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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 24, 1911
Page
2
A deadly accident near Perth left a worker dead and nine injured when a cable broke and plummeted 2000 feet to the shaft bottom. Surviving workers recount the collapse as the cable fell and crushed those beneath it.
A 30 square mile area named Nolan Creek west of Thornborough along the Walsh River near Wreet ham Park in the Cairns District will be leased for 25 years. The lease starts at 11 am on Tuesday 13 June 1901 at the Cairns Land Office with an annual rent of 7 shillings per square mile for the first ten years. Inquiries go to the Department of Public Lands in Brishame or the local Land Agent.
Fragmentary stock item list mentions Taillinger Mount Elliott with dates 6/11 7/6 7/10 and payments, but lacks readable context or full details for a complete summary.
Justice Higgins weighs inter state dispute over wages boards in the sugar mills and steamer industry. He notes engineering drivers and firemen face awkward application of eight hour shifts and nine pence per day earnings, with practical limits on hours and wage adequacy across mills and farms.
The ruling shows sugar mill workers will see wage parity with current pay while hours drop from ten to eight. Justice Higgins refused to grant union preference in hiring, stating employers may choose the best value, as Mount Lyell did not victimize, highlighting interstate dispute questions.
Local note lists a horse sale by Mr A J Deaper at Sewmereet sale yards on Saturday 3rd June at 1 00. It reports Cairns Council Chambers additions completed at a cost of £145 and £15 spent repairing the old building. Municipal tramway work progresses with 2 ½ miles of cheering. 340 slopers owed in Cairns this winter. MacDonnell leaves for Tolga to inspect about 2500 sleepers. South end repairs and related items are noted.
Rail activity accelerates with Ipswich workshop expansion and private firms delivering locomotives. Government to invest in five McKeen auto railway cars costing about £34,000, one to be tested on suburban lines during peak hours to boost economy and efficiency.
Acting Postmaster Mr Julvet ius states the recently curated travel route has proven its usefulness. Officials indicate continued testing of post office routes and potential expansions based on field results.
In Cairns Police Court Gera appears to face charges after a large quantity of ohaccae was reportedly involved. The hearing highlighted linguistic context and the defendant's role in the incident as prosecutors present their case.
The Adelaide Company modified the Wollowra timing from 5 cm to 4 ppm to slow the voyage, delaying the postponed departure for passenger testing and boarding.
Cargo from Mourilyan arrived in Cooktown with 120 mate rice 194 packages merchandise 5 cases xero-sene 2 bales shirff one quarteree powder 2 coms fio and other items. Cinderella dance at Kuranda Saturday evening Bazaar Fund date set for the tenth lune between 9 and 11 a. m. Cairns Bat Waion notes a special meeting next Monday at Colemen's rooms to discuss by law 29 jersey collection and jersey holders must respond or face a fine.
Government Land Agent Mr. Grealy sold portions 14 and 15 in Chillagoe parish with Frew street frontage, five acres two roods four and five perches each, to William Atherton at upset £60 per lot. Portion 2 in Hodgkinson parish near Walfram Camp State School, two acres, bought by Lordship Bishop Murray for the LC Church at upset £5.
A naval party led by Captain Laing and Captain Fools records sounding measurements from the clock hub to beacons 1 through 8. Depths range from 94 feet to 15 feet varying by segment, with low water spring tides affecting the readings. The notes document reductions to ordinary low water levels on the chart.
The Cairns Town Council met to discuss water supply availability from the reservoir. A siphon and its rejection caused a delay, with a plan to send the siphon to Bristol and return the service to Cairns Town, likely delaying water until about eight weeks.
In the Summons Court the Inspector of Weights and Measures Mr G J W Henry Burton testified that a scale in Sethesieston was not stamped. A fine of £2 was imposed with £2 2s 0d professional costs and one month imprisonment in default.
At Cairns Town Council last evening a letter from a confectionery firm was read. The Mayor apologized for not keeping the Pole till the close of the meeting while Alderman McKenzie asked what the matter was as he claimed not to smoke.
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