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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 16, 1910
Page
3
An aged price sheet details discounted fabrics and ready garments for sale. Items include silk, cambrics, lace, embroidery, and various clothing for men, women, and children with prices crossed from old to new estimates, listing yardages and packs.
The southern mail schedule shows letters registered at 5:55 pm and late mail at 4 pm. Mentions of Superintendent Slaughter joining the Levuks at Townaville for Rockhampton, and various officials including Mr G J Toulter, Mr A W M Heriger, and Mr BG Lilley with movement plans and arrivals. Additional notes report a Mourilyan departure at 11 tonight for Townes and routine ambulance brigade chatter.
The record lists Anglican Holy Communion service at St John’s, Methodist and Presbyterian services, Salvation Army meetings and a bride’s gift list. It also covers the Marine Superintendent’s report on wharf dredging, soundings, and channel depth, plus engineer and auditor notes on quarry work, No. 2 wharf progress, tramway proposals, and storekeeping concerns.
The second eldest son of Mr Henry Winters and Miss Caraine Le Hoi wed at Nesom Church on the twelfth of June. Reverend C Warren Yousins officiated, Mrs Dav ies played the organ, and mourners saw the couple depart with congratulations from family.
A garlanded wedding scene describes the bride in white satin with pearl adornments and attendants in matching attire. Guests and speakers toast the couple, the ceremony ending with a grand breakfast at Greenwood’s shore and a formal photo session.
Mr Waters discussed stiffening the quoin and securing angle iron with rivets. A new chute opening is planned and tender calls were debated while cost estimates ranged around £125 for a new chute. The board considered fixes and requested plans from Sir Manwaring and related committees for bids.
The document outlines repair work for wharf sections with several piles under the old portion needing alteration within four months. It notes substitution of certain clasts and a pan system, with costs and schedules tied to the ASTAN Company’s agents provisioning pans, and that closures will occur only during their limited service window.
Reports indicate the Cerakdion football team may be unable to travel for today’s Tristite game under British Association rules. A rearranged, possibly postponed, match is anticipated at Park.
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