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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 05, 1922
Page
4
A dated auction notice describes a furniture sale including a merble-top deck Weahstand two drawer desk two six-piece English tables and other items. It notes removal to convenient buyers and mentions SAYWELL ALLEN AND SONS as agents in Calris with a May Thursday sale at 2:50 PM.
Vague memory notes reference a May 1981 event with names and family, mentioning turning and a Roar memory. The text is unclear and fragmentary, making a precise summary difficult.
Notice announces rates struck for the year 1922 by the local authority. General rate set at 1 pound 4 shillings per pound, dated March 3 1922, from Bridg Z. Byrn, Shire Clerk.
The fragmentary London Metal Market report shows scattered figures for May in London quotations. It mentions ware, three month terms, seats, Bice and Woylie references, and a mix of inconsistent numbers, with silver forward and an unclear American sale noted.
Market notes show livestock readings with lambs and cattle values, including 1100 lean head and 2000 yarde figures. Selections indicate steady conditions for calves and sheep with limited feed and yard movements noted amid weather fluctuation, reflecting typical midmonth price activity.
A sale notice for Averion selling office furniture stock and clothing on Wednesday the 10th at 2:30 pm. The schedule shows transport links and routes including Atherton and Mareeba with departures and arrivals, by order.
Arrivals noting Lasa O Gowrie from Ox town and Le hnain Kinckwiod from Wend kon Rey. W W. Sarum W Taylor and C Jorminson, PlConnetly listed. The steamship Diners Ix due at Cairne about the 14th, to operate in Brisbane and Sydney with possible extension to Melbourne. The vessel arrives from the south with onward calls at shore ports, including a Wednesday departure for combined service.
The British Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Robert Morne outlines the annual financial plan to the House of Commons. He asserts Britain’s finances are sound and government spending will be trimmed, aiming to curb extravagance postwar and restrain public service expansion. The report cites press scrutiny as a check on excess and references the Geddes Report pushing cost cuts.
The article argues that Britain’s fiscal approach shifts toward debt reduction and economic restraint to foster confidence. It notes lowered internal debt, pound stability, and budget measures intended to stimulate trade while criticizing policies seen as ruinous to state development.
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