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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 22, 1916
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR notes describe shipping departures, cargo movements, and port activity. Mentions names like DiKeeTe and Miele with limited legible terms about crews, captains, and freight handling amid unclear context.
Shipping note reports Borns Philo Co limited vessels rerouted for Port Deuctss and Cook ports. Ships depart Townewille and Sander Bowen bound for Townsville and Mackay, with arrivals in Sydney Melbourne and Beubase planned midweek.
The notice outlines shipping times from Cairns to Brisbane with departures on Thursday and Sunday. It mentions arrival dates and potential rescheduling due to weather and sea conditions, advising passengers to confirm in advance.
A tangle of dates and routes shows Townerie vessels assigning mornings for travel to Port Douglas Cooktown and Towneville with weekly departures from Tuesday to Wednesday and notes on cargo and passenger movements.
The fragmentary text describes a shipping vote scenario with references to steamer service and a coastal or riverine setting. Details are unclear, but mentions votes, a steamer, and shipping interests coping with a legal or political process.
Incomplete notes describe moon phases with references to New Moon and Last Quarter. Mentions perigee and times that are garbled, including numbers like 27 and 41 pm, making details unclear.
An old advertisement promotes Sands No 2 Cough Curer claiming to loosen and cure coughs. The copy emphasizes rapid action and stresses the product as a trusted remedy amid generic medical claims.
Jumé 21 MacTagcar reports a brisk sheep market with prices advancing to per head and continuing until pressure eased. Mutton quoted around per head while best beef tops to per head. cattle yarding noted with overall lower prices and some cows around per head.
Market report notes items from PRISRARE and nearby firms with prices for prene d, lambs, cattle and calves. Cattle quantities around 1000 head with steady demand, calves around 408 head sold, and higher prices for sheep noted amid brisk activity.
The report notes average hide supplies at this week's sale with dull weather lowering offerings. Hides stable for shippers, other descriptions down. light todes and beepers limited. Tallow prices fell. exporters to Allies unlikely to improve.
Telephonic advice from Brisbane to Messrs Dalgety and On Ltd Townsville notes a necessary change in the wool market due to mood scoured wool received.
A fragmentary note shows a playful phrase about bees and a book. The readable ends imply a lighthearted or humorous item in a local column. No clear names, dates, or places are provided to specify a definite event.
Mining report from AH Clarke listing prices and bids for Corelia Hampden St Mungo St Andrew Vukem Lode Hill Gilmore Hill End Amal Iguana Kalamadan Mares Gold Mine Tyrconnell Tyrcommell No 1 New Miser Moxzham Oaks Oaks Reserve Thompson s Cairns Pictures with bid amounts and terms in a compact brokered market note.
The document lists names and odd fractions after each, showing a jumble of buyers and holdings such as Roanie Dundee and Deepa with various unpaid sums and coded valuations. The text appears as a damaged old market or property notice with scattered prices and buyer labels including New Briliant Freehold and Queen Cross.
The Australian Metal Exchange quotes Louden metal aviddle prices for June 29. Capper standard price is unknown due to garbled text but three months lag shows slight firmer, spot price around 17 6 with a down value of 1 5. Tim standard spot is 17 6 with a three month 2 6 down. Silver standard spot 3 6 8d, down 5 16d per ounce.
The town notes show Pspumm crushing gold yields of 18 dwilns at 6 grain and Brite Deeps producing 5 1ccwt for a tally of day 15/8. The Papenm declares a 23 dividend.
The Cairns Sammons Court fined a Babinda man 25 for illegal liquor sales and the magistrate urged deterrence. Debates raged over dry area failures as authorities plan a state hotel to curb sly grog, with concerns about lunatics and public drunkenness.
Mesers BR Sturt and Co announce an auction of an improved Lumley Street property at their Abbott Street rooms at 12:15 p.m. next Saturday.
A newspaper snippet reviews a film and stage program featuring a Billy Irving production and a later scene with a drawing room setting. It notes a show titled She Bells and praises the British theatre tradition, with mention of the Ame rican Pictures as presenting new moving picture fare.
An old advertisement touts Craig's Cough Syrup as the most reliable remedy containing White Pine and Tar. It claims decades of use, cautions against substitutions, and notes availability from Robert Craig Chemist in Cairns. The piece also includes a long, garbled Labour politics passage and a Masonic lodge report with officer investments and a closing social.
A Thursday sale by Mr Woodward auctioneer lists household furniture from Mrs Williams of Abbot Street opposite St John’s Church. The notice contains misprints corrected as dipe for pipa and dip for pip and asks presiders at the dip not to take the pip.
Necom Travel promotes Tropolax as a popular fever remedy for dengte malarial coastal fevers. Sold by W. A. Collins, Chemist, Cairns at 2/6 and 5 per hottie.
The Cairns Police Court opened on Wednesday with P W A L Gibson presenting. Two aboriginals were named as defendants for drunkenness. one was convicted but not punished. The court adjourned as one defendant recovered enough to be seen by a doctor.
Police reports state Angelo Scattolina died at Rabinda while felling a tree when it fell crushing him. Constable Lawder investigated and found no suspicious circumstances. He leaves a wife and family in Traly.
In Cairns on Wednesday morning the colored man George was charged with wounding Robert Pitt, standing in for Douglas Mitt, aboard the Pelican. Pitt testified the boat stuck in mud, George stabbed him several times as he leaned at the hatch. The case was adjourned for further hearing.
The page showcases a photo essay on the late Lord Kitchener and a gallery of topics from May Shh volunteers to the 50 000 graves of Gallipoli. It notes Australian women visiting trenches, Harrow seats for wounded soldiers, and a focus on local and imperial subjects with a Queensland connection.
An odd case at the Debts Court drew outlandish claims over ownership of a goat. Judges heard arguments as characters clashed, while a tethered goat outside stirred the proceedings and witnesses sparred over the animal’s fate and the party’s intentions.
At 12 o'clock Wednesday the Mulgrave Mill at Babinda opened large stocks of groceries drapery ropes and shoes. Mr A M Waddell advertised cash terms and mentions Royal Insurance Company as a tie to the sale.
William Hope pleaded guilty to using obscene language in Sache Street at Cairns Police Court before Mr A B Gibson PML. Senior Sergeant Kenny prevented. After evidence by Constable Neilson the defendant changed his plea to primarily and was fined £3 in default one shilling.
Senior Sergeant King reports Geo. Franklin about twenty years old missing in the bush between Silver Creek and Irvinebank. Police from Herberton Tumoulin Coolgarra and Irvinebank search areas as trackers follow a trail to Cassowary Creek.
The advertisement proclaims Dr Kochs Fever Mixture as the remedy for malaria. It highlights Te as the strong man most exposed to fever and notes growing demand for the medicine. Bottles priced at 4/ and 3/ with postage 9d extra. Proprietor Robert Crang Chemist Cairns.
The Public Curator has filed an election to administer the estates of Edward Bergin Arthur Conquest Isaac Davis William Brodie McFarlane Edward Nolan James O Reardon deceased in Townsville Queensland. The case covers real and personal property of these late miners, a butcher, and a labourer.
A film programme at the Palace features The Beggar Prince and The No Many's Revenge with an abduction scene and gypsy life portrayal. Also showing Spomge Industry and The Dumb Piano, with Box plan at Cale Trine-1/a H. Jeremiah.
A compulsory conference among Commonwealth colliery proprietors and Australian Coal and Shale Employers Federation delegates continued before Justice Stephens. The parties claimed progress toward settlement while magistrates urged state meetings, with no concrete agreement yet.
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