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Newspaper

Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

May 17, 1917

Page

2

Notaries and Commissioners for affidavits in Commonwealth courts

Fragmentary notice listing MacDOWNELL, MacDONNELL & HAMLYN and CAIRNS and TOWNSVILLE as Notaries Public. It references commissioners for affidavits for the High Court of Australia and Supreme Courts across the Commonwealth and New Zealand, with garbled place names KON, Macon, Blamtyn.

Macdownell, Macdonnell & Hamlyn Cairns Townsville High Court of Australia Supreme Courts Commonwealk Macon Blamtyn

Shipping Movements Of Vessels In Northern Ports

Bons, Philp and Co Led Kuranda arrives every Tuesday from Townsville and departs at 1 pm for Cooktown returning Thursday morning and heading to Port reports. Wyr sails south on Wednesday. Australian Steamships Linsieed Mourilyan arrives Tuesday with southern mail and leaves 7 am for Port Douglas and Cooktown, back Wednesday 6:75 pm and then to Lucinda Townsville. Lasso Gowrie arrives Sunday 3 pm from Townsville via ports, Leas Cairns and Townsville. Innisfail arrives Wednesday from Townsville and returns Thursday. no connection with southern steamers.

Bons, Philp and Co Kuranda Townsville Cooktown Wyr Steemslaps Mourilyan Southern Mail Port Douglas Lucinda Lasso Gowrie Leas Cairns Thesdara Arttyan Harour Cardwell Locilamp Dunk Island Innisfail

Shipping Notes on Vessel Movements and Overhaul Plans

The Adey teey advise the Camera will be heaving Qatras andth Jones npread of the Paringa. The Paringa vessels to undergo overhaul. The Camera will proceed to Brisbane direct them to Sydney and New castle.

Adey Teey Qatras

Moon Phases and Dates for May 1917

A compact listing of lunar phases for May 1917 with dates and times. Includes Full Moon, New Moon, First and Last Quarters, and a reference to a partial entry on May 21. Details are imperfect but provide a historic month view of the moon cycle.

Brisbane market report highlights crossbreds at dearer prices

Commercial summary from Mayell Fenwick & Co Brisbane notes cattle trading with finned and closed stock at higher rates. Sales include John Dunne Miratta crossbreds to 45/6 and other entries such as Kent and McMweg Bre crossbreds, with light beef demand and rising yard activity, reflecting a stronger market tone.

Brisbane Mayell _Fenwick & Co John Dunne Miratta Kessler Bouse Kent Ad McMweg Bre Pittsworth Tracsoreds Han J. Armand Goa Bern Lao Oows Tie

MacTrggart's Stock Report

May 16 report from HHISBANE notes fluctuating market with three thousand sheep penned and mixed demand. Cattle yard activity remains below peak but steady, with weights around 41/ pounds and two cows sold for local accounts. Limited reading ends with seventeen steers listed and incomplete figures.

Import of Dried Fruits Receives Limited License Relaxation

The Chief Customs Officer reports imperial guidance allowing certain dried fruits from the Hersh Vortienians to be imported under a general license. Carried, canned, or preserved forms may enter with Board of Trade approval, with London limits up to fifty percent of total imports.

United Kingdom Coreprenier General of Customs Board of Trade London

Sugar beet season boosts output and cooperative moves in West

A large sugar beet season ends with 1,150,000 tons produced, 730,000 more than any prior period, praised for high beet sugar content. Southern California beet farmers form a cooperative association to pool efforts, while Nevada Utah Stear Company cites beet contracts at 7 dollars per ton. Sugar beet seed growth expands nationwide with several states contributing seed and expansion plans for 1916.

Fornia. Amer California Nevada- Utah Stear Company United States Michigan Bureau of Mant Industry of Agnculture

Face Cream Advertisement Fragment

An ad copy touts a facial cream as soothing for the skin and keeping it white. The fragment notes a beach setting and directs readers to get it at Greenta.

Graham and Fathesen Buying Agents for Corporation Limited

Graham and Fathesen operate as buying agents for the Corporation Limited handling gold silver lead zinc wolfram bismuth antimony and complex ores. Copper ores are bought for shipment to Electrolytic Company Port Kembla. Gold and silver contents paid in full. Quotations and information from representative M E A Oxley Cairns Wharf Street.

Corporation Limited Cockle M.S.W Serres Ait Ae Wolram Wolfram-Bismell Port Kembla Reid Gestal A. G. Oxley Wharf Street Cairns P.O Herberton Thomas Newto

Mining Quotations Reported by Cairns Sharebroker A H Clarke

Cairns sharebroker A H Clarke lists the week’s mining quotations with notes on Corellia and various mines including St Mungo Tyrconnell and Mareeba Gold Mines. Prices show several bids and dividends, with Consols and other securities mentioned amid varied bid figures. The fragmentary data covers rates, bids, and some mine names such as Tyrconnell and Mareeba.

Corellia Mt. Cuthbert St. Mungo St. Andrew Ted Yaaa Gad Loewe Me Gilmore Hill Ead Amal I Consols Alamadan Mareeba Gold Mines N.L. Paids

Bonnie Brilliant Seas and Shares Quietly Mixed in Sydney Trading

May 16 update from Messrs A M'Callum & Co Bow Street reports mixed activity for Bonnie Brilliant and related securities. Prices show small advances and declines with narrow spreads while the market awaits clearer guidance.

CH. Towers Messrs. A. M'Callum & Co. Sharebrokera Bow Street Bonnie Dundees Brillant Bonnie Brilliant

Paling's Toner Residents Seek Local Mail for Service

Fragmentary notice urges residents to contact Mr J D apiesera at a hotel in Fase for registration and tuning assistance. The district reports four weeks of activity with the New Mincie Moxham G M N L cleaning 150 tons of top level stone for a return of gold valued at £3 18s 6d per ounce and two tons of concentrates.

Paling Toner Mincie Moxham G.M. N.L

Tyrconnell Gold Mine Progress and Initial Output

The Tyrconnell mine continues to open up as a new boiler is installed though completion is delayed by transport issues. Fortnightly activity shows 200 tons hauled and crushed yielding 17 percent refined gold, with sinking of the main shaft and other sections slated to progress once boiler work finishes.

Queensland Coke to Supply Northern Mines

Woolloongabba shipped a consignment of coke to the Cloncurry district as Queensland aims to boost local mining coke supply. Railway Commissioner Evans noted North Queensland currently imports about 20,000 tons annually, highlighting a push to expand state production.

Brisbane Queensland Woolloongabba Cloncurry Evans North Queensland Clee

Soldiers sway Angus and Kalgoorlie vote amid mob scrutiny

A wartime report notes soldiers favor National candidates with Glynn leading in Angus and Mahon losing in Kalgoorlie. It argues soldiers observe party loyalties beyond speeches, denounces Tudorites for alleged disloyalty, and cites hostile crowd reactions at meetings as revealing truth about war support.

Glynn Iim Angus Mr. Mahon Kalgoorlie Australia Jedaing

Debtors Court and War R all round notes in Town

The fragmentary report mentions a debt case against Robert Sturt and Co for 44 6 5 loss due to unauthorised ore shipping to Sydney. It also covers wartime funding efforts, war savings drives, local meetings in Aloomba and Mareeba, veterinary ad slots, new medical officer Dr McCutcheon in Herberton, and community notices on grains, mice infestations, and public works.

Chillagee Shire Council Seeks Clerk and Auction Notices

Applications invited for the position of Clerk to the Chillagee Shire. A sale of motor-launch Pirate at Rooney's Wharf by J G Hoare next Saturday noon with inspection time available. Auction of furniture of Mr N Nagel at 11 am by Messrs A J Wor Led. Enlistment notice for half castes in the A L F discussed. Seed distribution exhibit by N A BR Pollock at Tolga praised by back country residents. awaiting Cairns A P and M Society response.

Chillagee Shire Council Meoerow Gale Rooney's Wharf J. G. Hoare Flattic W.Q. Diswich N. A. BR. Pollock Tolga Asm Cairns A.P. and M. Society

Council votes to place only servicemen on honour board

Cairns council meeting discusses railway honour board names with Rev Garrett and Mr Gelling backing a policy to include only men who volunteered for active service abroad. The issue follows community debate among about a dozen attendees including Mesdames Craig McManus Matthews and Allen. The Wild River Times notes a Herberton bowling club movement and War Savings effort by the Win the War League to fund certificates and stamps.

Jeneur Beards Cairnster Council Booker Messdames Craig McManus Matthews Allen Underwood Rev Garrett Gelling Herberton Wild River Times

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