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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 16, 1917
Page
2
Mrs Utinke thanks the Poets Mesren and the nurses of the Cairns District Hospital for the skill care and attention given to her wife Martha Daveler in her recent illness.
Sydney reports arrivals aboard Pari tga Captain Mall with passengers including Mesdames Yeema Taylor E Pesme Claree Connell and many others plus steerage travelers. The list names Kenna Earl Pranks G Robson Dr McFarlone Melure Park and several more as part of a lengthy passenger manifest. Adelaide Coy Led agents handle the listing.
July 14 ship Weyreema lists passengers including Mesdames Odium Barpes Kennedy McEwan Devereux J Mills Dawis Grimes Lippe Sheinton Richards Catanach Brandis Barhat Box Pike and children, Peters and others with numerous listed imposts and many accompanying passengers and crew. LT ship officers include Rev T Johnson Private FE Fitzgerald Master T Lennon Captain F W Hood and Master J Brown among others onboard.
Shipping notices list Borns Philp and Co. Ltd sailing Kuranda eIToves each evening for Cooktown with a return Thursday and onward sailings to Ti Toanenthean ports. Worlenga departs south Saturday. Cummins EG Parmea sails south Wednesday. Australian Steamships Mooritran arrives 5 am and steams to Port Douglas and Cooktown, back off pom Wednesday then departs 1 pm for Lucinda and evide. Lass of Gowrie arrives from Townresite via Sundava, sails Tuesday for Moarilyn Haronr. Cardwell, Lucinda Clomp Pe, Dusk Island and Tovnaville noted.
The Melbourne Metal Exchange has a lead office in Charters Towers with branches in Melbourne Cairns Herberton and Ravenswood acting as buying agents for Sulphide Corporation Limited Cockle Creek NSW. They purchase gold silver lead concentrates and ores and plan ship shipments via Electrolptic Company Port and Silver scheme. A sampling plant will handle all ore classes at reasonable charges. Representatives A Ganes and Thomas Newton are listed with contact details. Innisfail arrivals from Townsville and connections with southern steamers are noted. Shipping notes mention the Cumberland a 19th century steamship beaching on the NSW coast carrying over 2000 tons of frozen meat. Townsville cargo value over 167 000.
The record lists moon phase times for July including first quarter at 7 41 am referenced as Last quarter at 2 pm July 26 and July 22 notes. It records new moon around 1 pm and a full moon on July 27 indicating moon phase progression across the month.
A fragment notes July 16, 1917 as date with high water times and an insect deterrent named Skeeto Bane described as enemy to all, while promoting Hoadley’s Superior canned fruits and jams as affordable substitutes to other brands.
Sharebroker A H L Cathe reports mining quotations for Hampden North Tyrconnel Mareeba Gold Mines Tyrconnel and others. Prices shown include bales of b, s and lode values with varied yields and totals.
The report notes urgent moves to establish iron smelting works in stable regions of the state. It highlights Meowhesenah as a potential site and mentions Aldershot eight miles from Maryborough on the coast line. Existing plants at Burrum and other locations are under testing as rail access and fuel sources are considered.
The article notes a stark contrast between Queensland's provincial debates and Australia's national push in shipbuilding and recruitment. It praises the Commonwealth Government for unified leadership, discusses conscription and voluntary recruiting, and urges broader industrial goodwill to ease wartime strain. It warns the nation may face tougher times as the war continues and urges timely wisdom.
Dresses and accessories offered by F Horsfield at Hides Hotel with afternoon and Friday hours. The Red Cross Day event featured a concert, refreshments, and a successful fund drive raising substantial totals from competitions sweets flowers and donations.
Local Cairns columns mix prices and shop notices with community events. Easterby visits sugar works and plans to tour Gordonvale Mossman while the W.C.T.U. holds a conference and public meeting. A Cairns Post staff farewell honors Mr. C H Thomas as he leaves for active service.
London dispatch reports Russian General Kornilov driving Austro German forces in Galicia with two enemy corps in retreat. Cossack detachments ravage areas beyond positions held by Austrian and German forces as towns including Strid and Asad abandon. Kornilov’s cavalry press on toward Lemberg. German measures sustain heavy losses as 18,000 prisoners taken between July 1 and 7.
Report of Sinn Fein rhetoric in Kilkenny and Dublin by De Valera. A Ballyunion crowd in County Kerry attacked a police barracks, police fired in earnest, several shots killed. Rumor of Redmond's possible resignation circulates.
Safely arrived miss igened Saetat in Brisbane has re issued a note from her brother Sheraf about his safe arrival in Ismailia. An addition to Babinda details the planned erection of a fine business premises next week, with John Dan the tailor and mercer named. contract held by Dyson and Holt Cairns. Hemis Gusts touted for hair shine and a product line with omega fuses8 priced 2/6 plus 3d postage, available at Green's.
A large Cairns contingent returns from duty with Corporal Gomm and Privates Byrnes Pearce Richardson Rooman Garner Parker McSpadden. Crowds greet them at the wharf as they head to Cairns Wolfram Port Goceina Irvinebank and Sut The ater amid health concerns and hopes for speedy recovery. The Cairns Citizens' Band provides a welcome, and Mayor Jonathaney remarks on the difficult showings and the fighters’ reception.
A Wolfram subscriber objects to a Dress Ball report, claiming misrepresentation of gowns and fairness to Wolfram women. The letter questions Civil Service appointment rules for a junior clerk at a railway shed and seeks clear regulations to prevent future perceived injustices.
A German report notes heavy artillery duels in Flanders on several sectors. It states repulsed eastward thrusts near Nieupo rt and near V-Nieu M. Meuse fighting fierce with trenches retaken on Hill 3ny lost earlier. Enemy air losses listed at 19 planes. Russian action described as lively near Sworgon and Domnica Vine with several failed attacks.
The Admiralty reports the battleship Vanguard blew up from internal causes and sank instantly. Three survivors survived, two sailors and an officer, the latter since died. Ninety two crew members were away at the moment of the explosion. An inquiry is ordered. Vanguard built in 1910, three mile nineteen thousand two hundred fifty tons.
July reports from Petrograd state Russians pursue the enemy’s right toward the Carpathians with the route to Lemberg via Strji open. An Austrian corps loses its entire artillery as Russian forces take ten officers and 850 men, five heavy guns and ten machine guns. Haig reports heavy artillery duels and repulsed German raids near Lombartzyile Haigicourt Warneton and Ypres. Von Hollweg resigns as German Chancellor on July 15.
In Havana on July 1 President Menocal suspends the constitutional guarantee a move viewed as a step to detect pro German conspirators. The action marks a dramatic shift in Cuba amid wartime tensions and political maneuvering.
July 15 Amsterdam reports the Derlinar Tageblate stating the cabinet accepted the resignations of Dr Melfferich and Von Sors. The license of the two officials appears to be in question and actions regarding their positions are noted in the cabinet sittings.
Dispatches from London report ongoing fighting outside Peking with questions about potential Austrian intervention. The note hints at broader concerns but pivots to a non sequitur praising Dewar’s as the best whisky.
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