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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 20, 1914
Page
1
Fragmented OCR listing numerous place names and personal surnames across towns like Cooktown Cairns Townsville and Halifax with scattered references to facilities people and events. No coherent event or narrative emerges beyond a regional name dump.
Shipping movements show arrivals and departures from towns including Townsville Port Douglas and Brisbane with several steamers. Vessels travel to Sydney Melbourne and ports on river routes with varied weekly schedules and future trips noted by the Adelaide Company Limited.
The notice lists Australian Steamships Limited sailing from Townsville with departures May oars Warkay Stee to Port Alma Sunday, and a Tuesday morning run. A Friday Sidney bound trip is noted with return times and connections to Townsville. Ships Briner, Wonder Laete, and Welhnirnge are mentioned along with intermediate arrivals and return dates.
Shipping notices describe several vessels with origins and destinations. Chergeha and A. 0. Line report arrivals from Viims and Sedney with 24 hour intervals. Tayean and Retn lines mention February arrivals via ports and Moon.
Weather remains mild with sufficient rain to keep pastures lush and enable outdoor work. Cream shipments from Malanda average over 40 cases daily, butter fat prices for December set, while Millaa Millaa residents host a railway disappointment district picnic by Millaa Falls with boxing and local dances.
Mr Justice Ferguson reserved judgment on an appeal against a police magistrate’s information charging Sunday trading by the proprietor of automatic machines. The judge held Sunday trading is a mischief the law aims to curb beyond mere contractual relations and that it involves human labor and observance of Sunday. The magistrate’s conclusion was deemed correct.
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