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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 05, 1919
Page
2
London market cables show declines in copper and tin prices with May 22 settlement data. Copper standard spot and three month prices quoted, tin and electrolytic copper noted with spot and forward figures in pounds per hundredweight and per ounce ranges.
The Cairns area reports a few days of spasmodic rain and colder winds with drizzle in Innisfail. Illness keeps a local resident confined at home but improving, and Dr. Knudson appoints Mareeba as his permanent base with quarters at a former nurse’s residence. The Carns sub-branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers League plans a meeting this Sunday as officers resign. Edward Raibey returns to Cook Town after four years in the fighting forces. Macleay Duff is noted as a potential whisky investor favorite.
A passenger list records travelers aboard ALS Jeane 3 Parmga captained by H Hall from Sydney with many passengers including Mesdames Walsh Johnston King and Armstrong and numerous children. Also notes 4-Wodonga with Captain W C Thomson from Brisbane and 50 steerage passengers among names such as Barry Whe Woods McNab Jones Wallace and Hannam.
Malouf F Generalall storekeeper thanks public for past support and announces ongoing business opposite Ambulance corner offering drapery boots shoes and groceries. Mrs Malouf reopens the millinery and dressmaking departments and will serve old and new customers.
Mrs M A Underwood thanks the Amalgamated Society of Finaneers Railway Employees and others for messages flowers and kindness after the death of her husband Joseph Underwood.
Mareeba June 4 reports strong turnout second day of the show with fine weather and keen competition. Horse events featured high jumps and hurdles, with Kitchener and Ned Kelly winning divisions, rock drilling and wood-chop contests drew crowds, and a large uplift in funds from pastoralists and businessmen promising support for a future show and bull sales for Gulf and Peninsula stockowners.
A fragmented display list notes pot plants for table decor with names such as Alma Relton Brempes Mandarins and ODon nells Pur Duges Leres. It records showy specimens and general comments on quality from exhibitors including Mr Gyton and Mr Shand, with timings and judges' remarks on Woodchop and related events.
Dr Lambert of the Rockefeller Institute returns to Cairns after a campaign in Ingham and surrounding shires. He praises sanitation efforts by Hinchinbrook Council and Dr Waite, with carpenters upgrading facilities, lectures in schools, and community enthusiasm. Dr Lowell assists Ingham and Palo Island, planning further visits to the Lower Burdekin and N/A districts.
Mr T A Ferry returned from Babinda where he met with Irish and British Italian gangs over a cane cutting dispute. The Australian Workers Union and Babinda Cane Growers Association representatives discussed proposals but failed to reach a settlement. Negotiations were ongoing with hope of a friendly cut and no further cane until a settlement is reached.
Sample Room at the Imperial Hotel offers a full range of items for inspection with demonstrations. A. W. Biles represents the exhibit and clarification follows an earlier error about ambulance procession participants. Mayers Ltd advertises blankets and household goods as a feature of the event. A separate sale of A. J. P. MacDonnell’s furniture is set at Abbott Street residence Friday next from 10 am to 4 pm.
The Cairns summons count heard Wednesday before Meses A H Scott and J Overland. Barn Foo, also known as Captain realy in Sachs Street, charged with possession of opium. Defendant pleaded guilty after H K MacDonnell appeared for the accused. Outcome included a conviction in a prior similar case, a fine and 40 costs, and two months imprisonment in default.
Disjointed OCR reads reference a wartime cover, a seaplane era topic, and scattered names like Petrograd Vienna and Germany. It hints at government action, labor disputes, and anarchist concerns, but the fragmentary text offers no clear event, date, or outcome.
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