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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 29, 1912
Page
2
Auction listing mentions a four room dwelling with kitchen and a range, oven, and pantry. Located on Wartegn Street with a gas stove and bake oven in a Suscatent tron area. Asking price about £850. Prospective buyers urged to inspect.
In the Supreme Court of Queensland Townsendville, the will of Frank Husker late of Cairns is offered for probate. The application names Solomon Grainer and others as interested parties and sets a June date for the hearing in the Court of the Will. Town agents include Abbot Street Cairns and Tenemans Street Demme.
Local rink announces themed sessions including Thursday Panda Nights and Sunday afternoon panels. Organizers invite skaters and families to join practice and public skating events at Olympia Rink with varied floor layouts and sessions throughout the week.
The Cairns Harbour Board proposes borrowing £12 000 to fund wharf works including reinforced concrete sections, a retaining wall, embankments, and pile construction for a third wharf section. Plans and specifications are available for inspection. chairman FP Hartigan certifies the notice dated 24 January 1912.
A chaotic OCR list details multiple suburban allotments and cottages for sale or rent across sections 47, 36, LA and 98. Entries describe five to six room houses with tanks, stoves, and outhouses, fenced compounds, and price ranges from £150 to £500 with terms or subdividing options.
Racing card lists events including Flying Welter six furlongs and Mulgrave Handicap one mile plus Shorts and Final Handicaps. Nomination closing July 10 with posters and paths noted for entrants.
A damaged note lists a household sale with many items including a piano, lounge chair, dining table, bedstead, sewing machine, presses, electro plated ware, lamps, cutlery, washing items, bedframes, tools, lawn mower, chairs, and cookware. Readable details appear incomplete.
In loving memory of P. F. Young who died June 19, 110. There are days of bitter anguish when the tears begin to fall. The parting of our father was the hardest of them all. Inserted by his wife and daughters.
The year 1911 gold yield in the district totaled 1 year 13 dete valued at £18,208 10s 3d. He favia fehl contributed 25600 ors valued at £94210. Total tin output reached 249 tons 11 ewts 2 gr 12 the valued at £24,161 0s 11d. Wolfram from Noble Island and Paescoe River amounted to 1 ton 14 ewts 1 gr valued at £158 1s 0d.
Residents of Kidston seek government grant for diamond drilling into Wises Hill to locate ore bodies below proven depth. No reply yet from Mines Department. Proposal to form a northern mining deputation to meet the Minister for Mines on the matter.
The report notes a late 4.46 p.m. departure with 50 passengers left in the dark, missed connections and a rerouted journey. It criticizes the Hallway Department for failures in rail service and laments the public’s reliance on a flawed system.
Arawatta's departure is reported with the Arewsita to be dispatched southward tonight at eight o'clock. The note includes a quirky line about a dove of Tonic Liver Pills provoking a reaction to stir up that glow.
Market notes list several securities with terse identifiers and dates, including Queen Areas Queen Central and entries for McGregor Gilmore and Volcan, suggesting a brief stock or commodity update in a historical finance column.
Fragmentary ad note shows a price listing for copper and materials. Mentions ward, bidder identifiers L7B/7/R, and codes Pio and Lead LPR. No clear context or full items provided.
The 3477 ton Yankalijla, recently bought by the Adelaide Steamship Company for Australian cargo routes, departed Durban this week in World War era trade新闻 style. The ship proceeds on its voyage with cargo duties ahead.
Fragmentary stock list from Cairns exchange shows names Elliott Cuthbert Hampdten and Gale with prices and bids. Mentions Durham Cenada and Henderson Consols and Golden Gate Comedy in the same jumble of figures and names.
Scrubber Mr. FE Morris of Evelyn is reported dead after a scrub work accident near Atherton. Morris brothers, recent arrivals from PasTor ia Tolga, had settled at Eve tt and were employed in scrub work when the incident occurred. The body was taken to Atherton for burial after a funeral service led by Reverend Corbett Osolated. In a separate notice, Elsie Bathe, 32, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Bathe of Grasstree Annan t infields, died at Mrs O een ti Belen street residence while abroad, cause listed as Brights disease. The death will shock the community given the Bathe family’s health prior to holiday travel.
Alston's Labor and Employment Agency reports increased labour demand across all kinds, with strong need for general help, waitresses, and pantry maids for private families and hotels. Cooks, bowmen muds, and laundresses remain balanced, while many men struggle to find suitable positions.
Cairns Inland District Wifle Association outlines events for the 4th Agpig meeting to be held July 24 and 7. A prize list totals £300 with trophies including the Usher Bowl and McLeay Thi Bowl. Major Tollhaw to officiate, cadet fatesh added to encourage younger shooters, promising a successful meet.
Readable lines mention a wager and advertising in the North Saban area. A note refers to large benangs from Kameronga left at the Post by Howard Newport, in Tropical Agriculture, with further uncertain references to Mick and Goma.
The performance of Our Miss Gibbs drew large crowds at opening with about two hundred seats reserved by day’s end. The show’s lively chorus and catchy numbers from London and New York drew strong audience memory and anticipation for the spring season.
The first wedding at Kureen occurred on Wednesday the nineteenth of this insteat when Miss Margaret Lawrenes eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Jno Lawrenes married Mr Fr Palette, a resident of the bride’s parents. A sumptuous wedding meal at Yates Europe Botel followed with toasts to the bride and groom.
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