Graham and Matheson Ltd Ore Buyers
Graham and Matheson Ltd ore buyers operate as Melbourne Metal Exchange members with head office in Charters Towers and branches in Melbourne Caurna Herbertos and Ravenswood. They act as buying agents for Sulphide Corporation Limited at Cockle Creek SW. They buy gold silver lead concentrates and ores for shipment to Electrolytic Company Part Kerhla. Gold and silver contents paid in full. Quotations and information available from representative Mr A C Wright Cairns or Herberton representative Mr Thomas Newton.
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Graham & Matheson, Ltd
Melbourne Metal Exchange
Charters Towers
Melbourne
Caurna
Herbertos
Ravenswood
The
Sulphide Corporation Limited
Cockle Creek
Kerhla
A. C Wright
Wharf Street
Cairns
P.O
Herberton
Thomas Newton
Petersen Family Wed Amid Bereavement Tric
In a small notice, Mr and Mrs W J Petersen and family announce a wedding while expressing sympathy and bereavement. The item blends congratulations with condolences, reflecting a traditional community notice.
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W. J. Petersen
Shipping. Arrivals and Personnel List Fragment
Long list of names and roles likely from a shipping arrivals notice. Includes Gerdes Thompson Swendsen Bel grave Maan Ogden Grove Sums chikt Teasdale Rei Bra fom Messrs Redmond Weilock teorden Kees Simpson Kerby Res ort Ogden Toensend Campbell Wiehar Adar Matheck Kearnery Potlart Hee Phillips Ogden Me Mygorr Parett Privates Collins Amicon Howard Smith Co Led oeonts Ian KReraeda Capt Raven from Towns ile Passem ters Mesdames Facehoother 5S Collme Messrs EL Moarmnes Fawbrother L A Miller Hedrick Jane W HL Gates A FF Reese A Meagelly G Byrnes McGowas G Friedel Mitchell G Hedecorg AO Woety Master CC Rhodes Rure Thip Co Li anes
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Gerdes
Thompson
Swendsen
Belgrave
Maan
Ogden
Grove
Sums
Chikt
Teasdale
Rei
Brafom
Redmond
Weilock
Teorden
Kees Simpson
Kerby
Resort
Movements of Vessels From Adelaide and Townsville Ports
Burns, Philp and Co ships Burns, Wodonga, and spany bound south next Saturday. Waringa departs for the south on January, Moarilvan arrives Tuesday morning. Leaves 7 am for Moet Dougie and Cooktown, Wednesday afternoon. Lucinda and Townsville sailings from Gowre and Townsville ports occur Sundays and Tuesdays. Townsville ports receive arrivals from Townsville and Innisfail midweek. Innisfail departs Thursday for Townsville.
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Adelaide Company
Spany. Limited
Waringa
South
Australian Steamships. Limited
Moarilvan
Moet
Fenwick and Co Initiate Wool Sale for Imperial Government
Fenwick and Co announce the first wool sale to the Imperial Government in Eriehene commencing January 5 with about 50 000 dates catalogued. Wool will be received weighed and shown by brokers under sworn government appraisers. Esvert wool buyers will aid in valuation and fragments of wool may be received for consignments.
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Fenwick and Co
Brisdance
Eriehene
Brisbane
Butter and Cheese Market Notes From London
London market digest reports butter selling well while prices rise slowly. Australian and New Zealand borers arranged for week shipments. boxes moved during the period. Demand remains steady for cheese with higher prices noted.
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London
Australia
New Zealand
Zealand Choice and Canadian Cheese Firmly Stalled
The report notes unsettled positions on Zealand choice and Canadian cheese. the firm stance ranges from 2108 to 2145 and 2123 to 216s, with ongoing ambiguity about outcomes and parameters.
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Zealand
Choice
Mining Machinery Shipped From Gympie to Newcastle
A large mining mill component two wheels and a shaft was sent from Gympie to Newcastle aboard the Government wharf. The piece, part of a three mill set milled at Gympie, draws much attention at Maryborough station as it arrives. Local mining work suffered due to an excessive wages award hindering development and prospecting.
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Radeau Department
Gympie
Government Wharf
Newcastle
Maryborough
Australians urged to bolster voluntary recruiting drive
The piece argues for renewed voluntary enlistment to support Australian forces in France. It questions political leaders and former recruiting committees to actively raise volunteers, noting ongoing casualties and the need for deeper commitment until victory is achieved. It compares national resolve to a prizefighter pushing beyond ten rounds to claim the stakes.
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France
Ryan
Messrs. Collins
Stogford, McCormack, Fihelly and Co
Messrs
Finnlayson
Ferricks
Anstey,and Co
Australia
Dom Khaki
Europe
Great Britain
Commonwealth
Britain
Nyal's Face Cream Promoted At Green's
An advertisement touts Nyal's Face Cream as a summer skin moisturizer that soothes and keeps skin white. It highlights beach use and urges readers to purchase at Green's.
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Nyal
Piyerg Town Accepts Electric Street Lighting Offer
Piyerg in Gla stone Town accepts Mrrttae’s proposal to supply electric street lighting. Fourteen lamps of 350 candle power will be maintained and lit twenty two lights per calendar month for a total of twenty pounds per annum, equal to one pound per lamp per year.
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Piyerg
Glastone
Connell
Mrrttae
Private sale of two extensive bakery businesses announced
Roe Mr C Wenteard announces a private sale on terms for two extensive bakery businesses. A Northern Districts Patriotic Fund meeting is planned at Babinds. A. M. Waddell has opened stocks of groceries drapery Boots and Shoes with cash terms.
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Roe
Rh Fund
Northern Districts Patriotic Fund
Vial
Babinds
A. M. Waddell
Royal Insurance Company
Babinds Townshinsoot
Kirk's
Babunda
Terma
Queensland Insurance Company
Military Medal for Sergeant Brown in France
Mr. Jack Brown of Cairns Pilot service reports his brother Sergeant W Brown of the King's Own Scottish Borderers has been awarded the Military Medal in France. He enlisted after the war began and has been wounded three times. Another brother recently returned to France after an injury, and a third was killed in Mesopotamia after sixteen months in France.
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Walter James Soutar
France
Enoggera
Jack Brown
Cairns
W. Brown
King's Own
Brown
Mesopotamia
Quiet Mt Molloy Wedding Carried by Family Ties
Ada Bl and Violet Cooke wed Charles Clinton at Mt Molloy with Rev. Murray officiating. Attended by Nurse E V Cooke and Ethel Davis as bridesmaids, J Davis as best man. The couple departed for Cairns after a lavish 5:10 pm wedding breakfast.
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Mt Molloy
Murray
Ada Bl
Violet Cooke
W Cooke
Iingham
Charles Clinton
Finch Hatton
Mackay
J. Davis
E.€. V. Cooke
Mt. Carbine
Ethel Davis
Mary Ann Sullivan Appears Again at Police Court
The Brisbane Mail notes Mary Ann Sullivan facing charges at the Police Court in a crowded dock scene. Police testimony outlines a history of repeated convictions since age 20, now her 200th appearance in court.
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Brisbane “Mail
Mary Ann Sullivan
Char
Mary Ann
Germany and Allies Clash Over Postwar Demands
Washington correspondent reports Germany ready to drop demands for Independence of Lithuania and Meland while agreeing to evacuate. Berlin insists on territorial integrity of allies and restoration of German colonies as a military necessity.
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New York World
Washington
Germany
Mce
Lithuania
Rural Workers' Lot Described in Odd OCR Snippet
An imperfect OCR excerpt discusses a farmer with 35 cows, wages, and labor timing. It mentions pay at low rates and a worker left with 19s after Saturday work, with milking duties continuing into Saturday evening and Sunday.
Mareeba Notes Reflect Holiday Season and New Year Plans
Christmas passed quietly in Mareeba with shops closed briefly for holidays and Santa Claus visits delighting children. Rain interrupted events later, but community gatherings continued including a dance at Oddfellows Hall raising funds, plus singing and whistling entertainment. A Red Cross and Hibernians New Year gathering was announced as the town closes its year with best wishes to readers and staff.
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Sativy
Tess
Reinely
Keranda Ane
Malanda
Oddfellows' Hall
J. Robins
Meadames O'Neill
Brownlee
Greenhalgh
Grey Stewart
Robins
Alphen
Smallwood
Allen Angell
Angel
Greenhills
Mr. Angell
Red Cross
Hebernians
King
Empty Prize and Disputed Soldiers Home Story
The Roumanian Consolidated Oilfields Company chairman reports the British Military Commission destroyed well machinery, leaving it useless. A North London Police Court hearing recounts a soldier’s wife fleeing with a munition worker and clashes over stolen furniture as her husband returns from France.
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Roumanian Consolidated Oilfields Company
Budapest
North London
George Parsons
Elizabeth Knott
Chalgrove Road
Aioe
Robert Knott
Royal Field Artillery
Oe Bec
France
Parsons
Blondin Street
Bow
Channel travel plan debated by Lord Sydenham engineer
Lord Sydenham, former Colonial and Indian Governor and distinguished engineer, argues that the French government and people could widen railway intercommunication to move more troops and stores than the quoted 30,000 troops and 36,000 tons daily. He says once war ends statistics on men horses artillery and transport will be available and cost comparisons will show the financial losses from government refusal to permit the line.
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Sydenham
Stannary Hills Notes Bend to Boxing Day Festivities
Rainy cool weather shades Boxing Day events in Stannary Hills. Children enjoyed races and prizes on the field with J M Brown and others hosting amid a busy town scene. Locals, including miners and families, attended Christmas visits, travel departures to Cairns, and holiday arrangements with relatives.
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J. M. Brown
Stanpary
J. Brown
You
J. and
B. Brown
5. Edwards
Sonata
Indie Evara
P. Steacher
Tena
Enoggera
W. Slatcher
Cairns
Percy
E. Walters
Dumbulah
Boss Cowan
Des
Snies Howard
Po Roma
D. Kell
Omake
J. Holmes
Mareeba
Robert Shield
Sunnymount
Cairms
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Townsville
High Court of Australia
Supreme Courts
New Zeal
P. Machoonell
Notary Hknm
Abbani Street
H. F. Stacey
Thanes
Brideman
Gregory
Erate Hospital
Mrs. F
Wool Sais
Owen Whittick
Abbott Street
Onoto
Swan
Conklin
Waterman
P.O. Bax
Kodak
Gillette and
Auntostrop
Robert Craig
Austrelia
E. J. Harris
Victoria House
Lake Street
Green's
W. H. Green, Ltd
Abbott ST. Cairneville
Ave
Ingham
Wad Iwnislall
Quoumaland
the Post
T. A. Ferry
Hall
E. Emorcksen
Machnery
Lew Parker
Cape Cleveland
Hes
Telegraaf
Amsterdam
Paris
Temps
Eethmann Hollweg
Abbott St
R. Craig
Cheumist
C. W. Hayes
Mr. Hayes
Middlesex
Debnam
Gill Street
Heman
Poland
Warsaw
Starr-Bowkett Building Society
Syrd
Barron Shire
Comn
Reventlow
Wilson
Austria
W. H. Green
W. MH. Green
Chernat
Behevidze
Brecember
Michael Keegan
Etheridge
Croydon
Mick
Eimasleigh Hospital
Chillagoe
Forsayth
Einasleigh
Periday
Copperfield
Maund
Sam Lee
Gertara
Post
Herald
Ted
Morihers
H. Rough
Bibooka
P. Moran
Irvinebank
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