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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 13, 1910
Page
2
S. Melick offers weekly discounts on many items. Large sale features include caps, coats, and socks at low prices. Sample selection lists fashion accessories and basic garments with reduced rates. Inventory includes items from several brands and sizes, with most goods priced to clear.
The owner convenes a meeting of all Fi Settlers Landowners and Conecrowers to discuss organizing the Habinda Central Mail project. It will be held at Mabin da Hotel at 11 pm on Thursday the 5th inst. A committee will be appointed to start preliminary work and data collection for land security ahead of a first crushing in June 1913. A social train will depart Cairns for Robinia to convey attendees. William J. Munro, Chairman Cairns Shire Council.
Market column item lists various odds and payments for a slate of items or securities. Names such as CH. TOWERS and Bonny voin dees appear with fractional prices and payouts across multiple entries. Mills donated sums and Free holds noted. overall a fragmented betting-like market report.
Fragmented OCR text references anniversaries and payments, with unclear figures and place names. Mentions Mt Morley and Mt Egijott with percentages and dates, plus a note about a coronation or celebration by a local authority. Text is garbled and partial, offering few verifiable details.
The article traces George's ascent to the throne amid unease about his abilities while praising his upbringing and practical readiness. It contrasts his youth with King Edward VII’s experience, noting George's early roles, education, and gradual assumption of state duties. It details royal titles, family ties, and key milestones from Victoria's death through early 1900s events shaping his reign.
The article argues King George is well prepared for leadership, possessing wider world experience and diplomatic skill. It compares him favorably to his father and emphasizes the valued guidance of elders as he begins his reign.
Saturday May 14 at the Pour-Mile Hotel a local social will feature refreshments music and admittance for gentlemen a small fee while ladies enter free Mr F F Weichman auctioneer Mossman will sell two choice properties at his premises on Wednesday May 35 at 3 pm sharp planning details are unclear due to OCR errors
Mr J G Hoare states he has for safe White Stock Homestead a 26 acre estate with secure fencing and a house. The property is fully enclosed and ready for occupancy or investment.
Mr John Mann and Mrs Mann arrived from the South yesterday to a welcoming crowd on the wharf. They appeared in good health and were congratulated as Mr Mann joined the ranks of the bemelicta. The couple received well wishes for long life health happiness and prosperity.
The Mount Volk Copper Syndicate under Mr. A. Francis reports processing delays and shaft drainage issues. The announcement notes plans to cut jobs if needed and mentions Olympia hosted events by Mayor on Saturday night May 4. The press promises comfortable arrangements for patrons.
Cairns Shire Council chair W J Munro announces a meeting of farmers settlers cane growers and landowners interested in the Babinda Central Sugar Mill. Full details appear in advertising columns. A train leaves Cairns for Babinda at 9 am on the 9th.
A quirky advertisement requests twenty cats delivered in one lot or two, misdirecting readers to the post office. The call urges those with spare felines to apply fast, noting the sender named Cat is likely a ruse.
Boland's week end reductions draw shoppers with affordable buys at the Popular store. Ladies bodices to 35 inches 2/11 or 2/3, crepe kimonos 4/11 for 8/11, ladies cambric skirts 3/6, gents porpoise hide shoes 12/6, ladies tanned shoes 4/6 today, seed shows noted, gents' undergarments 10/6 for 2/7, and others at cut prices for alike items.
Telegrams announce a proclamation authorising Friday May 20 as a day of mourning for the death of the King. The Executive Council approved the measure and invited all religious ministers to hold special services in memory. A public holiday proclamation followed.
An engineer describing the Port Alma Line calls it not difficult but almost ridiculously easy to build. He predicts trains will run cheaply with good speed and passenger cars, and expects work to begin soon with opening not before late February.
Mir Watson reports on a dissent regarding the presentation of a branch formation of the Political Labour League at Forts. The protest questions the method used by the propagandists and doubts the readiness of the public for socialistic ideas, arguing that socialism would collapse if rushed.
A report from Sydney describes how Vancouver mail service planners discussed cold storage during a meeting with Sematora Turley Whetaway and M Fielarson. Mr Thomas said a proposed refrigerating space would be allocated to protect owners from waste, with Brisbane to guarantee a portion of spare space if needed when tenders are called.
Lonthin notes a venomous attack in Boat Subsidies on Mr Roosevelt. The piece questions the source of Roosevelt's fame and mocks his war record with terms used by Prussians calling it the potato war. The column includes disparaging remarks and dubious financial figures.
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