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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 19, 1911
Page
2
Fragmentary market notes show copper tin lead and electrolytic items with scattered prices and stock names. Entries reference Cairns Stock Exchange locations and multiple brokers, but most figures are incomplete or garbled.
In police court Secrer FG Grant and John Holmes were charged with lunacy and committed to Goodna for detention. Insolvency court addressed Exel Torisch’s case with a trustee report and completion. Loyal Trinity lodge held a biweekly meeting with 150 members and a £29/16/3 receipt total with £6/16/8 dispute.
The article discusses increasing education facilities from primary to university level, urging public sacrifice and reform. It notes committees considering building a Technical College and a High School, with debate on allocating reserve lands while maintaining primary education needs. It emphasizes national progress through science, intellectual training, and community involvement. The piece cites broader examples from Germany, Switzerland, and the United States to illustrate improved efficiency and prosperity through education.
The Corns Harbour Board records April trade showing imports and exports. Ports totaled 1535 tons with gains in cotton ware potatoes timber refined sugar and various minerals while declines occur in beetums blister copper tin ore fruit and other items. Railroad block disrupted export activity last month.
The auction of the estate of Iric Bienz, stock and effects, is cancelled by order of the Deputy Curator of In testate Estates. Reports from Cairns note railway lighting complaints and a strike affecting mining and milling, with 70 men idle this week. No official reason given by the A.W. for the strike, and correspondence from Koorboora mentions heightened tensions and calls for restraint.
George Lisha runs a sale of remnants at half price to attract early shoppers. A broad stock includes Tweed skirts, hats, embroidery linen collars, straw hats, leather goods, shoes and men’s Khaki wear. Located on Abbott Street, items claim good quality and value with limited quantities and varied discounts.
At the Police Court yesterday morning the Cairns Street group chanted abusive language near the Court Higume Hotel and resisted arrest. Sergeant Hawtes said the defendants were part of a crowd that taunted officers, insulted individuals, and threatened to disrupt public order. one man was jailed for speaking abusively and resisting arrest, with combined penalties totaling five pounds or two months.
Classified style listing offers reduced prices on gowns, skirts, shirts, suits, and shoes. Items include lamesette dresses, crepe flannel neletts, white tennis gear, deck suits, trompers, trousers, and slippers with marked down per pair prices and new sale totals.
A regional agricultural ministerial party visited Port Dowgles and Towmevilla en route to Charters Towers. They met local officials, assessed damage, discussed sugar district education, laboratory work, wallaby pest subsidies, and potential labour wage reforms, with plans for an officer to visit Thursday Island or Ceylon and for farm openness to public inspection.
A Cairns State School controversy prompts a parent to urge the school committee to reconsider plans for the grounds. The letter questions opposition to higher education and requests a further vote after the recent referendum. The parent asserts the right to sign as a concerned parent.
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