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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 17, 1911
Page
2
The firm advertises a small, carefully selected jewelry range with genuine gems called Doublets and gold equal to the London Hall Mark. Repairs use up-to-date methods and watches are guaranteed twelve months. Visitors are invited to inspect silverware and wedding gifts.
Friends of Mr Thomas Walker watchman AUS of the Company's wharf are invited to attend the funeral leaving his residence Dutton Street at 11 o clock today for Cairns cemetery. H MW SVENDSEN Undertaker Embalmer.
Fragmentary OCR lists venues and dates for two day periods in towns such as Atherton Cairns Mareeba and MAREEBA with references to Cloutier's Hotel Dunlop's Hotel and Hides' Hotel and days in July. The text is incomplete and lacks coherent events or actions beyond scheduling.
Auction in the premises on Scott Street runs Wednesday at 2.30 p.m. under Mr Holder's instructions. The sale includes household furniture drawing room suite easy chairs pictures linoleums rugs bedstead wardrobes marble wash stand duchess chests curtains and poles toilet sets sideboard Austrian chairs sofa dresser kitchen utensils copper boiler and stand.
A fragmented market listing from Towers Sharks Market shows bids and payments for numerous items including Brilliant Central and Durham Cop pol, with totals and values noted in pounds. The page mentions various vessels and goods, such as United Soap toms, and references dated entries and paid amounts in a busy catalog-like format.
The fragment lists bid and asking figures for various goods including corn electrolytic tin and ward with price ranges in pounds shillings and pence. Names and precise items are unclear but reflect pricing notes in a market column.
Fragmentary Cairns Stock Exchange notes list names such as Hilger and McGregor with scattered figures and dates. Partial references include Mungana Hinatleigh Cloncurry and various coded values 7 3 1/6 20/4 30/-.
The readable fragment hints at a short time card issue with a price noted as 6d and mentions an Ovary related term. No clear event or identifiable entities are present to form a coherent news item.
A collage of editorial notes and local items. Letters to the editor from CNH and H.G.J. appear later. Transfers, sales notices, and police court briefings are reported with local names and prices noted.
A varied program at Charters Towers features overture by the Charters Towers Ventert Hand and items by Miss Gaynor. Performances include mandolin by Mr Tinnohue, a Home Sweet Home variation by Mr G Jones, a duet by the Fav u brothers, and selections by Will Gilbert and Mrs Cording. The crowd enjoyed a lively sequence of songs, instrumental pieces, and vocal numbers.
Townsville reports the Pic Kerr mill completing a full shift with 7 tons of Cate through in 24 hours. Mackay notes a meeting of about 10 cane suppliers authorising deductions to fund a fighting fund. Mills plan crush starts at Hacecoursy on the 35th, Meadow Tank on Tuesday, Hallly Creek on the 27th. North Eaton remains. Melbourne council discusses Queensland sugar dispute. EF Hoenter explains medals distribution at Coronation events for public reassurance.
The Bo Foup Pantomime Company finished a spirited show at Wuling on Saturday night amid a carnival. A large audience attended Saturday afternoon shows, while plans include a lecture by Dr. Stone-Wigg law Bishop of New Guinea and a lantern slideshow in St John’s parish hall at 8 o’clock tonight.
A vivid account of a late night cinema event by the Shire Palihe Verto Pictures with living pictures and grand central prize. The Cairns Carnival participants Kennedy and Charters Towens face departure, bands play, crowds cheer, and a farewell on the wharf ends with the Keynote Band’s well known tune amid shipboard festivities.
Told by Telegraph Port Douglas reports the death of prominent cane grower and former Douglas Shire Council chairman at Saltwater near Bowen. In Manning River area, a local printing trade strike ends with workers set to walk out Monday after masters’ request for a postponement was refused.
In the village of north Pine on Saturday afternoon the memorial ceremony for the late Mr. Tom Petrie was unveiled by the Governor. The speech honored Petrie as a pioneering figure in industry and hailed his contributions to local progress.
London reports on a new Anglo Japanese treaty with articles limiting arbitration to nonwar obligations and a 1923 expiry if not renewed. The Times notes dominion support, shifts in policy, and reduced fears of entanglement with the United States, while recognizing Britain's aims for compulsory training and a local navy.
The fragmentary text references Lad y Disdain in clogs and shawl, Mr Joseph Perry a Sydney based pigment manufacturer, and a discussion with a hotel commissioner about Mabcur scarcity. It mentions pickling quantities and boots with high heels, and ends with an odd poem-like musing.
Reports say 500 people perish and 20 007 are homeless as forests burn across Migelsiepway area. Detroit area sees over 10 000 miles of smoke and heat. Casualties include several dead and rescues ongoing as fires devastate wide swaths for three days.
Annual championships of the Churchm and Amateur Athletic Association were held at the Exhibition Ground on Saturday afternoon with entrants from Sydney and Charters Towers. Notable results include F Flowers of Sydney failing to compete after arrival delays, J F Nieten of Charters Towers finishing fourth, and several distances recorded by competitors from police and local clubs.
Aetrogomica note lists tides on a Monday with timestamps 637 am and 28.38 pm. It records water levels at Calus with early morning 1.7 a.m. and land 149 pa.
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