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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 19, 1912
Page
2
VAN WAERWYCK will sail from CAIRNS on or about the 73rd April, 1912, for Port Moresby and Java via usual ports. For rates of freight and fores t to THE ADELAIDE STEAMSHIP Co. Ltd. Agents, Lake Street, Cairns.
Sat 24 Sab. at Mr Peterss place Draper directs a public auction. Sale includes twelve horse box wagon and ninety head mixed cattle mainly females. Cattle are young and of a first class dairy strain. sale promises genuine value for buyers.
A sale listing two allotments facing Esplanade in Section JL Lane site near Abbott and Award Streets is scheduled for Monday at noon at the Mart. The property known as Allotments 11 and 19, facing Esplanade, include full view and a reserve. Proceeds from theVitdic Auction will be directed by Mrs. C. P. Anderson in the transaction involving J Draper.
Eteerags Baisy and Mumiic Minar report poor results with limited gold found. Lanter and party work 30 tons from the Rub last mine for a yield of three. One two story house contains 10 rooms. Mining matters are very quiet at Kidston city at the present period. The Progress.
Little Felt argues that Europe holds a large stock of band hand resources. He notes ample supply across key regions and calls for leveraging this potential in upcoming trade and industry plans.
The article discusses the origins and aims of trade unions, noting their non party diverse support and belief in broad platform fairness. It references protection of labor, fair employment conditions, and unity across political and religious lines.
The readable text references the Cairns Harbour Board and a person or entity abbreviated as R. AAT with the term Recretart, but details are fragmentary and unclear. The note appears administrative or ceremonial in nature with no clear event or outcome.
A narrator warns that committees within unions threaten democratic government and may seize official positions. The passage cites Queensland Trades Hall and Cairns, arguing that relief works and unemployment are misused by syndicalists to push political ends. The remedy urged is to curb syndicalism and uphold collective bargaining as the essence of trade unionism.
A clipped notes column offers assorted items of local interest. Brief mentions of people, places, and small events reflect everyday concerns and whispers from the streets. The fragmentary text hints at social happenings and community updates.
Tender notices advertise a film titled Under the Western Kin featuring three girls on a Klondyipta style quest. The tale centers on map sealing by aides and two miners staking a claim amid a gold cake scene and questing mystery.
A special train departed with 125 adults and 12 children aboard for a journey of twenty stations along the line. The report notes the excursion’s progress and the number of passengers aboard.
The report describes a Hibernian dance with costumes and music that matched a clean venue. Revelers enjoyed the program until early morning as the last dances concluded after 6 AM with mood and merriment waning.
The minister returned for lunch then met Mr A J Draper and Dr J G Reed in a casual discussion on Cochrane's farm. He told a Post reporter he was grateful for the courtesies shown by the Mayer and Aldermen of Cairn during his stay in town.
At the Nelaai recourse event the rider Frank Shove died after his head struck a post during the race. The rider’s body fell and was later transported to town for funeral arrangements. he was a single man about 69 to 70 years old, well liked, with a brother who recently died in an accident.
Basic Tragedy reports state Tom Kingston was found dead in the Aramec district on March 13 with a bullet in the head. Police traced tracks forty miles to Tormins Creek, arresting a 40 year old Javanese man named Coss on murder charges as investigators probe the case.
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