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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 08, 1912
Page
2
The item reports on transport and mail services with dates and reduced fares. It mentions ships, ports, and routes including Singapore, town sales, and international connections. The fragmentary text references rail and sea options and reduced rates for goods and passengers.
The sale lists the Atherton property with 16 rooms at The Long Park House and Hotel. The vendor advances part of the money to secure the house, furniture, and license. Auctioneer A. J. Arena of Atherton will conduct the sale with a price of £350.
Abbreviated notice describes a Cairns property on Mort Abbott Street with a 66 by 170 feet frontage to Sheridan Street, a two room upstairs dining and kitchen layout, water laid on, and possession offered. Also lists Subdivisions 1 2 and 3 of Lot 1 Suburban Section 13 with quarter acre blocks on Sheridan and Lily streets at very low street prices.
Colestea Evening at the residence of Mrs T P Kelly late Street Saturday evening sold in public auction in the above notice. Eight head of horses in good condition and fit for work or breeding. some mares in foal.
Queensland Gems highlights Flavelle's at the Franco British Exhibition noting Queensland's top gems. It cites Hetterton Blue Topaz as the largest in the world, six carats heavier than a royal specimen, and mentions Cairns district gems alongside a catalog of stones available for mounting.
17 500 shares are offered to the public with payment dates 6/8 on application allotment and three months from allotment. Provisional directors include JAS. LOVE Emq Granier Townesville and others. Applications to Arthur Clarke Stock and … Cairns office.
Queensland May gold yield fell to 83,774 five ounces valued at £139,294 from £157,964 a year earlier, while Charters Towers dropped to 769,000 ounces from 1,505,000. For five months the total output reached 143,508 ounces valued at £605,578, down from 150,623 ounces worth £?. dividends for five months rose to £78,771.
London reports show copper ranges at 78 pounds 10 pence to 78/10. Lead offered at 17 pounds 2 shillings 6 pence to 17/8. Forward prices listed at 19 to 208 pounds. iron prices noted with 208/10 and 186. other items listed with various figures in the trade brief.
Distorted stock terms list includes Chillagos Chillagoe Mt Mellon Mt Cuthbert McGregor and Trompeon notes with prices and fractions.
Notes ando news report Kadina and Aril of the Adelaide Co. are due from Newcastle next week. Waipara steamer from London arriving about Tuesday or Wednesday with high cargo for Cairns. Empreng Dyes advertised for dyeing clothes. Naturalisation laws handbook forthcoming from the flame Affairs Department. Wife born abroad may be Australian by marriage. guide to position being prepared by BR. C. Prospectus of Bibenhora Meat Works Co. queried on cattle supply. provisional directors’ meeting set for June 30. shares applications urged.
An inspector visits to discuss departmental matters as Mr. Skewes confirms a Service Commissions meeting in Melbourne and outlines plans for a Townsville boy to travel to London for study.
The superintendent J J O Leary reports on road 191 portion access blocked by ravines and tidal salt pans, a proposed line A B C is inaccessible. Harvey Creek road felling progresses, Glendoughton works by J Hill to proceed, Mulgrave road drainage and timber sleepers refreshed, water delays concrete pipe installation.
The district saw light showers and rain moving from Gympie to Landsborough and Crow's Nest with overcast skies. Cooray reports 47 points by 9 am, Charleville areas report rain, and a storm near Exple's selection yielded ten thousand gallons per day. Grass and water are plentiful. some creeks run eight miles.
In London at the Titanic inquiry Mr. Sanderson testified that builders bore duty to provide boat accommodation per regulations and that the Titanic was adequately manned. He noted firemen often did not attend drills and that from 1910 to 1911 the White Star Company carried 2,179,594 passengers with two lives lost. officers and firemen were offered half a day’s pay for bonaris but refused.
Sugar prices in London quotes German beet at 11 shillings 7 pence per cwt. First grade granulated and Hamburg offerings noted at 15 shillings per cwt.
London Friday reports the colossal butter trade nearly at a standstill due to a strike. Prices remain nominal and unchanged as few boxes move through Tooley Street and Tilbury docks. Danish butter holds firm between 123 and 195 shillings per hundredweight.
London reports Sir Sidney Lee editor of the Dictionary of Nation formed cordial terms with Mr John Burns. King Edward failed to persuade ministers to address the housing question and other domestic problems. Attitude toward the British boreal family affected Iny ward's view of Germany.
A humorous old verse recounts Little Jack Hormer in a car seat who fears death from a cold. He rushes to a chemist for a draught described as a cure and the Woods Great Peppermint Cure is invoked as the remedy.
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