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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 29, 1914
Page
4
The Busy Stores Cairns lists Armstrong Leciie and Stillman on hand percent figures for stock or partnership holdings.
A massive May fire in Selem Massachusetts devastated nearly half the old city, destroying about 1,000 buildings and injuring five. Losses are estimated around 20 million dollars with further damages totaling 13 million in immediate relief and 16 million in insured value. The blaze started in a leather factory and spread through the shoeleather district aided by a strong wind. Fire crews contained the flames near the railroad station by nightfall, with no reported fatalities.
Wholesale departure of crew from the ship near Melbourne on June 21 led to a delayed sailing to Sydney. Fitter Corrigan reported being struck and heat caused a fall on deck. Crew demanded Wilson be removed. captain refused, others quit, delaying the vessel. Corrigan was hospitalised then discharged and later arrested on a charge related to affairs in Usab.
BEISHANE June 26 The deputy railway commissioner heard a deputation about stock movements to the present terminus. G E Bunning T A Snelling and F W Delitthe cited water shortages and transport gaps delaying orders. They urged extending the line to Wills River with temporary yards despite ongoing water constraints.
London dispatch reports Salvation Army congress attendees detailing the Army's strength as an inward sign of grace. Mrs Bromwell Booth delivered an Albert Hall address urging steadfast faith and service amid solemn declarations of belief and resolve.
Athens dispatch notes US Minister Wr. Williams after touring Albania and Durazzo, describing a scandalous episode. The Nord Deutscher Lloyd’s 16,000 ton steamer Zenpelin is advertised as a larger vessel bound for Australia via Suez, aiming for a January voyage when the canal reopens.
Warwick reports Cecil Leonard Artur Tutt a 59 year old widower was found dead in a police cell at Yangan lock up. He had been arrested earlier for being of unsound mind and was discovered suspended by a rope fashioned from strips of a ripped blanket tied to the cell window bar. Efforts at resuscitation proved unavailing.
Fragmentary report outlines the Queen Charlotte Islands in the North Pacific near Vancouver Island. It covers geography, major islands, early visits by explorers, fur trade interests, and coal discoveries leading to the first gold excitement and subsequent geological survey work in the late 18th to early 20th centuries.
Four veterinary surgeons are appointed as permanent inspectors in Melbourne with four more officers available for duty as needed. The minister Mr Green hopes for few complaints in the future.
A long passenger manifest lists numerous travelers aboard Marloo and other ships, detailing passengers from Townville and via ports to Melbourne. Names include Meedames Brodrick Woodhill Dimes Milla Sheridan Finger and many others with several children. Australian Steamships Ltd acts as agent. The second line notes June 24 departures and passengers under Provo from Melbourne ports with additional families and names.
Fragmented notice from a Cairns area listing a tobacconist at a neighboring Mailway Hotel. Text is garbled with mistaken phrases about bees and names such as Lily Deal and Hebert, lacking coherent actions or dates. No clear event or outcome is identifiable.
London reports show Bradford leading in a quiet session with little business. Prices listed include New Fesland at 112/ per cwt and Danish imports near 117/ per cwt. European cheese quality cited as a factor.
James Thomas advertises sawn and dressed timber at Esplanade OM Rice Mil. Offers low prices and invites inquiries by phone 114 for customers seeking timber and related products.
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