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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 23, 1920
Page
4
List of passengers arriving March 20 and March 21 including numerous families and individuals with multiple children. Names include Cahill Wilesmith Bates Ware Clemensen O Byrne Kidd Payne McSweeney Robinson O Hara and many others with stops at Browfield and Cape We.
In loving memory of our dear husband and father William Ferdinand Kadow who passed away at his residence Saltwater on March 2 1919 You never forgot us in life dear father We shall never forget you in death by his wife and family
At Nurse Herries Private Hospital on the 18th inst the wife of Mr E Clarke of the Vulcan Foundry gave birth to a son. The report lists numerous surnames connected to the event and attendees, naming Clarke family ties and local figures.
Commonwealth Government steamer Hexham to be dispatched for southern ports on Wednesday. Kadwa leaves tomorrow for Livibane direct. Canura departs Saturday for Syd To era and Urilla due next Wednesday from southern ports. SS St Albans arriving from south expected the same night for Japan via Osuar ports. Burns Philp agents.
Acting Minister of Mines McCormack announced receipt of an official notice restricting the export of silver lead bullion for the past six months. The State Government will now manage shipments of silver lead bullion from Cairns and Melbourne.
The metal market in Sydney reports March 19 quotations with copper standard at 12/6 for 3 months and nearby spot. Copper best selected shows 9 months with spot at 9s/to. Tin standard is 4 months at 8s 1d. Fine cash 0/47-16 for 3 months.
Season opens April first allowing three sant permits for opossums. Readings and local regulations outlined by the wildlife office.
A brief weather report states overcast conditions Sunday night with no rain recorded by the Mul grave Mill gauge for 2 hours after 9 am Monday. The morning is cool with a 72 degree thermometer reading and rising sultriness later. gusts are noted along pathways amid warm country rain.
The author argues for creating a Far Northern railway district with Cairns as head, citing efficiency gains. Delays in Cairns requests pass through Townsville to Brisbane, wasting public money. Decentralisation is praised for cost savings, faster replies, and improved service to Normanton, Croydon, Forsayth, and Innisfail. The piece credits Mr Hooper and urges Cairns Chamber of Commerce to push the change.
A Cairns council meeting of the Starr Bowkett Society is scheduled for Friday at the Association room School of Arts Cairns. Directors Messer Locke and D Quigby will attend while the Clerks Classification Board may travel to Townsville for northern cases. Arthur Ede funeral held as pallbearers and Diggers attend. a volley was fired at the grave in a sombre ceremony. Your luck may seem thick but Dewar’s is trusted for back support.
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