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Newspaper

Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

Jan 20, 1916

Page

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Draper Country Property Listings Sugar Farms Measured Area

A. J. Draper LTD offers 118 acres of sugar farms at Mulgrave Mill area with 226 shares in Mulgrave Mill and 49 acres under plough. Cottage and eating available with bargain at £200. option buyer gains horses and plant for another £100. Lease 50 acres with purchase option. 18 under cane and improvements near Lac Dongeli Creek. Details on request.

Mulgrave Mill Pnd Highland lacDongeli Creek

Unimproved Sugar Farms for Sale in Bellenden Ker and Sophia Districts

Listing of multiple land parcels near Bellenden Ker and Sophia with 130 to 920 acres. Descriptions include frontages to Russell River and creeks, scrub and alluvial land, tram lines, and varying terms. Prices quoted per acre or per acre with Crown lease liabilities. Some parcels offer unconditional sales, others require application fees, with several fronts to creeks and rivers.

Bellenden- Ker Bellenden-Ker N.C. Lima Frenchman's Creek N.C Junction Creek Sophia Tunsell Cro Russell Russell River Belienden-Ker Buckland

Lands and parcels offered in Grafton and Trinity districts

Listing of lots in Grafton and parish areas with acreage and terms. Includes Pyramid Estate portions 109 and 123, 181 to 368 acres at 5 per cent, and Trinity parish parcels with open forest and water access. Details specify years, clearance rates, and per acre prices.

Grafton Pyramid Estate Parish of Grafton Formartina Parish of Triniy Parish of Trinity

Hairdressers and Stationery Business Bought by Mackesy

M. J. Mackesy has bought out the hairdressing and stationery business of Mr J Benson near Joyce’s Mining Exchange Fetel. He will be pleased to see old friends and make new ones. The shop offers cigars, cigarettes, fishing tackle, billiards and pool.

Yungaburea Eidstum J. Benson Joyce Fetel

Town or Country auctioneering thirty years of practice

A notice highlights BP on auctioneering with thirty years of experience. It outlines expertise in property sales and auctions and signals availability for commissions and appraisal services.

Timber Mill Ad Offers Full Range of Woodworking

An advertisement from Lyons promotes rough and dressed timbers, joinery, turnery, band-saw work, and moulding with latest appliances. It notes quotations by letter or at the mill and provides telegraph address Lyons and telephone number 12.

Extracts from Bulletin on capital and reserves figures

The Bulletin notes high risk and strong capital structure with £100,000 in 200,000 shares of £10 each and £1,900,000 for which shareholders were £135,133 last year. Paid capital plus reserves equal 311 percent of the year’s premium income, referencing the top 20 British offices. Background and specifics on offices are implied.

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War Talk and Home Front Struggles in Britain and Germany

The article surveys wartime Britain arguing for firmness against pacifist pressures and examining military-age controls like the green form. It contrasts British finance under McKenna with German expenditures, condemning German reliance on borrowed paper securities and forecasting grim odds as victory remains elusive.

Germany Great Britain Jarzaly France Russia Vietory Peter Ge 2An Amin Mans

Australians face delays in seeking emigration and enlistment

The article recalls Australians of military age facing bureaucratic hurdles to return home or enlist. It notes magistrates and officials delaying or questioning applicants, with some excuses deemed less convincing. A 27 year old was refused after expressing a wish to return to Australia to enlist, unable to form an Australian regiment locally.

Lord Derby Wight Australia

German War Finance Through Loans and Paper Money

The piece reports that German bonds can be bought abroad at heavy discounts while notes issued for wartime financing are not gold backed and lose value. It quotes Mr. Hurd criticizing non gold currency as unstable and notes that the German finance minister says no war taxes will be levied, forcing funding from debt and paper.

Hurd Germany Mr. Hurd

Chamberslain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy Ad

A dated advertisement touts Chamberslain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as reliable and effective for stomach issues. It claims quick action, easy dosage, and safe use, urging customers to keep a bottle handy at all times.

Ceamberlain

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A. J. Draper, Ltd Country Property List M. J. Mackesy Miss Aplin Lake Street Cairns McLeod Street School of Arts Bennett Dentists Abbott Street Cairea Queen St Brisbane L. A. Miller Shields Street Cairne Headrick, Limited, Produce Merchants and Forwarding Agents Australian Meat Co Spence Street Newmarket Tolga Bibophra Meat Export Cap P.O Jack & Newell, General Merchants E. Wilkinson Hanson & Gons J. Draper, Limited Arthur H. Clarke Stock & Sharebroker Telephone James Lrona Sawmillers & Timber Merchants Cairon Lyons Queensland A. C. Seltmarsh WH. Claree Irvinebank Mareeba the Nations Mutual Life Association of Australasia, Ltd The A. Denper Post Herald London Merthyr Beritain Commons Keir Hardie Keir Andrew Fisher England Hardie Omme Brother Zeppelin Ford Gilbert Uury Kaiser Wilhelm Han Ho Archibald Hurd McKenna Treasury Kelly’s Wallaby Kelly's R. H. Kelly Edison Fred Taylor Crossley Oil Engine Kasgerey iMate Kahrs Fou J. W. Oshanesy Crossley S Engines Waugh & Josephson Refrigerating Engineers Turbot-Stexeer Raaare
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