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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 05, 1915
Page
4
In Sydney on March 1 machine workers at Base Homebush Bay walked out after a dismissal of a colleague. About 250 workers returned to work only if manager Hutten allowed all bands to resume, which he refused. Union Secretary Ives notes workers contend the dismissed man did not intend to damage machinery.
Northern Supreme Court sat in Townsville with Ward and Katelopaus pleading guilty to an insolvency offense. Katelopaus received a three month sentence at Stewart's Creek. The day continued with the Teulon case involving a girl under 12 in Halifax.
March 3 shipping notices report arrivals and passenger manifests from Cooktown, Port Dagger Passages, Melbourne and other ports aboard Mourilyan, Austrellan Steamships Limited, and related liners. The listings name numerous passengers including many families and children, with a March 4 note of the loss of Gowrie and Captain Jd. Robertson near Townsville.
Miller and Lynch appear on remand at Cairns Police Court over six charges of falsifying books for Burns, Philp and Co. Senior-Sergeant Hawkes seeks eight day remand while more witnesses and evidence are assembled. The defense requests disclosure of the case details and a sooner hearing, but the court grants a further remand and bail remains conditional.
Defense counsel argues the defendant cannot find work in Cairns and faces continued idle detention. The prosecution contends the case is not urgent but the remand is extended eight days with consideration of the defendant’s whole position. The magistrate notes readiness to proceed next week, and the matter is adjourned.
Weather in Mackay remains dry with patchy showers and cane setbacks. The Marian Central Mill reports 52,689 tons crushed last season at 2.7 per ton, with 8 tons more cane needed to meet capacity. new Scottish Babcock boilers, 13 008 to 14 060 sq ft, ordered to boost operations.
The Harbor Board asks the Rockhampton City Council to permit an inquiry, with J. W. Parkinson leading the mission. Mackay to Rockhampton rail progress shows slow linking, nine miles remain of a 15 mile stretch. Public gift to Lady Dudley Hospital raises £570 with £510 needed earlier. A ship torpedo incident near Beachy Head involves Fred Northam, fourth to report crew safety. Bible study promotes scriptural discipline amid social upheaval and faith in divine truth as remedy.
Pastor Russell preached on Ephesians 3 18 19 urging believers to grasp the breadth length and height of Christ’s love and to be filled with the fullness of God He warned against misrepresentations of God and urged faith in a loving merciful deity rather than eternal torment.
A long listing of allotments and suburban sections near Cairns Station with houses cottages and villas for let or sale. Details include blocks along Mulgrave road Sheridar street McLeod street and Esplanade Cairns with weekly rents from £14 to annual rents £55, land portions from 6 to 208 acres, and terms of sale or lease including deposits and long-term payments. Includes references to near railway and factories and mentions several streets such as Water Street Esplanade and Sheridan Street.
A catalog of land parcels and allotments for sale across suburban sections. Items reference multiple allotments and subs, with locations near Lake, Sachs, Draper, Sheridan, and Esplanade streets, plus site notes and prices ranging from £1 to £1,730.
Fragmentary entry notes 41 Mile Sidieg and H C Line Babinda with subs and re-sub arrangements. Mentions double frontage to railway road and a sum of £50. No clear dates or complete context.
Parcel group includes Allotments in Sec 5 and 6 with cottages priming office shop livery stable and other structures. Also includes jet property across Granite Creek with a comfortable fenced cottage. Asking price set at £3300 for the combined holdings.
Fragmentary text references allotments and sections, a Kuranda Hotel with furniture, and various names and figures. The readable portion notes a walk-in-wall-out feature and a timbered or built structure labeled Hom item’s Kuranda Hotel with furnishings.
Auction note describes several farm lots near Mulgrave Mill including 15 acre and 25 to 30 acre cane plots, 40 by, shed, house, and outbuildings. Prices range from £2000 with £700 cash, balance 1 to 8 years at 5 percent. Includes 0 acres area, horses, plows, and storage quarters. several tracts on high and low land with extensive equipment.
Fragmentary notice describes subdivisions in the Pyramid Estate with parcels in Gral ton and Trinity parish. It outlines acreage roughs and terms over ten years at five percent interest, including portions 9 to 13 near a forested block of 408 acres.
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