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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 06, 1914
Page
1
A collage of notices from Cairns items including remedies, rail deliveries, bank deposits, police fines, and local entertainment. Highlights include Kellys Tonic Liver Pills, government savings figures, a Cairns Police Court roundup, and cinema news about the 200 foot film at the Theatre with Whittick’s booking.
Small cotton growers in the district anticipate a government advance of 14d per lb with the ginning and marketing handled by the department. News also reports the death of Mr HL Ismay of Cairns at 34, and a Palace Theatre program featuring The Live Men’s Tomb and The War for’s Crusade. The Tasman ship, part of the Royal Dutch Pectet Line, sails from Batavia to Australia, detailing its size, crew, and wireless setup.
Analyzing the Hobart Post strike, the piece argues wage-earner pressure harms labor papers and employers alike. It notes editors and directors endure losses while advocates push for arbitration, warning that sustained labor coercion risks erasing the paper and hurtful repercussions for workers and industry.
At the Cairns Harbour Board meeting a Marine Department letter asked the board to share half the cost of placing a gas buoy at the harbour entrance. The board, not yet committed, questioned the buoy’s purpose and asked for clarification.
A simple remedy targets dry brittle hair and irritated scalp in heat waves. Dissolve one teaspoon Coremine Granules in a cup of hot water, stir well, then apply to hair and scalp to relieve irritation.
The District Surveyor Mr Twisden Redford has orders to assign settlement on vacant Crown lands beyond Milla Mille. The area covers Beatrice River headwaters and South Jon stone River branches to Colar Creek in Ravenshor parish. A railway extension from Tumoulim toward Motrilvan will be reported soon by Railway Surveyor Drew.
Captain Rhodes and the Arbour Master provide port statistics for December 1913 showing 21 vessels totaling 778,000 tons, a near doubling from December 1912 when six ships with 18,692 tons entered. The year 1913 recorded 648 unpiloted ships totaling 575,999 tons, versus 605 ships totaling 410,38 tons in 1911.
The Victoria Mill aimed to end crushing by Christmas Eve but added a short extra run starting midnight Christmas Day. Macknade Mill is expected to crush 150000 tons with about 7 percent sugar. Weather remains unsettled with heavy rainfall in Ingham Halifax and Macknade. Community life includes religious services and Boxing Day sports. hall profits for the Hibernians exceed £38. A small debts case saw a verdict favorable to the plaintiff and council debates over town commons leases stir local tensions.
The Warwick to Thallon mail train arrived half an hour late due to an overloaded truck blocking B curve. The guard's van and the meat carriage derailed the rails. There were passengers aboard, but none were injured.
Seiraburo Shimazu arrives in Sydney as Japan’s new consul general. The veteran diplomat aims to foster better understanding between Australia and Japan and to promote cooperative relations during his tenure.
Sydney January 1945 August Sorensen of South Kensington and a companion faced a perilous voyage near the Heads aboard an old sailing craft. A strong wind and high seas toppled the mast and tore away the jib, forcing them to struggle toward Botany Bay shore, where daylight found them safe.
Fatalities reported in connection with the Sydney Rams for the year. An Ashfield transport incident Saturday night led to a man killed and his body found. Henry Turner, aged 60, died in Sydney last night from injuries after a ram attack at Botany.
In Tenuary 3 Wernet Way and nearby Malvern residents were drowned at Teint Lonsdale on a Sayards afternoon. Ruth Anderson and Arthur M. David, brothers of the drowned, were later revived after surf had given them up.
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