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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 11, 1919
Page
2
The Metal Market notes show silver unchanged at 4/90 to 16, copper quotation for February not altered, with wandard 3/19 remaining unchanged. only brief price details appear and no additional shifts are recorded.
Commonwealth Government prices paid at place of production list Wotram and nena at 52 shillings 6 pence per unit Molybdenite price shown as 0y per unit Enquiries answered by our Agents at all producing centres Phase Herbertom za Cairns gg
Mr and Mrs E H May express gratitude to Nurse Gregory and daughters and Dr Clarke for kindness in recent bereavement. Lyons note in fond remembrance of boating comrade Jack Lyons drowned at Green Island on March 11 stated by the crew of the Seabirds.
A 1919 Post column outlines the Primary Producers Union as a distinct political party. It contrasts Western Australia’s Country Party and discusses Bolshevism and private enterprise amid the Northern National Political Union’s stance, urging unity among primary industries against sectionalism.
Residential building sites listed twenty minutes from the Post Office and near the State School on Sheridan Street with a price of igo and terms including a £10 deposit and balance at 7 6 weekly no interest. Also notes forwarding agency and local auctions of horses at Irvine Bell's yard Comptonvale with a MacDonnell's Creek school meeting for a school fundraiser.
The report notes cargo for Townsville Cairns and Mackay and mentions Mareeba lads Paddy Fenwick and Jack Koyes returning by next Tuesday's boat. It records a Cairns council lapse due to no quorum and a Barron Shire meeting postponed to Wednesday. An Easter delivery note promotes orders at Dan's in Cairns. A district article on Innisfail and unrest in religious matters is cited. A Cairns court case involves Vincent Gall with a broken jaw and remand.
In Cairns Police Court three men suspected of unsound mind were remanded for eight days for further medical observation. Separate cases involve F Earl 24 laborer charged with drunkenness and obscene language, who failed to appear for bail, and Charles Williams facing a drunkenness charge. Directors Kelly and Abraham attended in a financial matter involving withdrawals totaling £13 5 and £2 paid.
Two men Aubrey Neal and Richard Young, laborers, were arrested by a constable at Mount Molloy and remanded for eight days for deserting their posts at Volla Tasmania. Navy news reports Modi shipran Q Fucatandte of H M S Agincourt has been assigned to H M A S Melbourne. A Returned Rest Home recreation fund appeal is mentioned along with local notes and miscellaneous items.
The readable text implies a payment will be required soon with a deadline to settle the balance. It suggests an installment or final due date but lacks full details on the exact amount, payer, or recipient.
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