A Ties First-class Night of Sport
Murphy performs best in a twenty round bout to decide the £5 a side match with preliminary contests shaping the card.
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 01, 1910
Page
2
Murphy performs best in a twenty round bout to decide the £5 a side match with preliminary contests shaping the card.
Shipping telegraph notes list various items with prices and payments including Brilliant Blocks Fast Mexicana Pfeifers and St Victory with scattered figures and terms. The fragment outlines trade or auction-like line items and partial totals.
At the Cairns Weekly Penny Savings Bank a Saturday meeting of directors Mosers JJ Burrows and W Friend noted deposits of £47 4 9 and withdrawals of £11 1 9 7. Next Saturday directors Henriques and Feake attend. The Loyal Trinity Lodge of St fellows Cairns announce the first excursion to Berberton on Sunday week 13th with trains from mirms at 7 am and Herbertow at 5 pm. Excursion fares are advertional.
Revenue for Cairns CPS Office for the month totals £6 19s 6d with allocations to licenses, fees, fines, stamp duty, and taxes among others. The Mataram of Burns Philp & Co leaves Cairns for Singapore under Capt C Williams, with plans to add a larger vessel for the Sydney-Singapore run.
Sydney reports the Broken Hill Mining Engineers' Association annual dinner where Mr Hibbard, Central Mine manager, notes unprecedented prosperity. He predicts a future with mining development from Pinsecles to Round Hill and envisions ongoing progress in the industry.
Persons desirous of examinations under the Statutory Authorities Act 1902 will be examined on Saturday the 1st January. 110 forms of application and all information obtainable from the secretary. Applications must reach the secretary get later than the 21st December next. Brisbane October 20 1910.
Notice states cabs will be available after 7 a.m. on Friday November 4 due to the women's Annual Picnic. Signed by F. W. Pyse.
Cairns Baths advertises complete renovation and improved cleanliness. Juming Taught 10 offers tickets for three months at 10/-, monthly 4/-, weekly 1/-. Ladies sessions Monday and Thursday after noon and evenings. Rowing boats for hire and fishing tackle with fresh bait for sale. Picnic parties catered for by F. Sanders. Proprietor listed.
The report describes a mining operation with a 10 percent ore rate and adjustments to ore flow from Bere. It notes a northerly driven main stoping vein, a reef now altered by rine distance and lode value, and the completion of earthworks for a truck road and railroad tie installation to move ore along a bend.
A fragmented financial note lists several Cairns area mines and properties with posted prices and status. Entries mention Chillagoe Ruddyrore and Mount Elliott values, plus several other mines with pounds and pence figures, including Mount Agnes and Cilmaore's.
A 1910 letter reprints a Post article urging Cooktown Cairns and other North Queensland towns to set aside intertown jealousy. It argues for unity from inland to coast, condemns petty bickerings, and calls for a regional alliance to promote common progress and cooperation across the North.
The Cairns district considers amalgamation with Mareeba to alternate shows. Local talks suggest Cairns stands down this year to support Mareeba next, aiming for a representative regional exhibition and renewed district interest. A general meeting Friday may discuss the proposal.
Laties interested buyers read about Bolands direct-from-makers stock including beadings edgings inserts and embroidery. A wide array features beading frontings camisole embroidery and all overs with matching flouncings and skirt embroideries. Widths up to twelve inches and 27 to 45 inches are advertised as options.
In an Aquatic Club race a capsize of the Florence drew rescue by Acceptor crew under Captain Georges Bunting. A celebratory whisky bottle was tossed from the motor launch but cork struck Bunting, the bottle emptied into the sea, and its contents muddled by water. All crews were towed safely ashore amid amusement.
The St Albans steamer under Captain Hood Nu tro sails on its first voyage from Australia to the East. Fifteen Chinese steerage passengers are noted among the arrivals. Eastern steamers operated by Philp and Co will depart Melbourne Geelong and Swinney Lith for Manila Hongkong Shanghai and Japan via Queensland ports Port Darwin and Timor.
The Ambulance Brigade receives pledges of support as Dr Tyrie and Superintendent Hogan canvas communities for Easter events across venues. Eight protesters pledged 50 guineas each with other towns promising encouraging sums. A later Aquatic Club meeting allocated one guinea to ambulance services and another to the hospital.
Cable reports from Belfast confirm the White Star Liner Olympic was launched at Harland and Wolff on October 21. At 45, she stands as the largest steamship afloat, with plans to enter the New York service in early 1911, soon to be followed by the Titanic in construction. The fleet aims to elevate Atlantic travel with first to third class accommodations and innovative comforts for voyagers.
The Commissioner for Railways and the Ayr Tramway Board chairmen met to finalize sale terms to the Government. Terms were agreed but the amount awaits ministerial confirmation. A deputation urged building a road bridge over the Turdekin River alongside the railway bridge with cost and site report promised.
Notes and news report an upcoming cabmen’s annual picnic after 7 pm with city cab service suspended. A Land Office October total is listed by land agent T Hurke. An auditors exam under the 1902 Authorities Act is scheduled at Raterkey in Tint Jameery cert.
By the Grastala yesterday there was landed the following fruit and meat consignments. On Saturday were to Melbourne 479 bunches some 152 crates bananas 162 crates pineapples.
In Kempsey a heated meeting addressed by Mr. Garland, Attorney-General in the Waco Ministry, supported Liberal candidate Devidann. A Labour supporter shouted “Liar” and hurled a set of leg irons toward Garland, who dodged and demanded order as tensions rose.
A brief note reflects a political stance where an elected figure would uphold the presidency and its duties. The fragment suggests a focus on leadership and governance roles within the U S political framework, hinting at aspirations tied to national office.
The Port master John Macke and engineer for Star Fours and Rivers returned to Brisbane today from London aboard the BMLS Uorsova. Port authorities logged freight movements for 46 hours ending May with Fluoraville 78 points Port teoudas 15 Burketown 24 and Vandana IL. Butter exports show strong demand as district stocks are inspected by statisticians.
Arisbane Motulas The Lingiert ment of Mablic Instruction tests a motor car at Mharleviibe using one inspector. The department will calculate the cost and consider extending the system if the initial results are satisfactory.
Excellency the Governor Sir William Macgregor received medals today for the Pole Force officers Senior Sergeant Lane Fira Class Inspector Charles Acatuchungyy Marrett and Senior Sergeant Jot OF Dhomnet.
An action for damages by Henry John Winten against Frank Magiel and Rosina Mayfield of Roma began in the Supreme Court. The plaintiff seeks damages for alleged defamation connected to the Waran Attoorate affair. The case remains part heard.
Brisbane council adopts the committee report on a proposed Town Hall with estimated cost around £23,000 for foundations and furnishings. Proceeds from sale of the current Town Hall are expected to be about £5,000, with plans including architects' fees and fittings.
Cardinal Mor ao declares for 34 years efforts to keep Roman Catholics out of the land under the Southern Cross. He says the unpardonable offence was being Catholic and that Catholics who refused to attend Protestant churches were lashed. The campaign aimed to force Catholics to renounce their faith amid ongoing persecution.
Monday reports show Colimual Sugar Fetining Company further reduces the price of 5 Lu all round. Millaqguin and YVengerie companies match the move with similar price cuts.
Sydney reports show the Committee of Combins intends to invite Peter Bowling to Koken Hill to improve the Latur un Loma structure. Splendid general rains sweep the state with over an inch recorded at 62 stations, some above two inches. The coastal steamer Wyoming hit rocks near Scotch Plastulla. all crew rescued. Queensland sugar growers face fines for misc issues while Melbourne notes mill activity and illicit goods.
Minister for Home Affairs Kane O Malley aims to discuss calling for designs for the federal capital at the next Cabinet meeting. Nearly a thousand names have been suggested to the department as possible designers. O Malley hopes the capital will become the intellectual centre of the Commonwealth, with Shakespearean ideas shaping its global role.
At the Port Court the defendant Robert Guthri Appleby was fined £50 for wrestling betting and Charles Hailes £10 for aiding and abetting. A welder Victor McDuff was sentenced in Wellington to one month on each of two charges.
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