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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 22, 1923
Page
4
Assays of ore from the Billy Hughes mine are incomplete. Readings note gold per ton, feet of ore from tram wall, and weight per ton with limited data. Details include tailings and wall dimensions but are partially obscured and unclear.
Commercial activity is fairly well represented though supplies were unequal to demand. Prices varied with quality as superior lots sold readily at high shillings. Pumpkins and lucerne sold strongly, while millet seed had no offers and maize prices advanced.
The general manager Walter Coles reports an February incident involving wine and fruit, describing disturbances, a foaming wall, and improvised measures. Temporary action is noted with remarks about timing and reactions from involved parties.
Shipping notices report the Hipping ship Woodaera departed London on the tenth for Chiron with ballast and cargo. the Waipara sails from United Kingdom to Cairne and is due at Melbourne near the end of March. Kanowna from the north expected in Melbourne today. Obituary notes mark the Austin memory with a mourning message for a son, brother, and uncle aged twenty, commemorating the family gathering and their loss.
Public notice fragment from Cairns Post dated February 2 1923 references local topics and community matters though readable details are limited. The readable portion hints at specific names or events but the text is largely garbled and cannot specify dates places or actions beyond the newspaper context.
A fragmentary opinion piece critiques ministers on postage reform and the push to reintroduce penny postage. It questions motives of large firms and urges gradual steps toward restoring a prewar level, stressing caution against rapid shifts that could harm the broader community. The text cites international examples and calls for measured action.
The article notes a cautious return to prewar norms with public services still showing strain. It calls for the Postmaster General to consider reducing fines and stresses that revenue from the department should come from its own balance, not burden the public.
Fragmented local notices report dental notices, post office discussions, carnival plans, and show secretary appointments. It mentions sugar shipments from Mourilyan to Townsville, coal for Sarna, and Mareeba commerce discussions. The Colma Amateur Operatic Society plans remains and a citizen debate on Aboriginal affairs is recorded with strong local sentiment.
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