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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 29, 1913
Page
1
Fragmentary Cairns Post entries list football and sailing notes along with place names Cairns Kuranda Mareeba Tolga Atherton and various local towns. Mentions Linnets Mo T Sewiben Jack Sewell and several team names. The text mixes scores, names, and venues in a damaged OCR pass.
Shipping movements show Pal and Co aramet arriving every Tuesday from Townsville and departing at 6 am, returning on Wednesday with arrivals noted for several ports. USN steamers from Cairns reach Townville on Saturday, Bowen and Mackay Tuesday, Fort Alma Wednesday, and Brisbane Thursday, then continue south to Sydney the following Monday.
Adelaide Company Limited schedules a series of steamer fetes with events listed for Wednesday through Sunday, including locations such as Townsille and Melbourne. The fragmentary text names Keehene, Gorey, Mel, and Lemeg Mal, with erratic dates and unclear destinations.
A garbled shipping notice indicates Atstral Tan Steamships Limited operating a brief schedule between Port Aime and Towneville. Vague references to ports Melbourne and Townsville imply a round trip with a departure at dawn and a return by early afternoon on a single day, then another leg toward Melbourne on May 41, with multiple unreadable details.
From the Best on Tame Teigwan the firm will depart for NowEome ports on Sted Jung. FPrecantile will leave for Hageburg via porte on 12th tame Seharntorst. Sal ne oon teh Jule.
The text provides partial timings and references to celestial phases for May including a last quarter near May 27, with scattered digits and phrases about Ceres and harbor matters. The fragmentary OCR lacks clear events or identities beyond a harbor master mention.
Local notes from Atherton discuss warm weather, district growth, and timber industry tensions over wharf crane charges. Articles cover Cairne Barrer Board voting, German-leaning local press, and calls to protect Australian industries. Court cases involve J. J. Willie Hinman and aboriginal matters, plus a broken arm incident. A campaign to connect with the Empire Commission and a push for a Atherton District Court site are noted, along with attendance at the Show and preparations for parliamentary interests.
In 1921 the government of Queensland considers a cyber agreement extending to Bi Joma amid a broader audit of protected sectors. The document references a 189% efficiency target and notes special protection status for certain assets.
Australian Disinfectant Company of Brisbane acts as sole agents for Korth Queesland. Samuel Allem & Sons, Limited, Camme, CAmmE, listed as partners or distributors in connection with the agency.
In Paris on May 4 a large Socialist protest outside Pere La Chaise debarred. Fifty thousand Socialists spoke from fifteen platforms denouncing three years' military service while praising no disorder. Headlines discuss Clemenceau's possible rise and Cailleaux as a premiership candidate pushing two years' service. Police searched Confederation of Labor HQs and unions, finding anti militarist material and wartime funds for soldiers.
The Strike against piece work halts construction on the Mt Mulga line and affects Mt Cuthbert. After a strike and a trial of piece work, Mt Mulga rejected the system leading to continued stoppages on main line contracts and the railway port.
A torn fragment recounts two consignments of diseased potatoes near the metropolis. An ingestion test aimed to map the crepe-like effects, with lines of old verse and a brief ominous note about the digger incident and the fading health of a companion. The piece ends with advert-like lines for Woods' Giant Pepper pills.
A deputation from the Chamber of Manufactures urged the State Treasurer to fund printing for the upcoming Brisbane event through the Government Printing Office. They argued public interest and national character justify government expense, noting prior objections to government printing when outside services were available. Mr Warnes pledged to study the matter and respond soon.
Mary McNemare aged 25 who lived with her parents on South Gate Road was severely burned when her clothes caught fire while in the kitchen. She died from her injuries last night.
Exaggerated reports from May 11 and May 2 describe fevers among tribes in the Swatirontar region as Nowagict expel pro British Khas and invite Ranumre Khan, a figure in the Chites campaign, to join Enamthip amid regional strife.
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