The tone is combative and polemical, emphasizing conflict between socialist aims and existing economic structures.
Mesers A McCallum and Company Bow Street share brokers report the following quotations 6d plus.
The Malanda Estate and Commission Agency to auction Mr Fad ehock's dairy cattle at the Malanda saleyards next Saturday. John Prince will sell his large herd at Malanda farm at noon Monday via the Tableland Estate and Commission Agency. Also notes price trends and local ads from Cairns.
A man named Stefano Dutto was brought before the Police Court on Monday on suspicion of insanity. Constable O Bri en testified he had known the patient for five months and observed roaming behavior on the Esplanade and Shields Street. After two medical certificates, Justice Ferry ordered detention at the asylum for the insane with the usual seven days at Townsville.
The Cairns Town Council will meet at noon today for the election of Mayor for the ensuing 92 hours. A. J. Draper Ltd. will auction twenty two head of horses bred by the late Mr. F. Kearney at the Newmarket saleyards next Saturday. The Cairns Red Cross Equipment Guild will hold a meeting next Friday at 4 o'clock to elect officers. A monthly report notes two goats and a cad snake buried by Overseer Strattmann near Moray. A local ad promotes Witch Hazel Cream and Cologne from Collins Chemist in Catlins Street.
A local letter urges the Comweil to focus on the swamp at Sachs Street upper end. The remains of a footbridge hinder traffic and force pedestrians to wade knee deep, with continued wet weather worsening conditions. E. J. and J. G. are urged to address the issue promptly.
Fodder chief urges state wide aid to increase ensilage reserves using forage crops. A Barron Bridge meeting discusses locating the entrance to the bridge during floods and a past incident where the bridge was washed away. A tribute notes a Jamaican born worker named Bill Ci who helped move sugar and wood in early Mackay days.
Deaths in Ingham and Tula trace family losses as Max Vetter and Arthur Alfred Jeffry are remembered. Local council debates road repairs on Double Island and Cairns Gordonvale routes. A court hearing in Narromine discusses intoxication thresholds. Roper River pastoral district gains detail on new stations and early settlers amid regional stock-raising plans.
The Wairoa union plans to obtain government approval to slaughter and freeze horses for export. Officials estimate sale at a per pound rate, with focus on securing the best use of the horses amid the current situation.
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