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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 24, 1912
Page
2
Local notice advertises the sale of a general store including two miners homestead leases, store and cottage buildings, outbuildings, stock of groceries ironmongery and drapery. The business is described as thriving and ready for immediate transfer, with J H Brownlee of Kidston endorsing the listing.
Applications invited for the position of valuator to the Eacham Shire Council. Duties include farm to farm valuation of rateable land, attendance at the Valuation Court, and defense of applications. Apply at the Council’s Office in Yungaburra on Saturday 16 February.
A small farm in Sawmillet, two miles from Hambledon Mill, is to be sold by auction. The property includes a sugar cane crop and a balance of cash upset of £250. The 1910 cane yield totaled around tons. Upset price requires part cash at sale.
A speech from a Ratepayers Shire of Barren candidate urges immediate lease of a first class dredger to save the port and boost timber exports. He stresses access for big ocean steamers, lighterage savings, and improved log timber handling while backing railway support and harbour board reform.
Readable text notes a fine new steamship designated S.5.1. No further details on ownership, dimensions, or voyage plans are legible in the fragment.
The notice outlines amendments to the Government Savings Bank Acts and deposit terms from January 1912, including interest rates and withdrawal limits. It also invites tenders for public works in Queensland with details published in the Government Gazette and works offices in Brisbane and northern towns.
All ratepayers are urged to attend at the Court House Hotel at 8 o clock on Monday evening to discuss forming a ratepayers association and consider its advisability.
A further meeting will be held at Hibernian Hall tonight at 8 p m to elect officers and arrange the programme. A large attendance is requested.
A compact sermon-like line cites Isaiah and the atonement with a focus on universal sin and Christ bearing iniquity for all people. The text echoes biblical guilt and redemption themes without additional context or narrative.
Astronomical notes report the moon at first quarter January 27 and again February 3 with high and low tides and rainfalls. Local prices list items such as Village Blacksmith and Mt Oak Apple with paid amounts and rates. various names appear in a scattered ledger of trades and dues.
A fragmented clipping lists Japanese cruisers with four gun turrets and mentions ships formerly known as the Bayan and the Soya. It notes a preliminary advertisement for Bethed’s Summer Sale appearing in the issue with an invitation to residents to visit and seek bargains as the sale begins.
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