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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 23, 1914
Page
4
Hides show a depressed sale with overall decline of about 1d per lb. lights and mediums range from bid to 8d and 9d for various weights. Dry hides, horse hides, yearlings, calves, and sheepskins vary in price with irregular bidding, while tallow remains unchanged and listed at 97 16s to 27 5s in totals.
About 150 Burns Philp and Co employees from Cairns attended a Monday pienté to Kurnnda, arriving by special train. The afternoon featured sports and a luncheon with a toast to the firm, and speeches by Mr Loxton and Mr Carpenter praising merit, equality, and the company's growth from Townsville to Australia, New Guinea and the islands.
A Cairns gathering celebrated Mr. Carpenter's departure with toasts to The Day We Celebrate and The Business Manager. The event featured races from Married Men's to Tug of War, with Loxton and Carpenter leading winning teams and Bottomley praised for clerical duties amid a long, rain-swept day.
The London Directory announces a comprehensive commercial guide to London and suburbs. It lists manufacturers merchants and agencies with trade cards and freight terms, noting steamship lines and provincial trade notices.
The Mt Carbine section reports waning mining activity as tin prices fall drawing miners to more lucrative metals. Carnival week leaves town quiet but preparations proceed for a large children’s picnic and indoor break up. The Turf Club meets at Bill Cassels hotel, posting a healthy £30 15 balance and praise for Mrs Casada’s arrangements. Dr and Mrs Abbott settle in, while government steps extend Hospital Act provisions to the district, establishing a Carbine District Hospital and a mine hospital.
Australian meat imports to the United States face collapse due to rising Australian export prices and competition from London markets. San Francisco wholesalers report April shipments totaling over 14,000 quarters of beef, with prices set to rise by about five sixteenths of a cent per pound. buyers fear continued sales declines and possible discontinuation of imports.
Australian prices had climbed but meat grew cheaper on California ranges. In northern California buyers report cows of high grade at 9 cents a pound, near Australian frozen meat, while importers note renewed trouble in defrosting meat from Australia. San Francisco cold storage firms resist updated thawing methods, leading to shrinkage and poor market prep. Authorities hope mutual trade expands with California and San Francisco as Pacific Coast distributors.
Lord Heng Rothschikl was shot outside a London theatre by a retired dairyman. The assailant, described as weak minded, had nine prior convictions. The wound was not serious and the bullet has been extracted.
A garbled OCR fragment references illness and danger to children, mentioning dark nights and parental dread. It alludes to a resolve or action by someone named Woods and a “Great Popper mint Cur2” but the text is incomplete, with many garbled words and missing context.
The Post and Herald reports tentative progress on a railway or related project in Malanda area with navvies, equipment, and potential first sods planned between now and Christmas. Weather and road conditions are improving, while local planning authorities may approve a ballot for a new bro n erection.
A Melbourne customer, Mr W. P. Dunstan of Menzies WA, reports long standing indigestion and constipation eased after taking Chamberlain's Tablets. He notes rapid relief after a few doses and urges others to try the product. Sold by chemists and storekeepers.
Printed and published by Lanes Fallon for The Cairns Past Limited at its general printing department with unspecified details.
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