Shipping Passage from Townsville aboard Lass O Gowrie
March 42 voyage of Lass O Gowrie with Captain J Stewart sails from Townsville carrying passengers Mrs Eyre Messrs T Metray Houston Billstem A Metin Hains S Chyen and 7 steerage aboard Stramsinips Ltd managers listed among the Austlis shipping records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lass O' Gowrie
J Stewart
Townsville
Ro Eyre
T. Metray
Houston
Billstem
A & Metin
If Hains
S Chyen
Austlis
Stramsinips, Ltd
Movements of Vessels and Schedules Across Townsville Port
Shipping notices show Burns, Philp & Co delivering Kuranda to Townsville weekly with late departures and returns to Port Douglas and Cooktown. AU S.N. steamers run Cairns to Townsville and beyond, with port calls to Towrens Mackay Neishane and Melbourne. Australian Steamships and partners outline itineraries between Townsville Mackay Port Alma Sydney Brisbane Melbourne and back with multiple return legs and port calls. Mooraiyan and Lass O Gowrie provide regular rural routes, while Tamnistail announces Unoisfail wharf departures and Hong Kong linked Taiyuan schedules March arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arawatta
Australian Steamships, Limited
Townsville
Mackay
Port Alma
Brisbane
Sydney
Melbourne
Mooraiyan
Port Douglas
Cooktown
Lass O'Gowrie
Tamnistail
Unoisfail Wharf
Britannic Reaches Mersey as Hospital Ship Title
The Britannic, the largest British ship afloat, arrives at the Mersey from Belfast. It is a 8,000 ton White Star liner taken over by the Admiralty as a hospital ship. The report notes it matches the prestige of Aquitania and Mauretania in the ongoing hospital ship effort.
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Mersey
Belfast
White Star Line
Admiralty
Southern
Aquitania
Mauretania
Lympe
Meat shipments in London during the death period
London reports Arventime meat shipments including 41000 quarters of mutton 45000 pounds of lamb 218000 carcase equivalents and ??? beef and chuckled beef quantities.
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London
Butter Market Prices and February Trade Totals
The Butter Market report shows Danish butter sold at 167 to 182s, Australian choicest 155 to 160s, salted Argentine 150 to 1323s, and unsalted 112 to 166s, with strong demand. British February imports rose by £2,147,771, exports by £16,158,845, and re-exports by £1,720,086.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Zealand
Sydney Wool Sales Report From Dalgety and Co
Messrs Dalgety and Co Limited Townoville report from Sydney that sales featured good bales of wool and many medium and faulty lots including burry and heavily conditioned wool. The market remained firm for all types except crossbreds where competition was keen and crossbreds were weaker at price levels equal to current rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Limited
Townoville
Sydney
Moon Phases for March 1916 and Dates
The record lists lunar phases for March 1916 with times for New Moon First Quarter Full Moon and Last Quarter plus notable terms. It mentions Teriee and Apogee on specific dates and includes a March 14 1916 entry with morning times.
Mining Quotations From A H Clarke Shares
Quotations list for mining shares from A H Clarke including Corellia Hampden St Mungo St Andrew Vulcan Gilmore Lode Hill Amal Iguana Kalamadan Mareeba Oaks New Minnie Moxham Oaks Reserve Thompson's Oaks and Bowen River Bowen Coal various bid figures and prices across multiple companies and metals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corellia
Hampden
Mr. Cuthbert
St Mungo
St. Andrew
Bor
Vulcan
Gilmore
Lode Hill
Hill End Amal
New
Minnie Moxham
Oaks N.L. Pu
Oaks Reserve
Thompson's
Tower Shares Market Note From March Prices
A compact listing of share bids and payments including Bonnie Dundee Bonnig North Brilliant Hrilliamt Deep Clarke Mexicam Milla Hew Brillant Probe Queen Cromb Papuan St. George Victory St. Andrew Su Mungo Valean Bowen Coal with prices and paid amounts noted for each item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CH. Towers
March
Bonnie Dundee
Bonnig North
Brilliant
Clarke
Mexicam
Milla
Brillant
Queen Cromb
Papuan
St. George
Victory
St. Andrew
Mungo
Vfalean
Bowen Coal
Bowen Valley Railway Delay Questioned by Bowes Coal
Directors of Bowes Call Company met Minister of Mines Mr Hamilton to learn when the Bowen Valley railway would begin. They cited lease work and mine development needs while the minister said no start date was set due to funding constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowes Call Company
Minister Mines
Mr. Hamilton
Bowen Valley
Hamilton
Price of Antimony Crude Spot and Ore Rates
Market notes show antimony crude spot price at 115 pounds per ton for March and 107 pounds for April and May. Ore price listed at 9 shillings 9 pence per emitted unit.
Victoria Battery Yields Reported From Local Mines
The Victoria Extended completed 334 tons for a yield of GT om. Mr Geo Dick, Victoria battery messenger, left for the south last Friday. Huneen and Jensen cleaned at the Kidston mill producing 9 tons of ore for a return of 75 om.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolfram
Victoria
Geo. Dick
Victoria Battery
Huneen
Jensen
Kidston Mill
Vulcan Mines Report On Stope Developments And Ore Value
The manager notes a reduced stope area yet anticipates substantial ore from Vulcan Mine. High grade ore continues from the 720-foot rise with underhand stoping forming an 64 foot rise expansion. Production shows a fair quantity of payable ore and expects concentrates reaching notable tonnage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norking
Mareeba Gold Mines Manager Reports Interim Tramline Work
The manager states directors instructed a temporary tramline into surface deposits at the bottom of the southern face of the tell. A block was extracted at a measured rate, with ore treated and valued. large quantities remain available. Level No 4 is 54 feet below No 1, driven 29 feet from the underside, with weekly costs noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trthinet
Tell
Ore Treated Totals and Political Debate Split
A long list shows ore treated figures for multiple mills with tonnages and values, followed by aPolitical commentary urging public support for conscription and criticizing Parliament’s handling. The piece cites ANA backing conscription and notes Sir William Irvine’s stance and other federal figures.
A N A Directors Support Conscription Appeal at Warragul
The A N A directors meet at Warragul and urge approval of conscription. Many members favor conscription as a broad public opinion issue, noting the ANA is nonpartisan and includes diverse members from various walks of life rather than any single party, church, or profession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.N.A
Askat Warragul
Alirough
ANA Is Noe Party
Counntry
Welcome Rain Advise Sees Four Inches Rainfall
A weather advisory notes nearly four inches of rain fell at Chillages during the week, signaling varying impacts from the welcome rainfall. The report highlights localized flooding potential and soil saturation across affected areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Besk
District Hospital Meeting Notice
A meeting of the Caires District Hospital will be held at the Secretary's Office on Thursday 26th inst at 8 p.m. The notice also mentions a Roman Catholic bathing family event at Rebeem am St Patrick's Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caires District
Rebeem Am
Gt. Patrick's Day
Cedes
Dems i
Tropolax touted as effective tropical fever remedy
An 19th century advertisement claims Tropolax cures dengue malaria coastal and allied tropical fevers. It urges readers to keep it handy and to recommend it to friends, pricing six pence to six shillings per bottle and noting availability from Col. i Cairns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. i Cairns
Cairns Pictures Editon Special Receives Favored Verdict
The public praises the Bar buda edition for its vim and adventure. Professor Dis low, a renowned New York physician, gets two segments from a South American colleague seeking further discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Barbuda
Dislow
New York
South America
Lease Proposed For Mr Turner Residence At Redlynch
A notice states a three year lease proposal for Mr T Turner’s residence in Redlynch at 2 20 pm tomorrow. The document mentions J G Boers and a boarding house associated with Ming Exchange Hotel and P J Joyes’s tavern in Camas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ose
T. ‘Turner
Redlynch
J. G. Boers
Cairns lads send warm greetings from Egypt camps
From Jack Prewett and fellow soldiers comes a message of thanks to Cairns people. They report cold dry weather, healthy condition, and relief at receiving wallaby coats, Milktems, Christmas parcels, and lots of rain. Signatories include Phil Potts Tom Birch and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Victor) Prewett
Wallaby
Pigagy
Lotta
Phil. Potts
Tom Birch
Cairns
Gordonvale Police Court Week Ending March 11 1916 Offenders List
The Gordonvale Police Court records for the week ending 11 March 1916 note defendants appearing for drunkenness and other offences. Frederick C Atglee was convicted but not punished for drunkenness. details of other cases are incomplete in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gortonvale Co
Gordonvale
Frederick C. Atglee
Bam Marlow
Industrial boards urge carpenters to reveal employee addresses
An advertisement in this issue states that all Cairns division employers of carpenters must immediately submit on prescribed forms the full names and private addresses of all their employees. The note ends with a historical aside about Sir John Moore and a suffering soldier from winter military times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairns
John Moore
Coramma
Referendum Favors Sunday Evening JaauIlid Show
Hobart reports a referendum on Sunday evening entertainment shows. A majority voted affirmatively on holding jaaulid costiane programs on Sundays, confirming the proposed schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobart
Jaaulid Costiane
Fragmented weather note cites remedies and sellers
A garbled report mentions unreliable weather, safety against a pest, and a recommended original remedy from Robert Croic, a chemist, with a call to obtain a product per bottle. The text references Craig and an uneasy sleep, suggesting a medicinal or protective pill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig
Robert Croic
Edgar Barsby in Baygian hospital inmate report
Private Edgar Barsby, known in Cairns, was an inmate at a Baygian hospital according to the report. He was employed in the jolbing department of the Lost before fleeing when the Kaiser attacked, seeking to join efforts to rid the world of militems Germans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PTS
Baygian
Edgar Barsby
Palace Theatre Presents The Mystery of the White Car Show
Palace Theatre markets a popular northern program headlined by The Mystery of the White Car a two reel feature about a lady and a white motor car with a mysterious motor chase. Also shown are Beauty Unadorned a Vitagraph comedy The Firoken'ross and The Terrible Two on the Warpath. Universal drama The End of the Feud and Crystal comedy Charlie and the Dog with standard prices.
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North
Selig Grama
Firoken
Ross
Charie and the Dog
Shark 7
Recruiting Officer List of District Recruits Despatched
A district recruiting report shows 294 total recruits dispatched since January 1 from towns including Babinda 19, Mareeba 13, Georgetown 17, Cairns rez, Gordonvale 9, Kuranda 7, Ravenshoe 1,Tolga 3, Atherton 6, and Die from local recruiting departments. The compilation stems from each recruit’s own postalist entry.
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Liest Draper
Ehicimmg
Aloomba
Atherton
Babinda
Biboohra
Cairns Rez
Croydon
Coolgarn
Cooktown
Chillagoe
Dirran
Edmonton
Evelyn
Eimaslewgh
Fig Tree Creek
Gordonvale
Georgetown & Herberton
Irvinebank
Ingham
Kuranda
Koorboora
Kidetom
Kulara
Kareen
Kaban
Kabinga
Kairi
Lancelot
Mossman
Wondecks
One More Appreciation from a Wounded Soldier
A Mareeba widow Mrs. Andrew Murray receives a heartfelt note from a wounded soldier abroad. He praises Australian troops and thanks her for a parcel, recounting service from India to the front and frostbite near Maltanon, now recovering and able to walk short distances.
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Andrew Murray
Mareeba
Mata
Kenow
Ory Battalion
Ind
Thinatemggle
Maltanon
Australia
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H. K. N. MacDonnell
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Sheridan and
Aplin Street
Diane
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Assam
Cairns Stock Exchange
A. H. Clarke
Abbott Sect
Bowen Coal Company
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Mareeba Gold Mines
Ge Meath
Rondon
C. Millar and Pty
Tome
Wales
Owen. Whittick
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Caiene
QO. M. Bank
Robert Craig
KOCH
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Patrossus
Wildman and Lawrence
Harry Hall
Igo
O'Shea and
O'Connor
Joy and
Moran
Robinson Bros
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Great Neethern
Black King
S. Dean
North Star
Sailor Boy
C. Taylor
Bischoff Mill
Federation
Arbouin
Chamberlain
Star Mill
Wild Cat
Jare
William Irvine
Pearce
Defence
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Cook
John Forrest
Glynn
O'Malley
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the Post
Tursbay
Eaeda
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Jack Prewett
Austral Pictures
Edgar Barspy
Talace Theatre
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