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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 18, 1911
Page
2
Our Miss Smith presides in Melbourne and Sydney. Sunnybank Nursery offers twelve bone grafts and fruit trees for cash with postage paid. Apples Persimmons pears and plums advertised in assorted seedling sorts with prices per six trees.
A fragment indicates a Zoerd member disputed leadership after Ita formation and mentions dissatisfaction with chairmanship. Specific names and dates are unclear from the readable text.
The annual meeting of subscribers to the Cairns School of Anta was appointed. A vote of thanks to the press for publication of reports was proposed and the meeting ended. The Windsor 1. G. Thomas received 10 shillings and 6 pence from the public.
About twenty four members of the Dew Beonies scouting group gathered Wednesday evening at Mr. P. E. Potts home, with music and lantern view of the Boy Scouts movement. They sang Auld Lang Syne and the National Anthem as they parted after a farewell to Scout Higgs who leaves for the south. A group photo was planned for 3 o'clock this afternoon.
Mire Goldman and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis extend heartfelt thanks to Hambledon residents and Hassle don Mill staff for sympathy after the drowning death of Charis Swenson. The report notes ore shipment details and metal contents at the mine shaft.
A compact listing of sales and prices for racehorse related bets and items. Includes values for Towars Taare Berke and Bonnie Dende with multiple price marks, while other entries show Brilliants, Fast Mexicans and New Brilliamt Freeholds with assorted sequences and payments.
Friday quotations from London show tin at 10 to 191 pounds with forward at 188 pounds 10s. Tron priced at 2 pounds 8 shillings 11d. Copper ranged from 4 pounds 18s 3d to 5 pounds 5s 1d. Ewes and garen notes appear incomplete in the fragment.
Mr A J Draper announces a sale at his mart this afternoon at one o clock featuring two strong plough horses. Burns Philp and Co advised yesterday that the Wyreema will cavA the cap at one. The notice appears in The Post dated Saturday February 1 1911.
A local Queensland Typographical association plans a near picnic today with a day of festivities. Attendees will gather at an on site venue to share trials and tributes and enjoy themselves in a community event.
The body of a man about 70 was found lying near the water on the town beach. Post mortem indicates natural causes. police stated no foul play is suspected.
In Brisband on Friday the State Parliament was prorogued until Tuesday April 4. Officials expect another proclamation to be issued before that date, indicating ongoing legislative pause.
Export data shows fruit and vegetable figures with Bowen Cairns and Townsville values. Totals listed for Brisbane and Cairns. Coated trade and stock traits noted alongside regional totals.
A garbled report notes a surge of customers at Bolend's store in Cairns yesterday. The text mentions a crowd near closing time and a steady stream of shoppers throughout the day, with unclear references to a crowd and encore.
In Melbourne discussions on the parsimony of federal compensation for medical services to youths in the Defence scheme continue. The British Medical Association outlined that the matter should be viewed patriotically and that any hindrance to volunteers should be avoided.
Rainfall totals for the 24 hours ending today show Atherton 110 polata Chil ingore 306 Balfe's Cress 500 BRISBANE leading the list with the highest figure. The report lists the principal rainfalls for the region as of Friday.
A large deputation from the Political Labour Party visits Sydney with plans to act swiftly on the issues at hand and to carry out decisions promptly.
An unclear OCR snippet references a local event with partial terms and missing context. Names, dates, places, and outcomes are illegible, leaving only scattered fragments to guide a minimal news-card summary.
Melbourne dispatch reports the total cost to the railway Department of the Richmond disaster is estimated at £130,000, reflecting material damage and recovery expenses.
A worker at six sites resists joining the union amid broader labor unrest. The situation highlights ongoing tensions between employees and management as unionization efforts intensify.
In Pomaba Perth region two children Hetty and Arthur Portious died after a fire in a shop. The father mother and other relatives were seriously injured as occupants escaped to a gated iron verandah roof. The scene described as a tragic shop fire with heroic rescue attempts.
In Melbourne a day after the Papua Administrator Stanmsforth Smith departed Port Moresby on a search expedition, authorities fear mishap may have occurred. A letter to Melbourne friends shows hopeful anticipation of the venture with no anticipated reports for some time from the three search parties seeking signs of the missing mine examination party.
Brisbane reports detail severe flooding in the Gulf region. Letters describe 30 miles of fencing washed away at Boomarta with stock losses, water 18 inches under Coolullah station house, and near complete flood damage along Leichhardt River. Cattle losses exceed 2000, with stations like Kamilercit and Augustus Downs severely affected and roads, fences, and stores ruined.
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