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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 27, 1915
Page
2
Fashion notes describe Hisek and White Check Voiles in four checks, 1½ to 2 inches wide patterns with ring effects and colors, plus Smart Plural Crepe Voiles with white grounds. Delly Varden patterns offered in 1 inch wide by the yard. Samples available in school boots.
Crown land for selection to grab farm allotments at Wieclock om to be offered Tue Feb 11 1915 at the land office Cairns. Portions 4 to 12, Parish of Dundee, 1200 to 20 acres with annual rental per acre and lease term details. Applications lodged by opening time. contact Land Agent Cairns for information.
Department of Public Works Brisbane dated 30 January 1915 invites teachers up to 12 noon Friday to inspect drawings, plans and specifications for an Open Air School at Moresby. Forms of tender obtainable at the office, townsville patrol, and secretary by the School Building Committee under Secretary A W Brady government architect.
The Land Agent offers at public auction in Thernborough the Crowe Lands with sieges and allotments across Dimbulah Moom and Mulligan Railway areas. Prices begin from minimal values, with unspecified lots and uncertain dates, as auctioneer details remain incomplete.
The notice states that the price of woch will be the price of ver T loaf on February first. It remains to confirm the exact pricing method and the responsible authority.
London markets report copper at 63 pounds 5 pence to 18 pounds per hundred, forward 687/58 to Leis, electrolytic at 66 pounds, Classe C1S5/10, and spelting at 93 pounds 4 pence. Wheat remains quiet with occasional easterly activity noted.
Residents of Cairns district, unable to attend, express sympathy and vow to aid in pressuring Silk Hills alterations. The discussion centers on higher wages for Blacks and the risk of unemployment driving disorder, with critics warning against reserves and police burdens if enforcement fails.
At the Cairns Police Court on Tuesday morning a man was admonished and discharged for drunken behavior. An ordinary meeting of the Cairns branch of the Natives Association was postponed due to weather, with the council set to convene at the office on Friday next.
A. M. Waddell announces the opening of a General Store at Bawirsta offering goods at bedregs prices. The notice mentions agency fee is urence company limited.
The Minister for Works notes the Bureau reports only a very small number of unemployed in Brisbane and surrounding country districts. The report references Dr Charles G. T. Murray and a dental probate matter at his surgery near A.M.F Building, 40 Botts Street, with telephone access listed.
Mr. F Bennett of Bennett and Dtennette dentists will resume active practice on Monday the 55th near the date line.
Palace Pictures Ltd calls the annual meeting of shareholders at its registered office Lake Street at 1 PM next Monday February 1st. The notice invites shareholders to attend the formal proceedings and vote on company matters.
Sale of property advertised for Saturday at Boom névi by J Draper Ltd. Two residences and allotments at Severin Street Mulgrave Road and at Mulgrave Road Clarke Street are offered. Details and particulars available from Craig Cure Drug Chemist Cavs.
A. Rickards, ex licensee of Criterion hotel now in Tristanon, visits a city training camp and notes March, Percy Warner, Frank Mather, Ernie Maynard, Charlie Smith and others from the Isles in good health and hoping for active service. He also calls at Tramentina hospital to see Tosti Whale who is very ill and in danger. He and Mrs Rickards send greetings to Cairne friends.
The piece reports on enemy suspicion toward naturalised South Africans and warns of police raids and concentration camps. It also notes the Hechabites quarterly meeting with a strong balance sheet and new officers including J Rattray Cadman and Hodgson, highlighting a full year of benefits.
The article notes that Russia's most potent bureaucrats are often of German descent from the altiz Provinces. It mentions Captain Middieton and his Marines installing a gas battery arrived last week by the Kanowna near the harbour entrance. A bay view appeared Monday night between showers, affecting navigation at the port.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a tense scene with crying and struggles around a nurse or patient. Mentions chocolates, a possible minister, and names or places like Uric Craig Cairn. Readable facts are sparse. main action remains unclear due to garbled wording.
A fragmentary report recalls Edward foretelling trouble for England tied to a gentler prince. The piece notes tension at a royal meeting with Queen Victoria’s era implied, while the Emperor’s host criticizes visitors and remarks on relations with Gaels and Japanese elements amid court strain.
A remark contrasts Germany's relationship with its armed forces with that of other nations. It argues that in Germany the army effectively owns the state apparatus, rather than being a tool owned by the nation.
The event features Rev Carrow delivering a series on prophetic themes viewed as a clash of sin and salvation. The first talk, Armageddon a Prophetic bubble Sinise, will be followed by further Sundays with topics on war and divine permission. Proceeds support the Patriotic Fund after expenses.
The Herald shows a photograph of the wrecked Bulwark on the Thames and a Grimsby portrait. Morris senior writes of reading the paper amid wartime changes with port life oriented to military affairs. He notes disrupted continental trade, Danish and Austrian steamers, and British liners halted, with French bravado and stiff northern frontlines shaping local sentiment.
A damaged OCR fragment describes a display of pictures in a high class venue on Spemes Street. It mentions The Eij een and Wilde subjects and a work titled Loving Cup. The text references orchestral music and appeals to the public to provide an excel lomt of the picture loving public.
The Gullstentiner Suva proceeds south this week to undertake a social duty at Cudkee Wee. The vessel is due to night.
Recruiters report strong response from district men with more volunteers sought. Military officers attend the Drill Shed on Tuesday and Thursday nights to meet applicants, who, after medical examination, may be drafted into service.
The Auditor-General report notes three entities showing profits during the financial year while a fourth, the Castle Shipments, runs at a loss. The overall supply chain logs a heavy loss, and the total figures reference a June timeframe, with specific monetary amounts including £16 10s 3d and C987 noted in the statement.
The text blends fragments on agapanthus and Cairns with references to a German supply ship captured by the Australia as well as a dreadnought loss and German battleship withdrawals. It notes newspapers’ differing accounts and a reaction urging Wake Up.
A fragmentary listing hails a sequence of horror and disaster themes from old cinema including The Staircase of Death and The Shipwreck tragedy. It mentions Wreck of the Eroprogs and an Ocean Liner disaster as part of a presented slate.
A prominent German leader issues a peace appeal this week through the Northern Herald. The message calls for diplomatic resolution and an end to hostilities in the current conflict.
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