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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 18, 1918
Page
2
Shipping news lists arrivals on July 16 including Palmer and various passenger names such as Mr and Mrs Wilson, Mr and Mrs Lilley, Mesdames Clark and child, Smyth, Miss Hearn, and several others. Second class passengers include Messrs Pea, Ageuse Rosenblut Parr Pan Smith and others. Burns Philp and Co Ltd is named as an agent.
Shipping notices show Bems Philp and Co. Ltd reports vessel Zee 71 bound for Cooktown and Townsville via Wodonga. Morigita heads south with Mosrligan routes on Thursday. Addinide Company lists arrivals at Mourilyan Lucinda and Townsville with ships calling at coastal ports.
The note records moon phases with last quarter at 04 am and mentions a July high tide around 1 pm. It lists a progression through the day with reference to evening and early morning times.
Fenwick and Co salesmen in Bris bane report a fair week for hides with only a small portion sold at prices near last week’s reductions. Demand centered on light free of tick hides and sound hides, while few stout hides were offered. The market topped at 15¾d per pound for certain hides and buyers remained active on bumpy hides.
The sale notes offered 2785 hides and continued goods, with falls of sheep skins sold at 1d per pound. Tallow and other materials were listed, but the record indicates the mart sale remained near prior rates.
A brief Brisbane market update notes activity on July 17 with fragmented lines mentioning a sports car or bicycle event and a standout rider or racer. Specific names and full details are unreadable in the text.
A fragmented report notes quality wool sold at base week rates and distinctions for medium and inferior lots. It references figures around 570 for a bullock sale and cows priced to about 413 pounds 17 shillings 6 pence, with Mickie Hotroyd Burnett and others mentioned in association with ownership.
A fragment from the Cairns Stock Exchange listing shows prices and bids for Copper Hampden Cuthbert and various commodities and companies. Entries include Oaks N.L. Bowes River Coal Bowen Coal and Coke Co and War Bonds notes.
Fragmentary report from Mesers A McCallum Co and others on Bow Street covers bonds, prices, and commodities. Mentions Beilintet Deeps, Brilliant, Crilient Extended, and various trade terms with odd spellings and garbled phrases. Context and entities are obscured, leaving an unreadable snapshot of market chatter.
The piece asserts America’s inexhaustible resources and growing military presence in France, noting three American corps of 225,000 to 250,000 and sustained troop transport. It praises Allied unity with Britain France and Italy and argues U S aims are just and not financially motivated, while urging gratitude for Russia’s exit and the coming strength of Anglo-Saxon cooperation.
A Cairns district page reports a Meter Boat Club special meeting at 8 pm, a council ordinary meeting at 7 30, and local notices on bars, rat destruction, land inspections, and sugar shipments. Also covers retail promos, eye specialist ads, a recruiting march, Etheridge Hospital, and local transport updates.
London's Truth reports Emperor William in a nervous irritable state and long for a southern European rest amid four years without a holiday. Proposed retreat near Constantinople or a visit to the Tonian Islands is considered, while unrest and plans for events in Cairns and local notices fill community calendars.
Wire confirms Charles Thomas, long serving Post farm laborer and foreman, was killed in action on a July date. A respected tradesman and Cairng Accois Club member, he served 16 years with the company and left a grieving community. Two brothers are at the front, with his mother in Charters Towers. The Post extends deep sympathy to his family as officials seek to fill his vacancy and honor his sacrifice.
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