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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 13, 1910
Page
2
A detailed auction prospectus describes LOT 1 to LOT 9 parcels in Cairns. Properties include Esplanade and Abbott Street halves, a hotel site opposite ATS Co. works, and a railway station area. Rentals range from £2 15s to £3 15s monthly with varied perches and terms, including ground leases and 4 percent interest options.
A. J. Draper instructed by the owner offers for sale by public auction on July ird at 11 am at his mart land at Spencesiest Spencer Street Section 42 frontage 165 feet depth fronting Spences Street. The property hosts TV shops and a baker's oven under one roof with full Lemtern Light. building is preserved with iron sheeted exterior. Rent paid weekly £2 10 by Mrs J Hooper Baker. Cairns retail land in main area with terms available.
Australian Natives Association in Brisbane July 6 1910 directs attention to a Gazette Notice inviting tenders by August 12 for fencing at Kuranda State School and other sites with tender forms available at offices. Also a notice under the Real Property Act dispenses production of a certificate of title for transfer No N6382 Cairns suburban allotment 5 for Carl Peter J to Frederick C. Brown. registrar warns of title action and involves Court of Queensland Cairns.
Notice to all concerned that in warrant to distraint they must attend at 11 o clock in the forenoon on Tuesday the 14th July 1910 unless the warrant is previously cancelled. Stoned, Cara, 2th July, ad.
Crown land at Hlosiorkau near Cairns remains open for applicants on MOYDAY August 1 1910. 150 acres at 10 per acre in Portion 291 parish Formartine designated for Agriculture Farm NH. Applications lodged before opening will be considered. For further details contact the Land Agent, Colm.
Cairns to Mareeba goods train with passenger carriage attached begins next Wednesday. Depart Cairns 5 5 p.m. Kuranda 7 0 p.m. Mareeba arrives 8 45 p.m. Stops required for passengers. Signed Chas Evans General Traffic Manager Tiranishane Lith July 1910.
Tenders are invited for cleaning doors and painting the Hoyal Hotel. For particulars apply on the premise.
A garbled OCR text lists betting odds and horse or team names such as Victory, Brilliant, Fenlient Central, Palin, Miller United, and Pfeiffer's with scattered fractions and dates. Readable content is minimal, suggesting a page of odds, results, and advertisements rather than a coherent report.
London market lists spot copper at £34 100 to £53 15, forward £54, electrolytic £57 15, tin spot CM47/15 to £14375, forward £148/17/6 to 214d. Lead at £12 12 0. Melbourne dispatch reports bad news from Great Fiteroy copper mine near Rockhampton. secretary Mr. Lameen says Inspector Loving notes results cannot be confirmed and recommends closing concentration plant pending completion of floatation and sintering plants. one furnace to run two weeks at least.
A compact listing of Cairns stock entries with assorted prices and items across districts including Chillagoe Vulcan and Stannary Hills. Entries show multiple amounts such as 3d to 13/9 and notes like paid, aged, or at quoted prices. Includes village and mine names with various denominations and references to local properties and consols.
Notes from the Cairns Tennis Club announce a pleasant evening at the hall with dancing and arrangements completed for the event. Also a timber sale by G J Boulter the land commissioner Cairns with specifics to be found in the advertisement and dated 1 A use ust. Imported owls feature in the message with a note urging readers to insert tables as the owls must be pleased regardless of cost.
Fragmentary OCR shows a nomination notice reference involving Joan Conall, Panera, and Panera residents. Mentions a £5 deposit and voting rights for payers, with dates around July 1939 and references to a Walsh Ghise Committee Chambers. Details are unclear due to garbled text.
The Government Manager Mr J Munwell French of the Bank of New South Wales states a branch extension has been established to carry on the usual banking business. The notice confirms continued services and local operations.
At the Nelson Police Court on Monday before Mr. Wtris sen J.P. one offender for indecency exposure was fined 20 shillings and another the same amount for drunkenness. The following morning before Mr Jur don J.P. two delinquents for intoxication were fined 5 shillings each.
Report describes the Corn steamer Fanpire sailing Monday with a large group of Chinese passengers. At anchorage 154 Chinese were counted from southern ports, with additional arrivals from other regions. The Chinamangbroyd seeks return intersals to homeland amid outbound exodus of scientists and others.
A garbled report indicates Tar Dock Master Ammens of Marsbrough has been instructed to undertake duties as Narbour Master. The text references a Marine Pertinent unit and Captain Sets, with mentions of leaves and operations in the far north.
Public Works tenders list additional orders for school buildings and road works across several districts with contractor names and amounts. Brisbane readers report a spate of altered robberies and mobs, police pursuit unsteady, and ongoing kerbing and tree-cut challenges near post office routes. a miner named Peter Avime injured in Fossilbrook while riding near Fossileana, treated and moved for care with progress toward recovery given age and condition.
A Killagoe Post correspondent describes a motor accident near Lopes Hanlon involving Captainelson and McDermott. Both occupants were thrown clear with minor injuries. inquiries revealed Captainelson held a shipboard role and died later. The funeral, held at St John’s Church, featured Union Jack drapery and a large cortege.
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