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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 17, 1921
Page
4
Market notes show cattle yarded with irregular sales and prices up to 40 shillings. Sheep and lambs scarce, with bids around 44 shillings for fat stock. calves and cows in pens. overall market activity mixed, reference to February dates and names of local firms Fenwick and Co and Birdsall Ward.
Fragments indicate prices and demand for hides wool and tallow in a mid century market. Mentions leather production terms calf, fine wool, middling, and headings showing price per unit and volumes sold, with note of firmer demand for good quality hides and tallow liquidity and center price declines for some goods.
The fragment lists metal quotations and market terms with entries such as tin and copper. It notes London and Sydney references with rates like 2/10 and 3/15, alongside spot and forward prices. The text is garbled but indicates a pricing rundown for metals during February.
The Post reports the Queensland Arbitration Court’s decision on a basic wage for adults. It rejects a universal minimum while proposing a wage applicable to industries of average prosperity, with allowances for poorer sectors and the court’s power to adjust for individual industrial finances.
A long labor court judgment endorses a higher minimum wage for adult male workers in the Javerine Industry across the southeast, with a separate northeast rate kept intact. The decision implies roughly a 10 percent increase, while alarm over rising production costs and unemployment grows among unions and industry leaders.
Fragmentary report covers Cairns timber trade with southern ports and a Small Debts Court case. Mentions the Crossport trade, the railway department mood, and calls for efficiency. Names include Cairns officials and local figures, with notes on governance and labor issues. The piece references Helilon Spa Water and transport strains within the state system.
An application for variation of the award was heard in Brisbane with the decision reserved. The filing includes proposals on wage rates and conditions, referencing the award series and related terms. The record notes confusion in the rendered text and ongoing deliberations.
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