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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 12, 1915
Page
1
Fragmentary text lists Gordonvale Aloomba Babinda Kuranda Kuranda Hills Chillagoe and other place names. Part appears to mention Molloy and Uirwimetyaimie with unclear context. No clear event or person details emerge from the readable lines.
Rornns and Co Ltd vessels depart Towneville for Por Doughrani and return on Thursdays. Four steamers leave Coirae Saturday and reach Towneville Sunday, with subsequent calls to Sydney and Melbourne on the next trips. Adelaide Company vessels follow a southern route, arriving Sydney and Melbourne, then depart for emer trips with runs to Melbourne and Sydney on specified days.
Australian Steamlines timetable shows sailings from Tornfle to Mackay and Port Alma. ships depart Friday night and Monday morning, with Townsville calls every Monday at 10 50 p m and Townsville to Belebeee and Towneville connections. Hong Kong service also listed with April operations.
The London Directory Limited promotes a commercial guide for Lowton and suburbs, listing exporters and markets, ships and routes, and merchants seeking agencies. It invites advertisers to place trade cards and outlines pricing on request.
A dense list of mines and companies with their paid or issued balances appears, including Mount Morgan, Mareeba Gold Mines, Palmer Gold Mines, Bowen Coal Co, Esk tasks, and various stock figures. Notable entries include Mount Elliott, Mammoth, Shy Prince Alfred, Kalambadan, and Tyrrconnell with shares and prices, plus Palmer Gold Mines Ltd and New Minnie Wortham. The column resembles a mining stocks ledger with prices in pounds and shillings.
Charters Towers shares listed with miscellaneous prices and bids including Bonnie Trades Bril lant B Deeps Ley ay ur bine Br fas pads Milla Dres Mold Moxham and others, figures noted beside names. Market activity appears limited with scattered quotations and abbreviations common to period financial notices.
Jas Donaldson manager of the Gilmore Tin Mining Syndicate reports no tin carried by the Dolly Gray level drive east as ore thinning. Preparations begun for a new step northwest with an underhand stopes in the west shaft to access kaolin ore of ten percent value. Crushing yielded a small concentrate return from recent stone.
Pastor Russell of the London Tabernacle emphasizes giving thanks to God amid world troubles. He cites 1 Thessalonians and says Americans should thank the Almighty, inviting all covenant people to pray at God’s throne for the blessings provided to His children.
A sermon extols giving thanks in all circumstances, linking Bible teachings to World War I. It argues advanced Christians see God guiding events for good, viewing the war as a test teaching righteousness, with prophecy about Messiah and God's kingdom. The piece praises perseverance, patience, and faith, urging surrender to God and unity under divine will.
A vintage Cairns hotel advertisement touts a central site within two minutes of the railway station and wharves. The quirky copy mentions dining and a vivid, if garbled, claim about Sid and location.
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