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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 21, 1911
Page
2
A cryptic line notes 208 Brisbane and a date of 1th June 1911 with unclear action. The fragment resembles a wartime or espionage brief but lacks complete context and verifiable details.
Gazette notice invites tenders to 12 noon Friday July 21 for erection of a tent school and dry house and to 12 noon Friday July 2 for internal school fitting at the new Irvinebank site. Specification and tender forms available at the office and at the Court House Irvinebank.
Geo Alwynne, 33, eldest son of H C Wilson, died in an accidental death at St Brock's Crack. The incident occurred in Montana and is reported as a fatal accident involving Wilson's family. Further details are not provided in the report.
Acknowledgments express gratitude from nurses at St Margaret's Hospital for their care of Mrs Macintyre and gratitude to friends for support to the widow and mother.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention shares and market activity tied to Giming Towers with dates 3/6 and an apparent veto. Details are unclear and no concrete figures or events are readable beyond the tangential reference to a market share topic.
The Post Corres notes a Wel come battery bed busy with promising outlook for the field. Third Chance, Penhballur icky toms for 2 or 16 dete. Mountain Ward with Brien and Cross shows 31 toms. The Rip and Tear mine parcel of short 150 tons and the Vioseer battery through June 17 are highlighted with several yields.
The Post reports renewed debate on the Yerrabah controversy with Home Secretary and Mission Superintendent’s exchange over ministerial visits. Commentary notes is a broader pattern of public figures fading from public life as Parliament prepares further discussion in Hansard. The piece also covers Cairns police proceedings setting a precedent in costs in prosecutions and reflections on life’s uncertainties.
The Railway Department announces forthcoming tickets and shipments for tomorrow. The Adelaide Company steamship Wollowra departs in the morning, calling at Lacimda Point to load the season’s first sugar cargo. A special council meeting discussed water supply, ports, and recent arrivals, with fine SE winds and clear weather reported. Local court proceedings saw fines for drunkenness, while reports note wreckage from the Yougals and efforts toward farmer syndicate coordination. A Cairns Citizens’ Trusts concert proceeds to aid school meals, and a letter from Townsville shares grief over George Alwyom’s accidental death at Brock’s Creek, Northern Territory.
Postal services for tomorrow coronation day list opening times and closures. A Bowen Park Irisland coronation show wood chopping event is set for Saturday morning August 7 with prizes of £10 for first, £5 for second and £2 10s for third along with a £1 sweepstakes entry fee. Entry forms available at Courier Building Brisbane.
The first cane fire in the district centred at West Plame on Mondays drew about 200 workers and many neighbouring farmers helped. The blaze, started by an accident, delayed the mill and may extend eight days due to wintry conditions.
The coronation services will be held at St Johns Church at 7 30 am with a 10 30 am formal service conducted by the Rector. The choir will sing two anthems and the congregation will join in several hymns including God Save The King and Before Jehovahs Awful Throws. Evening service at All Saints Church at 7 30 pm.
An April Licensing Court hearing highlighted issues of responsibility for licensed victuallers. The chairman read a letter from the complainant detailing concerns about the conduct of an applicant, Mr Full, at Miriam Vale, affecting the licensing decision.
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