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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 04, 1916
Page
2
On the 30th June 1916 Gertrude Alice eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs J Deevglas Earl Mareeba aged IF Wears Thy will to dome In memoriam notice inserted by sorrowing parents brothers and sisters.
Kuranda arrives every Toes day for Townsville and leaves mid meet for Fort Douglas and Cook towns returning on Thursday. AU S N steamers leave Carns on Saturday reach Townsville on Sunday Rowen and Mackay on Tuesday and Brisbane on Thursday. Vessels continue south the following Saturday reaching Sydney Monday and Melbourne Thursday. Return trip leaves Melbourne Saturday Sydney Thursday and Brisbane Saturday arriving here Thursday. Aramac due from the south Thursday. Leang Sydney Saturday Brisbane following Tuesday arriving here Sunday. Morialt2 leaves for the south Wednesday.
Variously dated sailing notes show steamers from Townsville and Mackay passing through Brisbane to Sydney Melbourne and Port Douglas with weekly patterns. Mosrilyan and Lass o Gowrie connect Townsville to distant ports while Fearnley and Co line sails to Hong Kong via July routes and Changsha arrives from Hong Kong to July ports.
The TSS Mourilyan sails from Cairns for Townsville at 11 pm next Wednesday, stops at Mourilyan Harbours and Lucinda Point, then leaves Mourilyan Harbour about 6 am Thursday. Passengers have daylight views of the Hinchinbrook Channel. The Adelaide Company’s steamer Camira is due this week from the south with cargo for Cairns.
Townsville reports the steamer Barretta departed Saturday with salvage gear to refloat the Wailamo, ashore at Ralima Island after a voyage from Sydney to Singapore, near Bowen.
Mr. A. Clarke reports mineral prices and quotations for various mines and metals. Listings include Corella Hampden St. Cuthbert St. Mungo St. Andrew Vulcan Lode Hill Gilmore Hill End Annal Iguana Kalamadan Mareeba Tyrconnell Tyrconnel No. Tyrconnel Extended New Minnie Muxham Oaks Oaks Reserve Thompson's Oaks Bowen River Coal Bowen Coal and Coke Cairns Pictures with assorted prices and terms.
Clean up in June yielded large ore tonnage and 1700 Es of smelted gold valued at about £4 per ounce. Concentrates brought £62 and sands remain. Mines Department approved a £160 grant for a second dam to cost about £1200, with the company matching funds. Construction starts this week.
South G.M. Syd Mr Arthur H Clarke reports on June 29 that logging for the Tyrconnell shaft has begun under Mr Wo Keating Timber supervision. Six loads are hauled for the shaft, tools and equipment are being obtained, a shaft site will be chosen to cut the Tyrconnell reef, sinking to start soon as the 200 feet level widens and reveals gold.
Cyrcennell GM. Co. reports the June crushing yielded 105 tons for 8 ounces. The main level is widening and gold is described as freely obtainable.
The Hvilliamt Deeps crushed 1 toms for a value of £850 14 6.
A Sydney crowd rallied around the banner Conscription is Slavery as part of a large anti draft demonstration. Speakers urged Labour members to resign if they disobey decisions and asserted that taking life is repulsive and that conscription includes a broader threat beyond military draft.
A Sydney report condemns a protest against conscription and war-loan policies as disloyal and dangerous to national effort. It quotes Joseph Cook praising sacrifice for Belgium and Australia and calls for authorities to curb such speeches. The Johnstone Hiver Co operative Butchering Co invites applicants for a £350 per annum manager position.
A St George Society meeting will be held tonight at Mr Fred Anderson's rooms in Sgemte Glrecc at 8 pm. Dr W Williees will read a paper. Also mentions holidays and preparation for races and equipment stalls in the city.
A chaotic bulletin showsBox Kelly Chemist Babinda Township promoting throat remedies and cough cures. Notices mention boots shop openings, Red Cross visits, tourist traffic to Cairns and Kuranda, a Gossypium Park sale, a fibre sample viewing, and a railway accident victim identified as George Williams.
The Australian Variety and Show World memorializes Phil Abrahams proprietor of Fiampire Gardens. Messages of sympathy flow to Mins Wee and Cherry Abrahams as colleagues recall his bright, cheerful nature and his sudden passing. Charlie Chaplin attends Calras Pictures premiere with praise for Carmen and the film’s laughter.
A M Waddell opens large stocks of groceries drapery boots and shoes with cash terms. He is named as agent for the Boys Insurance Company and promotes good values amid local trade chatter. Cairns Police Court hears sobriety offences with fines and default terms. one offender absent but bell estrested.
In aid of the convent Building Fund the Palace Theatre concert promoters announce proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross Equipment Guild. Also reported is the death of Quarter Master Sergeant G W Barriskill on active service after being struck by a bomb on May 26, death occurred in hospital. Maryborough Council meets as Secretary S M Johnson resigns, citing the card system as wasteful. Mr H Gord WSS named to the vacant post.
The Serene at the Cairns Lasd Odie recorded payments of £445 1s 11d for Juce. Mr A Mepler notes 1.44 inches of rain at Vacker's Camp Gardenvale, bringing March total to 14.02 inches.
Mr A H O Kelly C p S received a wire from the Insurance Commissioner stating that the compulsory insurance under the Workers' Compensation Act came into force on July first.
The note from Captain Moraht’s article quoted in our cables conveys a bleak outlook yet insists Allied writers show resilience. The text questions whether despair is warranted while affirming that ultimate victory remains certain despite difficulties.
A Cairns credit goes to Master T. B. Whight of Townsville Grammar School who won first places in Form 3. The boy, son of Mr. Whight, formerly a pupil of Theay, brings pride to Cairns as his father expresses great elation at the achievement.
The piece discusses Kochs Fever Mixture II as the strong man most exposed to malaria and claims the remedy’s value is rising. It notes bottles priced at 4/ and 3/ with postage extra and mentions a plan to publish short pamphlets from reader contributions to fuel further demand.
Mrs Flwerty presents a paper on The Cigarettes Habit Among Soldiers and Young People sparking strong discussion. A resolution urges the government to discourage cigarette use among soldiers and condemn its spread in schools and communities.
Craig's special Cough Syrup with White Pine and Tar introduced ten to twelve years ago as the last word in sabace ary medication. It cures the most troublesome cough wherever faithfully used, with warnings against substitutions. Obtainable only from Robert Craig, Chemist, Cairns, in bottles 1/6, post free 2/.
Weather shift brings frost across Bundaberg and Cairns districts with minor cane damage expected. Bingera notes worst frost in years though limited effect on crushable crops, as low lands show slight harm while some areas report unaffected yields.
Nurse MacDonnell sends thanks from Mrs A A Gibeom for the Cairns Red Cross Society cage of comforts. The items go to men in camp and front line, including Cairo invalids, via contractor, to aid their recovery and morale.
The Austral Theatre shows The Ten O Clock Mystery a sensation filled murder tale in a network of crime. The program also features Beauties of Venice with Keveneme Comermer in a lively romantic comedy drawing crowds tonight.
An excerpted discussion argues Britain shaped modern world policy through naval victories and global influence. It credits British science, exports, and institutions for leading Europe and shaping American reliance on open markets, with emphasis on imperial reach and economic policing.
Mr Campbell of Gongpyum Park reports experiments with sida retusa or Queensland hemp showing pulp yield around 80 percent for bank note and deed paper. Mulgrave mill megées treated, yielding 40 percent paper pulp with 80 percent convertible to paper in four hours. One ton Megàm valued at £1, suggesting paper pulp conversion more profitable than burning firewood.
Clara Kimball Young stars in a five part drama at the Palace Theatre titled Marriage Money. Theo and Theo’s friend arrive in Rocky to find a cousin Archie has split a fortune, Mildred Miles becomes involved, and a will with a million dollar conditional is uncovered. Wednesday features concerts and vocal entertainment to aid the Convent.
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