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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 15, 1910
Page
3
Engineering notes discuss bids for a Hellish built dredger and delays to save cost, with a telegram from the Treasurer and a Cairns inquiry. Nearby items recount a moonlight theft scare, a dying editor’s late-pearing joke, and poems on not understood, labor unrest, and public sentiment.
A physician touts Dr Sheldon's New Discovery as highly effective for croup in children. The testimonial stresses safety and dependability and urges mothers to keep a bottle at home, priced at 1/6 or 3, obtainable widely.
Fragmentary notes list multiple allotments including 20 28 35 37 and 4 with street names such as Cottage and Concrete reet and references to sections 6 14 22. Mentions permanent watered virgin land priced at £1 per acre and ownership by Russell Lands with vague directions and marginal marks.
At the Cairn Harbord Thereday meeting Mr F A Engineer for Harbours outlined the proposed purchase of a Frohling dredger for £83,579 plus delivery, with alternative bids and high cost estimates noted. Costs include a similar dredger with more capacity and Queensland delivery, plus transport and patent rights, amid questions over the tender details and value.
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