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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 07, 1911
Page
2
Telegraph listings show varied share prices and movements for multiple mining companies and properties. Entries include price quotes and small notes on status, with several entities such as East Mexican and Kalamadeu referenced among others.
The Hopewell steamer served franks at Maryborough on Wednesday with an engine for the railway department. A motor launch remains in service and will be rigged here. At the School of Arts Kuranda this evening Paul Bester presents the dramatic production Sworn Nell oof Drury featuring Miss Nellie Stewart and a strong company on a Queensland tour.
A Cairns State School Committee meeting discussed petitioning Parliament to prevent the grant of part of the school reserve to the University Technical College. The committee planned to send a letter to MLA Mr Mann and the Premier urging action. Ladies committees extended thanks to supporters and helpers at the event. The report also notes a steamer Wyreema arriving and a sale of discounted goods at A Mollick’s in Cairns.
London stock markets show heavy selling and low spirits as investors Wednesday edge toward the Moroccan question and House of Lords debate. Copper and tin futures drift despite mixed signals, with brokers quoting prices near low levels amid political tension.
On Monday the 10th the event takes place at the Corner of Shields and Abbott Streets. The show titled BABAY CLAY STANLEY MAMMOTH MOVING TO THEATRE promises a severe pantomime produced in all its glorious splendour.
Fragmentary stock list from Chillagoe to Thompson’s Oaks shows prices and statuses in a Cairns exchange update. Various towns such as Chillagoe Mungana Mt Elliott and New Einasleigh appear with figures like 79 79/4 and 1/10. Some entries marked paid or unsettled.
Readers report protests at Spence and Sacha streets intersection as Cairns Citizens’ Area meeting seeks action. A dredge operation near Cairns Land Office yields £487 10 8 with £443 8 11 realized from trees. Stanley McKay theatre season praised for its lavish production and strong cast.
Optical service notices list VICE REGAL OPTICIANS with multiple scan times and venues in Chillago and surrounding towns. The schedule includes Torpy's Ravine Bank Tess and address mentions along with Wade's Hotel and Smythe's Hotel in Atherton Cairns Denlop's Hotel. Dates range across July with morning sessions and two day events at Hides' Hotel CAIRNS.
Reports describe painting tender notices and harbour trip plans for Cairns during carnival week. The Cleveland offers harbour visits to Green Island and Yarrabah with return fares listed, while private arrangements for holidays are advertised by Mr G Bukting. An incident in the Police Court involved a misdelivered note at Hambledon and a staged display of confusion. The Mourilyan steamer mutiny incident saw absent firemen found drinking, then ordered to proceed to the wharf under Captain Roberts.
About 70 farmers offered services at the Central Mill near Bundaberg as workers pre operate while 3 were hired. Wharf labourers reject eight hour day calls from the Australian Workers' Association, citing wage disputes and overtime. Striking camps report primitive provisions and shelter conditions, with some families dissatisfied and planning possible levies to fund ongoing action.
A group of young farmers in Aloceaby cuts Mrs Moller's cane for Hambledon, with correspondent notes. Although new to hauling, they earn about £1 per quarter and 5/4 per ton, while gas and other terms appear garbled. The piece suggests a forming gang and uncertain authorities.
The readable text fragment contains unclear phrasing about feet and a casual reference to a person wearing something. No verifiable events, names, or locations are present to establish a concrete news item or outcome.
An AWA organizer visited farms around Mulgrave and spoke of wage disputes. Farmers claim progress, while talks focus on pay and transport costs as workers ponder next steps and potential action.
A translated field note outlines sugar cane profits in the Cairns district with average yields of 15 tons per acre and per acre costs around £12 to produce the first crops. It estimates farmer profit at roughly 23 5 9 per acre after expenses, noting risk and capital strain and contrasting Bundaberg Mackay districts where yields are lower and many small farmers barely subsist.
Disorder broke out as youths attacked officers with stones and crackers after Sergeant Mauser oversaw a drill. Squads faced division, discipline shattered, and several cadets fled or sheltered while police arrived too late to restore order. evening drill abandoned.
The report lists sunrise at 6.39 am and 7.21 pm, moonrise at 6.39 am, moonset around 0.2 am, with high water at Calms 7.4 am and 7.21 pm and another location noting 4.50 am and 15.19 pm. Includes scattered time values for tides and lunar events.
The readable text hints at themes of toil envy and price paid for success, with mentions of wealth and authority figures like Woods and Peppa. It discusses anxiety turmoil and the idea that secession or separation requires a certain mindedness, noting a contrast between country and civic methods.
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