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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 24, 1912
Page
2
Fragmentary text shows an official notice at the Treasury Building from the Hy Engineer. It mentions a Saturday date in March and a household context but lacks full details and names.
Chillagoe invites tenders for un terminated supplies and services for the Grieve Institute for a 12 month term to 14 March 1971. Groceries spirits water per 1000 gallons wood logs bread loaves and other items. Tenders must arrive to treasurer Mr A J Savage by the 28 February 1971. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.
Fragments show betting terms and horse names with varied prices including Tommy Burns and Mek Apple. Entries list prices in pounds and shillings, with notes on payments and paid statuses.
London Friday market words show a war era wartime worker and steady demand for ordinary brands. German beet and fcob? prices listed as 16 per cwt. First marisa and graduated materials referenced with Hum burg La/B.
Principal events include the Wovice Hanticap with bets 5 to 3/10 and 1 bed 10 yards. Noms list shows 4/ accepts 2 BF with Patrick 8 Handicap 190 yards. Noms from Friday and Acecot. Handicaps Sewchery on Wednesday th March at 6 pm. Acceptances from Friday.
Reports on the recent Comme Agriculturst assembly note a bank dispute as a feature, while the discussion hints at personal animosity toward Mr Earl. The meeting reveals tension over leadership and the bank’s role, with emphasis on implied motives rather than direct blame.
A Cairns editorial blasts the Show management over overdraft troubles and calls for reconstruction. It denounces planned attractions including blackfellow races and minstrel shows, urging community support and a renewed district focus for Cairns Shows.
Advices received from the dowers for March 4 have been posted March 2 and 2. The writer recounts a wet Thursday with heavy showers pounding the roof, noting rain totals and expressing fatigue after a long day of listening to the rain.
An old plot outlines a mine scheme where a horse dealer exploits miners then flees with profits. The text also lists creditors with totals and notes a creditors meeting to be held at Westra,Tien and Murray in Cairns on a Tuesday, with firms such as Samual Allen, Abdul lah and others owed amounts.
A fragmented Croydon note describes prolonged Gulf region unrest and its effects on local supply lines. The text references a five week span and mentions a visitor named Weemer, with unclear lines about cure and previous fortnights, reflecting confusion in early reporting.
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