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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
2
Mr T Webb reports on No 6 level driving with sulphide splashes in soft schist and water accumulation delaying overhaul and inspection. No 5 S level shows 15 inches of good ore. No 1 level driving on silica with sulpid ores. Haulage 35 tons, despatches 39 tons.
Ore samples from the Asquith mine now formed into a syndicate with A H Clarke General French and Private O Leary leases are at Clarke’s office. A four week report to 7 June notes prospecting on the Bolt stope and other workings with hopes of a sizable ore yield and ongoing shaft exploration at Andrew’s Copper Mines under J Alexander, mine manager, including a June 14 sampling update.
Fenwick and Co report in Brisbane on sheep and lamb trade. Forty two hundred sheep penned with good demand but values below last week. Prime mutton and lambs forward sold well. Crossbreds to 34 shillings, J Chamberlain, A Lethbridge Clifton noted. 176 sold. seed values dearer.
MacTaggart Bros. report: Sheen. Four hundred twenty penned with full supply, strong competition from start to finish. Cattle yarded 420 from 641 drawn. prices largely steady with last week. Sold odd cattle including 54 bullocks from Upper Burnett to 08 1s. Mort & Son, Avora, £15.
Charlevale market reports unsettled values with buyers in demand for young and store bullocks. however no demand persists for certain offerings as traders adjust to current conditions.
Melbourne report states in March suspension of Chillagoe Company's facilities halted work at the Mungana mines due to no market. With plant maintenance costly in North Queensland, the company plans to realise assets and wind up. An extraordinary meeting is convened for July 15 to consider winding up.
Brisbane dispatch reports Minister for Mines Mr. Jones will travel to Sydney for a ministers conference. The meeting aims to address handling and export of rare metals and seeks coordinated policy actions among participating states.
The piece reports on the Official Labor Party stance favoring German free passage in the Pacific, condemns Perth conference misrepresentations, and warns that Australia risks German ties and wartime cautions. It criticizes the official line and warns North Queensland readers of possible imperial strategy shifts.
Sydney reports June 26 London metal quotations for June 25 across tin and other metals with varied prices and terms. The list includes Tin standard at 331 pounds 10 shillings, three months 331 pounds 7 shillings, and other items with inconsistent OCR rendering such as Vulcan and Molybdenite bids, plus stocks in bonds and war bonds prices noted.
The steamer Allinga left Cairns after three refrigerated cars for the railway. Wounded Aquila reported. Bert Cains of Oaklands notified again. Warder Cranch named Acting Superintendent as Constable Martin goes on leave. Missing soldier Thomas Graham, from Wrotham Park, last seen 21st, search by Cairns Maytown Mongana Mt Mulligan police.
An advertisement touts free sight testing by H. F. Stacey, a sole optical specialist on Abbott Street Cairns, promising Scientific testing and competent attention. It also notes a death in Cairns, Mrs M Wilkinson at 74, with funeral arrangements and local family references.
The consigning retailer Mayers Ltd advertises sensational bargains this week with large profits sacrificed. Boots and shoes on sale include boys calf lace ups, child’s strap shoes, patent bar shoes and white canvas button boots in varied sizes at reduced prices. Also includes a letter from A E Hughes in Cairns and a long list of prize winners from the Cairns Ambulance Fete with numerous items and gifts noted as won by local residents.
A Cairns page lists events and notices including Mareeba Red Cross at Mareeba School of Arts at 4 pm tomorrow, Cairns Masonic Choir installation tonight, railway inspections by Mr Pagan and Mr Prewett, a Chinatown raid and seizure of opium paraphernalia, and a public auction of Mr T Gowanlock’s furniture. Also noted are a £5 monthly Red Cross donation from Cairns Harbor Board, clothing advice from John Dan Tailor, a letter from Signaller Boreham in France, Lavender Day July 5th, and a Wynnum South St Peter’s Sunday School child fund drive to aid soldiers in Cairo.
The Australian Sugar Journal surveys world sugar production from beet and cane sources, noting activity in South Australia, Hawaii, Java, Cuba, the Philippines, and East Africa. It highlights the first sugar mill in Ormiston, Captain Hope’s machinery, US farm tractors, and cyclone damage to cane in Babinda, with brief political context on industry claims.
James Henderson Jamieson Bovey a letter-carrier appeared in police court and was fined for stealing from a registered letter. He must refund £7. in default three months imprisonment. The note mentions wartime austerity and a whisky brand in origin text.
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