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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 28, 1912
Page
2
The notice proclaims a showroom invitation for latest designs in watches and jewellery, boasting skilled workmanship for repairs and demonstrations. It mentions Mackay and Omaomme areas as part of the viewing location.
Notices detail beacon removals and new signaling for the Port Alma area. Instructions specify line alignment from Keppele Day to Eupatoria Point, with lights and buoys to be erected and kept in lime, guiding vessels to Port Alma. John Mackay Portmaster issues the directive with a February 1912 finish.
A going concern sale of a butcher shop business with a branch in Drunnehen is listed. Weekly trade runs about 18 butlocks, indicating modest steady activity and a ready market for the enterprise.
For Sale or Lease. Magnificent Bugar Lands near Port ears Fimed Adv within the Babinda Mill machinery. Requires. Have all brushed ready for insemetane. Price good. Any further particulars apply Sorman P. Draper, Cairns.
Witness Charles Lilley solicits tenders for repairs and painting at the State School in South Mosmman. Tenders close at noon on Friday 9th March for site works including portage and related public works. Full details in Government Gazette. notice dated February 10, 1912.
Burnished for attractive enterption in more substantial lines of business. The International Bankers Alliance in London recalls T. W. Ten who died at Waterfall Hospital on February 28, 1010.
Market notes from London on Tuesday show caps and forwards with prices for copper, tin, lead and electrolytic metals. Electrolytic tin and forward prices are listed with figures in pounds and shillings.
A list from the Cairns Stock Exchange shows Mt. Elliott Cremoury at 70/ and 71/. Mt. Gathbert at 4/ and 4/6. McGregor at 1/8 and 2. Hampden blank. S876 and an Fiteroys at 1/9 and 2. Mt. Morgen 54/ and 53/. Dilmore's 1. Ly £6. We Tommy Burns £19/1- and £14/1-. ma. Fischemith 3d, 64 paid 3/5. 3/8. Amalgamated 1/6 paid. Apple 5d paid 1/4. Thenypen's Only 1/8 and 1/10 paid. The note ends with a personal message from W. McWilliam claiming years of orderly tablets.
The page covers assorted notes including working bullocks with gear, Rothwell’s correspondent in Brisbane, a chemist advert, a moth borers outbreak in seed potatoes, and adjournment of Chinese liquor and opium charges in Gaitns Police Court. Also mentions Pittar’s Cairns stay limited to two months.
Verto presents several films tonight at the Shire Hall to entertain indoors amid wet weather. The manager Mr Brferley from Bledon Mill notes recent rain benefited Hambledon district, with showers rather than heavy downpours.
Fragmentary items describe rain gear sales and prices, a call for water-proof apparel, and a note on a request from the Federated Picture Showmen’s Association. Councilors debated footpath formation on Shortland Street, committee referrals made, tenders planned for kerbline seating and sea wall, with Cairns Water Authority sessions noted and tomorrow’s fuller reports promised.
Broken Hill reports unrest as hotel workers strike amid a tram strike aftermath. Employers stay firm despite some resignations. Unions pass resolutions to withhold hotel supplies and victuals while hotel proprietors comply with union demands. Crowds include men and women in the embers of the incident.
In the Lexislative Assembly early in the week the debate on the ematve motion of Speaker Mr EH Willis provoked uproar as Mr Wille defended his actions. Mr Moxham claimed jealousy of the chair. The Speaker cited speeches as specimens of members behavior while Mr Bronte was removed by the Sergeant-at-Arms. The opposition then pressed for the chairman’s ouster and the motion passed 34 to 6.
A sensational accident at Northsote landicap on the Melbourne course left 2% year old rider William McGuinness fatally injured after pony Gyda fell at the first turn and toppled him. Fellow rider Frederick Williams 32 sustained a broken nose and severe bruises, admitted to Melbourne Hospital. pony IMI hart destroyed.
Sydney Tuesday reports a heated dispute among cricket officials with Captain Warner avoiding sides in arbitration. A public meeting planned for Thursday aims to protest the Board of Control action and demand transparency, while Victorian and South Australian representatives call for full discussion of tactics and decisions.
In Adelaide on a telegraph report, Richard Fraser Lamsden aged 82 was granted bail of £250 and ordered not to molest his wife and family. He was previously convicted in February 1910 of attempting to murder his wife, with a 15 year sentence, and had served two years before counsel petitioned for clemency.
The Treasurer said his Melbourne visit aimed to discuss state matters and report to pending local authorities. He met with Victoria's Premier Mr Murray and Treasurer Mr Watt, along with South Australia’s Mr Peake, to align on a common policy for state running and its broader implications. A reader note mentions successful use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for a choking child.
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