The Sisters and Worsing Paper
The Cairne Post reports on the Sisters and Worsing Paper event with details of participants and local reaction. Readers learn about dates venues and community response as the story unfolds.
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 05, 1913
Page
1
The Cairne Post reports on the Sisters and Worsing Paper event with details of participants and local reaction. Readers learn about dates venues and community response as the story unfolds.
Fragmented OCR text lists several individuals and firms such as O Whitticx F Sorthage G Hughes and Merrin Tekke. It includes references to Holland Atomb Learey Tier 2 M11 and various names like Denney Wonedbherran Mes Witkinwom HOOM Koieht LF Arey T Merrin Tekke Nowell W Cane F EL Mevers. The context appears to record a meeting or ledger entries with food and business items, but the extract is garbled and partially unreadable.
Shipping movements list arrivals and departures from Townsville and ports including Cooktown Port Douglas Cairns Brisbane Sydney Melbourne and Melbourne return trips. Vessels include Kuranda AU steamers Wodonga Moana Montoro Albans Perthshire and Durham with schedules across May and next week detailing ports and sailing days with river routes and long-haul legs.
A garbled timetable notes Adelaide Company Limited trains routing through Cairns and Townsville with stops at Bowen Macaye and others. Mentions travel dates Wed Thursday Friday Sunday and late arrivals from Brisbane and Pere Romiey Allinga arriving yesterday.
Steamers leave Townsville Saturday for Mackay Sugumy morning and Port Alma Sunday eight morning. Townsville to Melbourne May 10 with Canberra.
Fearnley and Co. Ltd. Tavuam lime leaves Sydney for London on 14 May via Eat, Yeaten. Guthrie and Co. Lime expects arrival from Hongkong photoph June at Vairms.
E. Bosanko advertises bicycles made with BSA material at low guaranteed prices and offers repairs in all branches. The shop also lists phonographs typewriters and stoves with repair services for motor engines cracked cylinders or leaky pistons.
The market shows reasonable activity with light horses selling 25 to 8 pounds and heavy draughts in demand at up to 35 shillings per head. Heifers with milking lines fetch good prices while bullocks go for around 5 guineas. Residential property nearby rises in price, listed at 1000 pounds for a quarter-acre. Mining shares hold firm with Tommy Burns and Prince Alfreds in demand as holders await better markets.
Shipping notices list passengers aboard May 1 departures from Townsville and May 4 from Adelaide and Melbourne routes. Names include Mesdames Thomson Welch Blayney Delaney Young Phipps Burr and many others plus numerous accompanying children and steerage passengers aboard the Howard Smith Co. and Adelaide Co. vessels.
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