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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 15, 1910
Page
2
A public notice announces a ballot by the Shire Council to adopt a resolution relating to stock and loans. The event is scheduled for Saturday February 1910 with voting hours from 9 am to 5 pm. Returning Officer J. J. O Leary presides in Cornwell Chambers Lith.
A damaged fragment mentions Greig and bees in a historical context. The legible text references a work or event involving bees and a person named Greig, but details are incomplete and uncertain.
Reseyer announces assay of all ores as a specialty in a concise advertisement style. The notice highlights ore testing and general ore weighing services with emphasis on accuracy and prompt results. It reads like a compact trade card seeking clients in the mineral industry.
The Chronicle notes wage reductions at Bloomfield and Cooktown mines, with workers protesting lower pay and shorter hours. It reports ore production figures, drill results showing fireclay indicators, and ongoing company meetings and government funding discussions amid debt and expansion plans.
The manager reports for the fortnight ending December 28, 1808, on ore production and tunnel progress. He notes a 14m drive, a 104m vertical depth, ore widths and values around 18–21 percent, water challenges delaying work, and plans to cut the ore body with further 2–4m driving. Total ore won 15 tons. total on hand 32 tons with values around 12–15 percent.
Fragmentary OCR of mining ledger items listing station names, dates, and codes. Reads like a catalog of wires, towers, and locations with scattered figures and alphanumeric annotations. Strong entities include places such as Brilliant Central and East Mevican and numbers like 5/A 5,10 and 2/90.
The Metal Markets notes spot copper at £61 per ounce, forward comments, and electro lytic CFE. Tin prices slide from £149 5d to £149 15d per unit, forward CiMv 15 to £151 7s 6d.
The Cairns Stock Exchange reports listings and price details for numerous stocks and bonds. Entries include Mungesa, Hos, Clon, M-Gregor, Vulcan, and Denham Consols with various prices and quantities. The notice lists holdings across multiple entities such as Fire Hill, Mount Agnes, and Laket with amounts and unit prices in shillings.
Sheridan church advertises a morning message at 41 St a m with the phrase It missing Christ and an afternoon repentance and spirits work. Preacher Her A MacAll Salvation Array Mitchellows Mall hosts a 7 30 pm sermon and an 11 pm session with Holmes Bethe.
Fragmentary report describes a figure named Herrarg Teer with a silver token and mentions Lord Lemingtes Get and recovery hopes. Referenced agencies and commercial terms are obliquely presented with little concrete detail.
In the Police Court Hubert Munro was remanded for eight days on charges of carrying Orrarme in public causing fear. Defence counsel consented to the remand. Meanwhile Master Alister Murray, holidaying with his mother Abi Murray at Korenda, injured himself after a fall from a chair. A doctor treated the arm and residents aided the family.
Townsville Star reports two new shipping safety inventions seen on a Dutch Packet. A pleated cane life boat with cork lining holds thirty, plus a horseshoe shaped buoyed lifesaver claimed to prevent drowning. Also notes the Smiths Creek child mystery clarified with bones found on Moot Carwell road.
The piece surveys political maneuvering and rival strategies as campaigns heat up. It traces key actors, party lines, and regional appeals shaping the contest before the decisive electoral clash.
Local listings and notices describe salines and tonics for shin troubles, arrivals and departures of ships, social events at Freshwater State School, barbers and billiard saloons, and travel plans. Mentions include Prickly Heat Powder, steamer Vender Tagen, and visits by Captain Dette and Captain Spence.
The report describes a vivid lightning display followed by a prolonged peal of thunder. Heavy rain fell afterward with advisories from Townsville noting a storm in the area.
Fragmentary report from Port Douglas notes a late Friday event with Navy involvement and a vessel bound from Ules to Newein, with Alexandre Berd mentioned in connection to Port Douglas.
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