Shipping notes from Cairns to Melbourne list numerous passengers
January 19 shipping notice for Arawatta Captain Hall from Cairns to Melbourne via ports. Passengers include Mesdames Bonnet and Standish with children, E J Whereat and others, several families and individuals such as McCaul, Sister Alice Mary, J Mason, Master Standish, and many more. Barna, Philp & Co. Ltd agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arawatta
Hall
Cairns
Melbourne
Mesdames Bonnet
Standish
H. Rhule
Kiehel
Searle
E. J. Whereat
Naughton
Marstin
Anderson and Chott
Lrader
Mages J. Willows
MecCaul
J. Mason
A. Kiehel
Henry
McCaul
Alice Mary
Ser
MacLellan. & Abrahams
W. H. Edwards
G Tucker
F. Milne
M. Brown
J. Guinane
G. Mc Dutton
Jacobs
Ee Lilley
J. Skeen
Harris
J. Emery
RL Molton
C. Skirmeam
J. A. Stewart
Starr
J Willows
Schwilk
A. Yope
AC Barton
M. Newell
B Jones
Nammo
Mages
W. Phampley
AM Keeley
J. Doyle
Masters Pares
Barna, Philp & Co. Ltd
Movements of Vessels and Schedules Listed
Burns Philp and Co announces Lui Koranda arrives every Tuesday morning from Townsville and departs at 7 am for Cooktown. The vessel returns Wednesday evening and leaves at 11 pm for Townsville via Adelaide Company Limited. Paringa departs south Australian ports Wednesday morning. Lass o Gowrie arrives from Townsville on Wednesday morn and Cairns to am. Lucinda Clumpet Dunk Is.
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Lass O' Gowrie Arives
Townsville
Cairns
Lucinda
The Loongana's Accident Delays Union Company Steamer
The Union Company's steamer Loongana returned to Sydney after engine trouble appeared hours from Soorch Head. Repairs were expected to keep her from Melbourne for at least three days, with the fault described as deeper seated than first thought. The timetable shifted as machinery details emerged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Company
Sydney
Melbourne
Coastal Cargo Confusion Delays Australian West Coast Voyages
Shipping delays persist as Australian ports like Adelaide face congestion on western runs. Shipowners hope arrears clear after planned sailings, with some vessels moving toward relief as isolation eases. Great Lakes saltwater routes and Welland Canal limits voice concerns over vessel sizes and canal locks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide
Conan
Somers Aera
Coane Great Lakes
Geoit
Lenash
Welland Canal
Thanks to Dr Collins and District Hospital staff
A Cairns couple, Mr and Mrs R Crabbe of Lagent Street, express heartfelt thanks to Dr Collins and Mareened Duell of District Hospital for kindness and attentive care to sons Alfred and Robert during a serious illness amid an Atlantic storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Crabbe
Lagent Street
Cairns
Dr. Collins
Duell
Destrict Hospital
Alfred
Robert
Tableland Dairy Stock Sale Attracts Strong Bids
An auction led by J Hanrahans at Tableland Estate featured Mr E Castles herd with high buyer turnout and most stock sold at solid prices. Milking cows and spring stock near £20 4s 6d per head, with prices from £17 onwards for milking cows and smaller cattle fetching £5 10s for bucket keepers. Upcoming sale at Clooneen Ravenshoe and others planned across Atherton and East Barron as stock market remains stable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Hanrahan
Tableland Estate and Commission Agency
E. Castles
Prince
J. J. Roberts
E. Weinert
Davies
J. Smith
C. Major
Clooneen
Ravenshoe
Eacham Co- Operative
Smith
Currys Farm
Malaoda
Adj
Cairns Stock Exchange Quotations Reported by Clarke
Mining notes from Cairns sharebroker A H Clarke list quota tonia on various mines and metals with bids and calls in pounds shillings pence. Includes Hampden Mt Cuthbert St Mungo St Andrew Vulcan Gilmore Tyrconnel New Minnie Moxham Oaks Thompson’s Oaks and Bowen River Coal with debentures and bonds also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampden
Mt. Cuthbert
St. Mungo
St Andrew
Vulcan
Gilmore
Ti Burns
Lode Hill
Bot
Ee Hill End
Igwama Consols
Kalamada
Bowen Coal and Coke Co
Cairns Pictures
Commonwealth War Bonds
Coles Jockey Club
Charters Towers Market Report Prices and stock list
Charters Towers markets report from Jan 21 shows prices for racing stock and fees. Entries include Brilliant Block, Bonnie Dundee, New Brilliant Freehold, Cross, Hampden, St Andrew, St Many, Vulcan and Tyrconnell with varied bid prices and lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CH. Towers
Messrs.a. McCallum & Co
Sharek Tow Creband
Brilliant Block
Bonnie Dundee
Brilliant Extended
New Brilliant Freehold
Cross
Iguana Consuls Let Report From Croydon Mines
The manager M Clifford reports for the fortnight ending January 12 from Croydon. Mining began December 21 with two shifts after the holidays and sinking resumed January 2. The shaft is now 186 feet deep with five more feet toward completion. Water supply and air pipe progress noted as mining continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iguana Consuls
Croydon
M. Clifford
Melbourne Tests Morwell Brown Coal At Spencer Street Station
Steam rises as the Electrical Branch experiments with Morwell brown coal at Spencer Street power station. Initial burns on a conventional stoker failed as the fire tended to go out. A Dutch oven gasification approach performed well at City Council station but lacks a suitable mechanical soker so a step grate will replace it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railways Department
Melbourne
Spencer Street
Sale of Furniture by Mrs Sprenger Auction
The Post notes a public auction on the premises by C Woodward Auctioneer Lake Street to sell Mrs E Sprenger’s entire exterior household furniture and effects. The sale is set for tomorrow at 2 30 p m with limited telegraph service affecting press deadlines and local communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Woodward
Lake Street
E. Sprenger
Townsville
Harding & Wright
Wing
Daniel Kelso
Clean Sheet Opens Week at Curns Police Court
Monday morning at Curns Police Court saw a clean sheet, a sign of a quiet start to the week. The notice also mentions a patent for a ring worm remedy priced at 1/6 and 2/6 at Green's chemists on Abbott Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curns
Green's
Chemiats
Abbott-street
Cairman
Decorated Italian Colonel Ambrosi Leads Cyclist Battalion
The most decorated Italian officer, Colonel Ambrosi, aged 38, has earned honors from two Allied nations. He has fought in China and Africa, was twice wounded in the current war, and now commands a cyclist battalion. A separate licensing action granted a Tarzali Hotel license to Albert Sofie Williams for a new accommodation house near Millaa Millaa, described as up-to-date and well furnished for travellers. An unrelated ad promotes optical eye care by H. F. Stacey in Cairns with free sight testing and guaranteed accuracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambrosi
Fle
China
Africa
Atherton Licensing Court
A. A. Staines
Albert Sofie Williams
Tarzal
Millaa Milla
Ex-Belgian Soldier Sentenced at Turnham Green Station
A former Belgian soldier named Diterisse was jailed for 12 months at Turnham Green railway station for burglary. Jack West, said to have German parentage but born in this country and with prior convictions, faced three years’ penal servitude after deserting from the army. an officer stated the army did not want him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ae Diterisse
Jack West
Turnham Green
West
German Names Substituted for South Australia Localities
The State Parliament approved replacing several German origin place names in South Australia with Allied equivalents. Grunthal becomes Verdun, Homeburg is Haig, Kri chauff becomes Beatty, Petersburg to Rhine Hill, and other changes include the Somme, Marne, and Dorrien replacing Seppelts.
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South Australia
Grunthal
Verdun
Homeburg
Haig
Krichauff
Beatty
Petersburg
Rhine Hill
Mons
River Rhine
Somme
Marne
Rosenthal
Rosedale
Schenck
Sturdee
Schomberg
Maude
Seppelts
Dorrien
Epitaph Aberdeen-Angus Bull Sold to Hazel Dean Firm
Messrs Wilson Bros of Hazeldean purchase the high class stud Aberdeen Angus bull Epitaph vorg N27 Herd Book. Bred by H B Williams Gisborne, the bull descends from Duke of Argyle lineage with imports B.B.B. Fashions Prince and Baron Arra doul, tracing to Lady Craigo. Selected in New Zealand by John Moir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Bros
Hazeldean
Fpratten
B.B.B
Ben Wrackle
Smithfield
Burn Epitep
Prince
Baron Arradoul
Lord Tweedsmouth
Aberdeen
Kathleen I
Drammuir
Craigo
New Zealand
John Moir
Sale of National War Bonds in Britain
The sale of National War Bonds in Great Britain is not meeting expectations and the Exchequer suffers. First amounts extinguished total about £16,000,000, with the remainder absorbed by inefficiency and wasteful spending, diverting energy from war effort.
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Great Britain
Cairns Shire Council and Local Notices Appears
Cairns Shire Council will hold its next monthly meeting next Friday. Local ads promote Footwear and legal notices from Starr-Bowkett Society and Messrs Draper and Taylor. An advertisement touts Saline Powder for indigestion from Green’s Cairns chemists. A London speech highlights science boosting future agriculture and farm interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairns Shire
Starr-Bowkett Society
Cairns
Starr-Bowkett Build
Messre
Draper l and
A. Taylor
Special Wind Ha vel Cream and Cologne Offer
An ad touts Special Wind Ha vel Cream as a cure for sunburn with testimony from numerous patrons. It also promotes Cologne for the same price, available at Collins, Lake Street, Chemist, Cairns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins
Lake Street
Cairns
Wyreema Steamship No Diversion Planned
A tele from Mr F Wo Raniford M WOR to the Dame Cheyher of Commerce states there is no plan to divert the Wyreema. It notes the Chamber’s previous letter urging the Wyreema remain on the coastal route due to the value of shipping frozen goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F Wo Raniford
Cheyher
Eacham
Paneil
Australian Man Sentenced for Bigamy After Desertion
A 27 year old Samuel Drigget pleaded guilty to bigamy and received one day in prison. The Recorder noted he migrated from America to Australia and married there, later deserting the Australian Army. The case revealed he married two more women after arriving in Facland. An officer said a woman in Duebec also faced a similar plight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Drigget
America
Australia
Facland
Jotmmed
FFOC
Duebec
Cairns Training Area Parades Set By Employers
Defence Act amendment limits cadet drills during employers time. Parades arranged for Wednesdays with half the trainees on duty at once to ease employer disruption. Minister approves no leave of absence during employers time and training pay rules clarified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairns
Ares
Draper
Atherton Ambulance Monthly Meeting Minutes Report
The usual Atherton committee meeting at the Brigade centre chaired by Messrs Johnson Godad Holman Cooper Collins Barrett and F H Browning the secretary and superintendent. Correspondence from Millaa Millaa Progress Association enclosed a cheque for benefits with receipts totaling £2 2/ and expenditure £22. The monthly financials show receipts £1211/15/3 and expenditure £456/8/8 with a credit balance of £87/4/10. The December report lists travels and cases totaling 376 miles and 54 serious incidents, with the centre handling 307 cases and 7294 miles in the past quarter. A draft annual report and financial statements were prepared for presentation at the annual meeting. Donations from Millaa Millaa Progress Association and Mr J J Currie for auditor services noted. The chair closed with thanks and a note about future whisky preferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atherton
Mreess
Messrs. Johnson
Godad
Holman
Cooper
Collins
Barrett
Browning
Millaa Millaa Progress Association
Milles Millan Progress Association
Jagran i
J. J. Currie
Enna
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Hamlyn-Harris
Notarres Public
Towteville
High Court of Australia
Supreme
Brownlee
Grace Street
Herberton
Gramophone Records
HH. Pittard & CO
Abbott Street
Hemingway & Robertson
Nevitt & Boden
Auditors
New Ountants
Howard South Chambers
E J. Arrs
Victoria House
P.O. Rox
Adelaide Company
Paringa
South
Shipping Notes
Owen Whittick
Tobacconist & Newsagent
Winsor & Newton
Phone
Sam
Cenig’s
Craig
Abijph Morne
Newry Putte
Greens W. H. Green, Ltd
F. P. Near
Neary
Court House Hotel
Ee Crhare
A. Beabel
Mercantile Broker
Howard Smith Chambers
Jay Gill
Great Lakes
Fecege
Ee Oon
Ty Toth
Full Oon
Jist
Cableland
London
Ieee
Fes Cumie
England
Sarah E Iy
FL Mowekton
Cairns Stock Exchange
A. H. Clarke
Charters Towers Markets
St. Andrew
St. Many
Victory
Tyrconnell
Tmore
Bowen Coal
the Post
Arthur Youngman
Waddell
Babinda
Royal Insurance and Water Seeda
Charles Wellington
Aplin Brown and Crawshaws
H. F. Stacey
Abbott St. Cairns
Meperiae
Paeshionairc
Securime
Mayers
Cairne
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