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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 27, 1911
Page
2
A fragment reports Cairns Penney Bark at the Cannes event with withdrawals noted and references to D. O'Leary and D. Miller. The scrambled text implies a brief sports or meeting summary with names and a date in December.
Mr. B H Olvie, collector of customs, reported at the railway yard after a mishap at the station. News notes he fell during duties, injuring himself near the yard and causing concern for railway operations.
Four Hemdoos appeared at the Atherton Police Court before J.P. E. F. Orender on Friday charged with offences. Creedy gave evidence for remand to Marcha. Bail set at £20 with one surety of £20. remanded till tomorrow. Police say suspects were arrested at Malanda after leads from various spurts. Great credit given for the difficult undercover work in the Malanda district.
A report supports building a Babieda sugar mill of 10 000 tons capacity to boost traffic on the Cairna Mulgrave Tramway and align with Commission recommendations. The project would require land, railway support, and simultaneous southward extension by the government following prior international visits.
Acorn 1/7 Blucher's Victory 44d Beanie Dundee 1/6 Briliant Central 5 Brilliant Blue Peter Pleiffer's 1/1, 1/4 Victory 10d MecGrecor 1/9 St Mcego 10', 12/ from telegraph column listing racehorse odds and prices for various horses and stakes.
A brief tally lists 1008 toms at £3508, East jean 240 toms for £1985, and Dundee 118 tomas valued at £401, with Bonnie noted.
Saturday call lists stock prices and bids for a range of items or assets with names like Chilingos McGregor St. Mungo Vulcan and others, noting varying fractions and figures such as 6 1/3, 7/3, 2/4 and 17/8 to 20. The entries suggest a historical market pricing snapshot with multiple named items and traders.
London market notes show copper and lead prices with variations across grades. Quotations list forward and current figures, with ranges for copper and lead from 54 to 184 pounds in various forms.
Fragmentary OCR reads unclear on the Buser Mill Commission meeting. It hints at historical recognition of a mill project and mentions construction and a unitary group, but details are obscured.
The Acting Chief Secretary wires that Premier DD Isham will arrive Harberton at 10 15 am on Thursday the 50th, to be greeted by Cornwall parish citizens. A deputation will be presented at 5 pm in the Shire Hall before a public meeting and a wine party at Smyth’s Post Office Hotel. Deputations cover Cedar Creek railway, Evelyn scrub tramline, roads to Great Fore, and Tully Falls Inglis.
News from Green Island reports the ketch Pearl Queen departed with supplies for Green Island and sustained serious damage. The loss endangered the Iris, though officials confirm the Iris were safe at the Low Island lighthouse.
The year ended with a surplus of £71 745 1 7 after provisions, about £50 000 more than last year. Net premium income totaled £05 040, showing significant improvement in underwriting results.
In the annual stocktake Bal Ends will be closed all day on Wednesday and Monday. Jing Sania will open at 8.30 a.m. and operations will be remanded as the process proceeds.
A special Cairns Harbour Board meeting is convened to discuss wharf design changes for the ferro concrete, the collapse of Bond No 4 and related duties, overtime for Customs watching bonded goods after the cyclone, overtime for the executive effectiveness of the floating plant, and printing of the Chairman's report and balance sheet for the year 1811.
At a meeting of the Orphanage Committee an inspector announced a gentleman paid 150 pounds in arrears for the maintenance of his children. He faced no legal pressure and had previously worked in the tin fields before pursuing a profitable proposition. The voluntary payment is described as remarkable and conscientious.
A large public gathering aided the Port Douglas cyclone relief fund. Aldermen Hoare and Hartill-Law oversaw the collection which totaled £7 12s 0d, with half-crown coins contributing a significant portion.
Robert Holmes was found on a log in Sheridas Street with a forehead wound near the left temple after claiming he shot himself the previous night. He was taken to hospital after Acting-Sergeant Guthrie and Mr T. F. P. Smith reported the case. A revolver and 49 cartridges were found nearby, and Holmes said he went there for target practice and tripped, the bullet entering his forehead.
A proposal calls for a national medical service modeled after the Army and Navy to overhaul infectious disease control. The plan argues 300,000 lives could be saved annually by unified state management and preventive knowledge, noting tuberculosis affects about 150,000 with 75,000 relying on the Poor Law system.
A special Cairns Town Council meeting mapped deputations to greet the Premier on arrival tomorrow at 11 am with a reception at Shire Hall. Aldermen plan two toasts and a single speaker per topic on traffic police municipalising the Gan Works sea-wall Cairns Harbour master and beer board issues. Dr W J Munro urged access to the Shire Hall entrance from Abbott Street. committee members include the Chamber of Commerce and Technical College, with support from the Premier’s entourage.
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