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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 19, 1918
Page
2
The Yungasurra hotel advertises ideal climate and altitude, with daily Cairns and Kuranda train links. Guests are assured comfort as Lakes Eacham and Barrine lie within four miles, and hotel vehicles run at set times daily.
The notices list passengers including Mesdames Hobson and child Tayden and many others sailing to Townsville, Melbourne, and southern ports. Australian steamships Lismend Cooma and others are scheduled, with departures and times noted for Mourilyan Cardwell Lucinda Townsville routes and the Last Quarter tide timing referenced.
A partial OCR of a sharebroker list mentions A H Clarke and others with various prices and bonds. It references St Andrew, Hill End, Australian Drug, War Bonds 1925, and firms like Australian Bank of Commerce, Henry Jones & Co, and C Towers.
July report from Sydney notes continued dry weather delaying sluicing, with about twenty workers still at general tasks. Winifred United mine at Titi G riers coo run lacks sufficient water for elevation, while efforts aim to reassign personnel. New Woodwinds Ashwell shows remaining work potential and pending tasking for the claim.
Report covers several Queensland mines including Parsons and McLean, Grasstree, Mount Romo, and Sufton’s Flat. It notes continuous sluicing with two shifts, rising water scarcity, and planned expansions. several accidents minor. production figures list cubic yards treated and tin oxide value. date and locations: Rossville centre Winifred mine Home! Rg Lode Hill China Camp Grasstree etc.
A critical diary-like note mocks the Ryan cabinet appointees led by Mr McMinn, portraying his Soldiers' Institute tenure and inspector role as a farcical political spectacle. The piece jokes about future absurd appointments and warns against repeating the gag, while lampooning officials and the press.
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