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Newspaper

Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

May 25, 1914

Page

2

Germany’s Delusion in War Times and European Balance

A cautious, era voice analysis questions Germany’s pursuit of British Empire downfall and the risks of a wider war. It weighs alternatives for Germany, Russia, the United States, and Britain, highlighting potential Allies and the danger of overreach in a continental conflict.

Germany British Empire Europe Jesen Jagan United States Japan Rusih Ambascndos Britain

Market Prices for Copper Tin Lead and Forward Quotes

London market round up shows copper between £61 5/6 and £63, tin from £140 11/6 to £150 1/4, lead from £16 15 to £18 17/6. Forward prices recorded as £1/1/9 to £1/8/6 for copper and related metals.

London

Barbour Board Tenders and Local Notices

The Barbour Board invites tenders for coal stores supply for twelve months. BK Sturt and Co will auction Levies selection at their anterooms next Saturday noon. Mr A Hartill-Law plans to stand for the council vacancy. Mr Hamlyn Harris to lecture on Primitive Man in Australia at Oddfellows Hall tomorrow night. Harris’ Townsville lecture drew strong interest.

Mesars. BK. Sturt and Co A. Hartill-Law Sunitsy Brinhene Museum Hamlyn Harris Australia Oddfellows’ Hall Lubip la Angouste Gaumont

Ryder's Representative In Cairns Showings

Mr A E Whites, special representative of Geo BR Ryder Limited, tailors and outfitters of Brisbane, is staying at the Imperial Hotel Cairns and is exhibiting the firm’s menswear collection.

Geo. BR. Ryder Limited Tailors and Gentlemen's Outfitters, of Brisbene A. E. Whites Cairns Imperial Hotel

Jon Dridge and Co Ltd Declares Dividend for 1904

The profits for the year ending March 1904 totalled £53,001 11s 1d with a 10 percent dividend declared and a 3 percent bonus to shareholders. £6,500 was added to reserves leaving £48,008, with £599 carried forward. Over four years the company has paid dividends of 5, 1, 18, and (21) percent, totaling 52 percent to date.

Yeers Jobe Bridge and Co., Limited

Special Invitation and Court Recap in Cairns

An advertisement from Craig's Pure Drug Pharmacy invites customers to visit and view imported French cosmetics. In Cairns Police Court, Saturday, J Norton received one week imprisonment for vagrancy. Mena due, Fitzgerald, and Ware each faced ten shillings for drunkenness. M Berry ordered to pay.

Craig's Pure Drug France Cairns H. Manners J.P J. Norton J. Menadue KR. Fitzgerald A. Garton |Ware M. Berry

New South Wales Declared The Most Drunken State

The annual report notes convictions for drunkenness across New South Wales with totals of 32 459 for drunken and related offenses. It states 2011 totals rose to 32 977 but counts exclude 306 pledges where no conviction was recorded, highlighting New South Wales as the most drunken state in the Commonwealth.

Central Police Court New South Wales Esail Commonwealth

Immigrants and Ship News From London to Australian Ports

Acting Chief Secretary reports to the Agent General in Queensland that the steamer Qmirah left London on March 21 with 114 aboard including 19 from Ireland and 4 Germans. Destinations listed include Bristol, Turia berg, Gladstone, Rothhampton, and mateship notes. a land lot and building details on Lagrobe street Beumewick are described with references to laborers and timber yard work.

W. H. Bares Queensland Sir Thomas Robinson Qmirah Londes Hat Trish Germana Bristene Turiaberg Gladstone Rothhampton

University figures to discuss correspondence study aims

Mr T E Jones BA Director of Correspondence Studies and Mr Staple plan attendance at Hides Hotel to offer information. Both men are enthusiastic and seek to advance university education. they hope to extend benefits to the North and other parts of the state, and assist in district development efforts.

Pam T. E. Jones Baim Hides Staple Mr. Jones Stending Denensland

Cairns Theatre Change of Programmes Draws Crowd

A packed Cairns Theatre audiences for a Saturday showing of Tie Wreck as the cast from Genevieve and Arcadians thrill with romantic intrigue. Carlyle and Herbert feature in tense scenes while a note sparks a secret meeting and a perilous rescue at the bridge. The night includes additional film previews and a remedy advertisement for coughs.

Cairns Carlyle Heert Agyerce Genevieve Herbert Gil Tmile Hartert Richard Siqualet Richard Smi Gene Carlyle Mets Seises Hiibytes Fim

Mulgrave Show and Racing Association Meeting Notes

A committee meeting at the Queen's Hotel Gordonvale discussed subscriber renewals and admin tasks. They planned fencing, removal of grubby trees, mole and mound work, and urged faster progress despite wet weather. A vote of thanks to the event at Hibernian Hall on Friday night is open.

Queen's Hotel Gordonvale Messrs O'Neill Irvin Clark Griffin O'Byrne J. C. Brown Geo Heap Hibernian Hall

Women Suffragists See Legal Light After Quick Explosions

In Glasgow activists laid tombs along pipes to disrupt water flow but the fuse failed. In Edinburgh a suffragette brandished Lavery’s King portrait and was arrested. At the British Museum two women damaged a mummy case but left contents intact. Wheeler received two months and another one month.

Loch Katrine Glasgow Glagow Edinburgh Lavery Scottish Academy British Museum Wheeler

Train Collision Injures Two Guards in Brakevan Smash

A moving locomotive crashed into the brakevan of a stationary train, breaking it up. Guards Payne and Gates, aboard the brakevan, escaped with serious injuries but no broken bones.

Bratevan Payne Gates

Tasmanian Arrives Cairns After Fine Voyage from Continent

The Tasmanian steamship of the G.A. Line arrived at Cairns on Saturday morning from the Continent. Captain Nicolai, in command, reported a fine voyage from the Continent. Local agents noted the smooth passage and successful transit.

G.A. Line Cairns Nicolai Tas

Training Exercise Returns From Townsville

The E Company Cairns Division of the citizen army returned Sunday from Townsville after practicing actual battle conditions. The battalions left camp after dawn, forming scouts advance guns tankers and main body marching in a skirmish drill along the route.

Cairns Citizen Army Townsville

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