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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 13, 1919
Page
2
A Melbourne firm named Hemingway and Robertson offers guaranteed success for one fee by supplying all study books. The advertisement cites Nevitt and Boden as local representatives and promises a cosy study environment to help customers pass their examinations.
Lass o Gorrie arrives with Captain Minehane from Towssvi te wea ont Mesdanes Bolan KR DD Lee Wood and choir Graham Thomas Misses Graham Lond ep Cowell LL Bartme T ak M Minehane Smith Thomas ard io im steerage aboard the Oceanian Secanehips Limited.
Meranda arrives morning at Townsville with service by Tener and ares sel returning Wednesday. Tha Wodonga sails south on Saturday the 13th of the month.
Readable fragments indicate times for new moon at 67 am on 1t Feb and apogee around 9 am later in February. Mentions Beh F Ferigse and a9 pm event. Data is incomplete but shows astronomical timings and observers.
Mr A H L Clarke reports miscellaneous quotations from Abbot Street listing various shares debentures and mining stocks. Notable entries include St Mungo Great Northern Molyhtenite Kitchener Oaks and Queensland Insurance with bid and offer figures.
Mesert A. McCallem & Co. share entries list prices for Britta Blocks Bonnie Destler Edna May and others with multiple quotations and notes on bids and terms. The brief column notes investor activity and currency fractions.
London metal quotations show tin and standard values with monthly and three month terms. A New Townsay Burns Tin Mining Co. shareholders meeting at Sunnyeneant on Friday the 7th adopted directors report and balance sheet. Directors appointed include Dangward Murray Gowge Byrnes Sie man. Murray reappointed secretary. The mine currently employs eight men and yields about two and a half tons of tin weekly, operated on a single daily shift.
Me J A Ludlow reports a new underlie shaft sunk 10 feet from the translit shaft. Heavy water influx slowed progress. hand drills used after machines idle. If water persists beyond 20 more feet, cross-cut to the old shaft and pack it. The country remains metal, with slight gold assay.
Article praises Australian administration in New Guinea areas, contrasting it with German rule. It notes rising copra and rubber output, expanded plantations, and plans for export growth as 40,000 acres under coconuts and rubber expand. It forecasts Australia benefits from new trade with Papua as production rises.
Judge Murray notes the Woodlark Island gold mine yielded about five and a half tons of gold valued near £100,000 during its operation. Forty Europeans work there, and October output reached 41 734 in gold from quartz, slimes, and sands. prospects for oil and petroleum search show no decisive success yet.
Annual arts events in Cairns include the Cairns School of Arts ceece at 16th. Signwriting and painting by Franke. local notices about police, drunkenness charges, and a furniture auction at Mulgrave Road. Messages from soldiers abroad mention leave and family regards in Belfast and Melbourne.
A Cairns group debated whether the board should discontinue its weekly four unit donation to the Red Cross during a Tuesday meeting. The discussion followed questions about the charity support and the board's giving policy.
In Athens, a council session faced friction as cutbacks and wage concerns dominated the agenda. A lengthy exchange over department orders and future funding sparked tensions, with attendees debating impacts on services and local projects.
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