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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 17, 1921
Page
4
EF Smith of Kureca invites inquiries for more details on the matter. Contact information appears in the notice for interested parties to seek additional specifics and guidance.
Hunter & Co auctioneers offer for sale 25 acres with Barrron River frontage and 1 shed near Kairi Railway Station. Listings include 160 acres with forest and a good barn, 40 acres cleared, and several houses a cottage with kitchen and verandah near the railway. Farm equipment and teams, circular saws, steam pump and other assets also sale items.
Notice of a public meeting at Orberien's Hall on Monday 23 May at 7 30 pm to elect five trustees for the Mount Mulligan School of Arts reserve. Also sale ads for clothing and footwear at F M Malouf General Store Babinda with two week stock clearance. Sale items include ladies and gents footwear and calico and sheeting at discounted prices.
A fragmented note urges attention to a church fund drive referencing Abbott S and a date near FR 19th with emphasis on remembering contributions and ongoing solicitation.
List of passengers and companions aboard the Wodonga bound for Melbourne includes Mesdames Thornton Ash bury Graham Morris and many others with assorted titles and names. Crew and agents are noted among the entries with numerous surname references.
Brisbane May 16 heavy stock on Rome Street with few sales as buyers hold off. Agents quote 5/9 and 4/3 for large parcels and 3/1 to 3/9 for others. Held stock offered at 3/10 and 3/ per unit. Lucerne hay brings 6/3 and 5/9.
Melbourne reports the Mount Lyell Company intends to halt operations due to heavy losses. The Great Northern Battery plans to resume crushing next Monday. Local miners face a tough period as state schemes fail to aid the industry and prospects for Irvinebank parcels may rise. Ted Johnson and G Peterson relocate with families as workers seek new sites.
Auction at Strattmann's Sale Yards on June 3 and 4 offers about four draught horses medium to heavy. The Qoval Society St George holds AGM at Beattie’s Hall on June 21. Local notices include hospital obituaries, farewells, and community announcements from Mareeba and Cairns with disease and school reports.
The Labor Party faces internal strife over cabinet fit and supply, with ministers pressed for action. Rumors of compulsory loans and an unemployment bill swirl as redistribution and census figures influence potential elections and seats. controversies over immigration and funding for the Burnett railway add to the strain among party moderates and extremists.
The Adelaide steamer Tarcoola arrived at Cairns over the weekend bringing a small quantity of general cargo. The vessel will load logs and sawn timber at the port.
Cairns Town Council meets at 7 30 tonight while Mareeba Saddlery owner Hopkinson resumes business at Mareeba. Cairns Chamber of Commerce holds annual meeting Friday 20 at 4 pm for annual report and officer elections.
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