05 Mar 1912
Page 1
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 05, 1912
Page
1
Fragmented timetable lists departures and arrivals for ships between Townsville, Cooktown, Sydney, Melbourne, and Melbourne via various dates. It mentions steamers sailing Saturdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays with connections to Port Melbourne, Townsville, and Memtay, detailing many route changes and times.
The fragmentary telegraph style notes list ships and routes from Cairns Townsville Bowen Macar and Sydney to Melbourne Brisbane Townsville Ardney Coene and Sr hes with dates in March and March 14. It notes departures on certain Fridays Sundays and Wednesdays and arrivals in Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Townsville and Ardney with unspecified times.
A garbled notice promotes The Central Clothing Emporium near Carpe Railway in Sheridan Line, urging inspections before buying elsewhere and touting favorable verdicts for Mo Wards. It mentions Wen's Clothing and a mix of nonsensical phrases about fashion, quality, and pricing.
Public notice describes allotments 34 fronting Minnie Street Martin Street and Draper Street in Cairns. Details available from M Ward at Central Clothing Framporium Sheridan Street.
Historical harbor log describes wharf conditions, overtime handling, and stockpiling issues. Reports vessel arrivals, channel soundings, and seasonal water depths while noting wartime restrictions and legal actions related to a local offense.
In a Cairns Police Court session yesterday witnesses described a dispute over ownership of two horses. Ethel Maud Cargill testified she owned one horse branded X and claimed seizure of the other as her property. The hearing noted the gelding remained in police custody.
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