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Newspaper

Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

May 28, 1918

Page

2

Furnishing bargains at Cairns Auction Mart

Extensive list of furniture and household items with prices ranging from 1/6 to £7 etc. Woodward Cairns Auction Mart advertises bedroom suites, sideboards, wardrobes, beds, washstands, chairs, sewing machines, tables, cots, clocks, safes and more with varying discounts. Also notes Australian Steamships Limited schedules and sailing dates for June to May including Lass o Gowrie, Perigee and Moon phase data.

S.O D.H.T Canterbury A.B Ce Woodward Cairns Auction Mart Lake-street Australian Steamships, Limited Bombala Cairns Melbourne Lass O' Gowrie Mourilyan Harbor Cardwell Lucinda Townsville Lass O’ Gowrie Port Dougs Innisfail

Mining venture eyed for 249 acres near Wild River

Walter R. Chalmers holds 249 acres on the Wild River in Sydney for dredging starting at Slaughteryard Creek toward Flaggy Creek. Thomas Haughton, skilled in dredging in Australia and the Malay States, surveys the site at Herbertson. The project hinges on this report and local supporters urge a welcome, hopeful transformation from solitude to industry at Mt. Garnet and Return Creek areas.

Walter R. Chalmers O'Connell Street Sydney Slaughteryard Creek Thomas Haughton Australia Herberton Lisimers Ppayme Mt. Garnet John Lang Heyden Return Creek Ste of Td

Memorabilia of Names and Shares in Early Brokerage Notes

A fragmented OCR page lists various brokers and entities such as Towers, Morgan, New Berlin Freehold, Merb, St Andrew, and Lode His. The text shows prices like 4%, 2/1, 1/-, 15/6 and references to insurers, gas companies, and duties, all in a jumble of stock and bond shorthand. The piece reads as a market note with scattered names and financial figures.

Morgan Oak Minnie Moxham New Berlin Freehold St Andrew Vienne Mt. Lyell Block Giimare Powers Rozen

Mining report shows mixed ore yields and ongoing development

The article details ore shipments and varying yields at multiple mines. It notes 16 tons of jiggings and 12 tons milled with low concentrates, reduced tin and lead content, and ongoing shaft sinking at a Mine near Cassowary Young Ind. with prospects described as uplendidly developing.

Keown Ees Malea Fiorrie Crete Teompaeia Cassowary Young Ind Powsey

Steel Works. The Claims of Maryborough

Maryborough notes a pending establishment of a steel works and chamber activities in the town. Reports reference ore deposits near Biggenden and Howard mines as potential iron ore sources, highlighting hopes for a new industry and local economic impact.

Maryborough Maryborough Chamber of Commerce Jablishment Eton Howard

Brisbane May 27 Department Receives Varied Values

Brisbane reports indicate the department has received variable figures and related data on May 27 as part of an ongoing assessment. The limited readable text suggests administrative processing and incomplete figures for review.

Brisbane

Me 4 Gute sharebroker report on Saturday quotes 1918

Report of stock quotations from Me 4 Gute sharebroker listing numerous entries such as Oaks Debentures and Cairns Pictures with prices and terms for War Bonds 1925 and 1927, plus several coal and gas shares and a Bank quotation. The fragmentary OCR reflects a busy, irregular market page with multiple small company names and bond offers.

Gute Sharebroker Noort St Andrew Dow Geiseet Gilmore Oaks N.L Kueheney Owen River Coal Coal and Coke Co. Ltd Cain Cairns Pictures Bilani Dr. Drug Cairns Gas Bank

Sinn Fein and German press sparks on war brink

A critical piece comments on German writers and the Sinn Fein, denouncing submarine warfare against hospitals and urging Allied bombings of bombed towns. It questions German courage, praises decisive action, and cites public frustration with pacifist voices amid ongoing conflicts.

Sto ley Labor Fiasco and Wartime Party Split

The piece denounces the Labor party's internal rift between pacifist and pro war wings. It condemns the Sydney Trades Hall fallout and a card system strike as damaging to recruiting and party unity. It fault lines the two factions and urges sane members to distance from the Kamrades.

Sydney Trades Hall Cannet

Memorial tribute to Mrs W Lawson and helpers noted

Thanks are given to the Naval and Military Forces the Returned Soldiers the Band and the Public for floral tributes messages and seizes of our fine son and Mrs W Lawson with appreciation for support from all who contributed during the memorial period.

W. Lawson

Reverend Corbett Thanks Friends for Sympathy

The Rev Henry Corbett of Gordonvale thanks kind friends for sympathy messages on the death of his uncle Henry Corbett of Atherton. Mentions a painting tender at the Peeramom t Hotel and a shopping notice due by Mr De vies. An unfailing remedy for skin ailments is advertised from Green's chemists Cairns. The Hayseeds plan to perform The Backblocks Show at Cairns Theatre next Wednesday. Mr Gee Bridson Edmonton confirms his son Pte Arthur Stewart Ericson was killed in action recently.

Henry Corbett Gordonvale Atherton Cairns Mr. Gee Bridson Edmonton Pte Arthur Stewart Ericson A. A. Staines Yen Look M Choy Norman Park Roger Gates Young Gates Mitchell Colleton Nugent Clark Australia Victoria Mooliba Construction

Blankets Offered for Hospital and Home Use

Cairns District Hospital lists white blankets at 45 per pair for double beds. Mr F Oxford of Babinda promotes cold weather bed coverings. Nurses and matron praised for care during Elizabeth Ox ford’s illness.

F. Oxford Babinda Dra. Collins and Kerwin Mayers Ltd Davis Cairns Elizabeth

Cairns and District Notices and Events Highlight War News

Local notices from Cairns and Babinda recount charity auctions and sales at Clark's Model Store and A J Draper Ltd, a late Mrs Ruth Koch estate auction, and Cyclone Relief work. War updates note Base Records awards and soldiers mentioned in despatches, plus a funeral and a shooting accident among youths.

Cairns Messrs A. J. Draper Ltd Ruth Koch

Ladies Hold Meeting For Cairns Ambulance Fundraisers

A Cairns ladies club meets at the brigade quarters to plan a beach entertainment event on June 21 and sell raffle stalls to raise funds for the ambulance service, noting many mothers and children rely on the brigade.

Cairns Ambulance Brigade Forthcomme Cam People's Popular Institution

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