14 Feb 1916
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 14, 1916
Page
1
A J Draper Ltd proposes sale of improved farms in Lie Cree, Mulgrave Mills area, including 216 acres at Mulgrave Mill and about 49 acres with beet land. Bargain price around £104 with option to take horses and ploughs for £160. Lease on 0 acres with option to purchase, cane area and other improvements noted.
Listing of multiple 100 acre and 320 acre parcels in the Bellenden Ker Sophia and Halyinin regions. Describes land types scrub and alluvial, frontage to creeks and rivers, permanent tram lines, varying prices from 1 to 5 pounds per acre, and terms with Crown liabilities. Prices on application.
Offers for 249 acres Sugar Faerna with 103 under cane and rest ploughed. Includes dwelling outhouse up-to-date plant and horses. Estimated cut 2000 tons. price 6572. Terms 3000 tagh balance interest free, annual installments over ten years. Also Sophia estate 149 acres 25 cane with cottage and plant and 3 horses priced £1200 half cash balance later.
Cairns area ads list names and services from Lyons Timber and Sawmillers to Spence Street meat exports, plumber Wilkinson, Hanson & Sons auctioneers, Clarke stockbroker, and Acetylene gas plants. Mentions National Mutual Life policies and shared capital figures, with Cairns agents for Cairns and District.
Analysis of British Prime Minister statements on German naval challenges in the North Sea. The piece discusses Germany's limited surface threat, British fleet expansion, and potential German moves from Kiel and the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal. It cites Admiralty measures and a Daily Press article hinting at British control of North Sea battles in the war’s early phase.
The article argues British ships can anchor in deep sheltered waters while German forces are bottled in closer to shore. It notes faster action for the British fleet and a night posture that outmaneuvers German passivity, contrasting with German organization and a historic date cited as a naval setback.
The article explains Russia's conscription for 1917, detailing how men born in 1894 must report to their military districts for service. It notes widespread population registration, travel passports, and exemptions for clergy teachers and certain age groups, with estimates that about a million men can be mobilized from the 1.4 million available yearly conscripts.
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