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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 20, 1912
Page
2
Tenders invited for three-year contract starting July next for repairs to clocks in the Cairns district. Tenders must be forwarded to the Railway Traffic Manager in Cairns by May 10.
A dealer advertises originality as the most valuable asset and promotes custom jewellery and silverware services. The listing mentions Fleur Electro-plate and Sw erling Silverware options, with refashioning of customer pieces to up-to-date styles. Depot and patronage details reference Flavelle, Roberts & Samkey, and Queen Alexandra.
The fragment lists photoplay items and comic features including a thriller filled program with romance and dramatic endings. It mentions titles such as The Lost Will and A 108 Is A Bank with a mix of crime romance and melodrama.
Reports from the Australian Mining Standard describe management changes at Irvinebank Mining Company Limited with J A Reid replacing J Moffat and large staff reductions. Mines at Irvinebank and nearby Wootsom and Silver Valley show scaled activity, with doubts cast on prospects and the district’s reputation amid financial difficulties and halted operations.
Mr. Reid outlines limits on operations at the Irvinebank area to protect the company while noting ongoing developments. He cites Governor Norman and Mount Carhine as key sites and defends capital expenditure on tramways dams and mills as prudent, arguing results will prove the district’s mining potential.
The Post notes a peatering arrival from southern ports bringing a coed for Cairne and small 130 begs. A Aboriginal prisoner Paddy teen gets one month in Cairne gaol for totece from Chinese oat Sarra dgve. The Home Secretary declares a public holiday to relieve the state. Tenders for Cairns Theatre open air project invited due to urgent completion. In Rochary, S M Lilley sues Theodore Hook Hill and Hockhampton Council for £1000 damages over nuisance and seeks an injunction against continued noise from the defendant's tram.
A garbled review notes a mixed Lyric Theatre program with sideshow acts and a failing comedy. It hints at a backstage tour and stage items that do not live up to claims. Cont ied on Page 6.
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