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Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

Jun 22, 1914

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Fragmentary Names Read Across Queensland Towns

A garbled OCR passage lists numerous personal names and places across Queensland towns including Gordonvale Mount Mulligan Thursday Island Charters Towers Townsville and Halifax with scattered partial associations and unclear roles.

Lisa A. Moss Serna Jacek & Sewell Bton Flor Mines Cuenmmne Greg Leotard AL Gee Mo Oflliett Lorne Cotrns Ath. A. Arms Seers Cmirne Gordonvale Buronda Kinaaleigh Mt. Mulligan Forsayth Kidston Stannary Thursday Island Fossilbroe Capstown Reily Nelson G. Ellis Charters Towers Mies So Konry Townsville T. Gard Victoria Batate Herpert D. Johns Cee Halifax A.W. Carr

Shipping Movements Reported for Townsville Routes

Musgrove and Kuranda steamers schedule weekly depart Townsville for Fort Douglas Cook Town and return midweek with varied times. Other lines list Cairns to Townsville, Melbourne to Sydney loops, Hong Kong to Singapore sailings, and Adelaide calls with departures on Mondays Wednesdays and Thursdays. Detailed logs show multiple vessels from Empire Morinda Corting and Carpentaria with port calls including Port Alma Townsville Brisbane and Darwin across June July and August.

Musgrove Townsville Fort Douglas Cooktown Vie River Ports Cairos

Fibre from Chinese burr tested as potential Queensland fibre

The author reports experiments with Chinese burr as a fibre source in North Queensland. He describes plant varieties yielding usable fibre from bark, outlines a processing method, and notes yields of fibre per ton and per acre, suggesting a profitable industry with initial bulk samples on display at A J Draper Ltd.

Queensland Meeers A. J. Draper, Ltd McAul's Gossypium Park

Consultation Availability for G B Haines

G B Haines can be consulted daily and on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays between the hours of and p m.

G. B. Hi

Burr fiber price and production costs analyzed

An analysis outlines the value of Chinese burr fiber and its by product Glore, estimating raw material costs at 5 to 6 shillings per ton, potential selling at 7 shillings, and total fibre production costs around 12 to 12 shillings per ton with modest plant capital and minimal labour.

Duedee London Sumgalia

Fiber Manufacturing Plans For Exhibition In London

An inventor outlines off season work using hand hackles combs and a spinning machine with costs of £390 and £44 respectively. He mentions fibre producing plants, burr fibre samples, and aims to exhibit at a major London exhibition next month with expert evaluation and potential company involvement.

N.Q London

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