Light duty horses for cab work in good condition
Several mares in foal available for light carriage work. Each horse appears fit for easy tasks and reliable handling. Potential buyers should note calm disposition and strong build for smooth pulling.
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 11, 1912
Page
2
Several mares in foal available for light carriage work. Each horse appears fit for easy tasks and reliable handling. Potential buyers should note calm disposition and strong build for smooth pulling.
Frontage 66 feet by depth 170 feet on Sheridan street Area 1 road 1 Perch. Erected thereon is a two room upstairs and a kitchen beneath, secure fencing. Wahbitia Fr Cleery, the owner, reports the house is nearly new. Cairns area booming for health and air. Subdivisions 1, 2, and 3 of AL LCTWEST Suburban Prospect all have 66 feet frontages and quarter acre plots. Upset price of the above lots is very low.
Queensland gems hailed as finest ever found with prizes won at the Franco British Exhibition. Cairng district noted for mining and sugar, but Hergerton yielded the Blue Topaz. A dealer offers gems including diamond, emerald, sapphire, and various colored stones in mounted forms.
Mining markets show gains with copper prices lifting all North copper shares. Hampden moved from 3/1 to 3/-, MocIsregor’s steadies at 2/3 with buyers. OK.s climbs amid capital shortfall, while Molloy slips after six years of downturn as reconstruction looms.
The Biboohra Meat Export Company Limited proposes CAPITAL £35000 in 25000 shares of 30s each 17500 shares offered to the public payable 6s 4d on application 7500 shares held in reserve Provisional Directors Jas Love Grazier Townsville Freeman Lawrence Gra ver Bolwarra Tate Robert Gordon Grauier Woodleigh Cairns S H Warner Everttor Estate of WJ Munro Deceased Cairns Applications for Bks will be received at the office of Artescolaber Brokers Abbott Street Cairns Brokers to the Company Local brokers and offices listed in Cairns and Townsville notices.
Croydon operations by the Crovanic Mining Company begin soon at Miner's Right. A long line of ore carriages carries rich silver bearing rock from the goky mine, with 142 tons of ore having yielded about £2000 in value.
Geelong report from The Telegraph notes the Durham battery at Hawkins Hill mine in Chillagoe area is driving on stone. At the 3t Gewwe mine fresh developments show promising results with No 2 shaft sinking 51 feet and a reef averaging 19 inches. A general sample assays 13 oz of silver per ton. Other parts of the property also show good development.
Durham Consols traded at Sables Dellery in Durham for 114 tons of yield totaling £485. Prices for multiple items such as Brilliant Central, Brilliant Bope, and East Mexican show varied shillings and pence with figures like 8/8 and 2/9 noted. Several other listed consignments include Queen Cross, Papuan, Hampden, Vulcan, and Mer chant names with prices ranging from 1/8 to 3/7.
A terse listing of stock prices and bids from the Cairns Stock Exchange shows Chillagoe and related items with prices such as 5/0 6/3 and 6/6, along with entries for Mungana Bic Atlons and various firms like Gilmores Cd Ltd and Prince Alfred. The brief table notes values for several entities including Hil End Kalamadas and Tommy Burns with multiple price figures, indicating fluctuating market quotes.
Farmers and landowners face intensified concern over slow government replies on wheel start issues. The delay disrupts planning and hinges on expected actions, with local impact emphasized as a priority for immediate contact and action.
Dis jointed talks on a Russell River district sugar mill reveal delays from political and financial friction. Farmers have prepared land since 1896 but funding and legislative hurdles stalled progress, with repeated assurances failing to translate into construction or operation.
Mr. W. Newport acts as judge for the tropical agriculture exhibit in Conktown. It is noted the exhibit cannot be returned in time for Mareela Show due to the thin morning conditions and travel constraints.
The readable words discuss Javanine Wan am i Sap sdilla plums and slow maturation. It mentions mamgostes in treatment and a Queensland state inquiry context, but details are unclear and fragmented.
The report notes coffee prices fluctuating as producers face high costs and drought across Queensland. It highlights nearby rubber plantation activity at Bambledoo Junction and Clyde, with trees maturing for tapping in about two years. The piece discusses copra potential and notes farming optimism despite labour and harvesting challenges.
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