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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 12, 1919
Page
2
Passengers include Mesdames aboard the Kuramds service bound northward with Captain Yarcoe in command and listed details partially legible from the fragment.
Bers Phoeof Coa Lo arrives weekly for Cooktown and Townsville runs. Adelaide Company Morialta sails south February 12. Australian Steamships Bombala departs Saturday February 22. Lass o Gowrie sails Thursdays for Mourilyan Harbor cargo only. En route calls include Cairns Port, Innisfail, Cardwell, Lucinda, Townsville.
Fenwick & Co salesmen report a firmer market with good improvement over last week. Trade beef averaging 52/6 per hundredweight and calves yarded. overall sale totals include 362 sheep and lambs 138 cattle and calves and 11 pigs.
A brokerage note from A H Clarke Abbot Street lists miscellaneous stock quotes on February 11 1979 including Hampden Volcan Great Northern Molybdenite Kitchener Hill End Amalgamated Comahds Tyrconnell Bowen Consolidated Coal and investments in Sie ears Sot ait eenaland and War Bonds plus Queensland Insurance Company and Tableland Investments.
A fragmented list of financial instruments. Entries include Australian banks such as Australian Bank of Commerce and Queensland National Bank with varied prices, plus insurance, drug and food firms. Mentions of war bonds and consolidated accounts indicate wartime finance activity. No coherent narrative, but a snapshot of securities and value markers.
State data show January gold yield at 8773 fine ounces valued at 47 265, down from 11 233 fine ounces worth 47 715. Charters Towers and Croydon report notable drops while several towns list smaller outputs, including Chil, Gympie, and Morgan, reflecting a month of reduced production.
The Cairns Post lists upcoming local meetings and events including Cairns School of Arts annual meeting at 3 pm, Gordonvale Turf Club annual meeting at 8 pm, Boy Scouts and Guides gathering at 7 pm, and political speaking by Nationalists at Tolga Malvade and Yungaburra. Also noted are a car ad for the Ford and staff tokens presented at the paper.
The Queensland Government has received information that the Chillagoe debenture holders have adopted resolutions to permit the government to pursue the railway and mines of the Chillagoe Mining Co. The government will take possession under the Chillagoe and Etheridge Railway Act once documents are executed.
February gathering in Townsville featured Meyer resigning as president and G Thompson elected as secretary of the movement. OBrien warned of growing unrest and a potential revolutionary strike if authorities fail to act, suggesting a Soviet Government could follow. A deputation sought MLA T Foley's attendance, with plans to meet him the next day.
Advertisements announce Mareeba Cemetery Trust seeking a seat on the Cairns Town Council with a meeting set for 7:30. Other notices include a livestock sale by C W Marding at Russell Road tomorrow, and a Dentists visit by R DENT from the University of Sydney.
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