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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 01, 1917
Page
2
Keranda ares departs every Tuesday from Townerifle for Cookapown with onward reports at 5 PM for Ti a Leenda Point. Wrenema sails south on Wednesday evening with a return report on the following day.
Fenwick and Co salesmen report a dull sale at Bris Hart with hides offered and limited participation. Prices for calves and yearlings showed keen demand, while sheepskins were scarce for Friday’s sale.
The notes describe sales of various commodities with top prices at rold per th and rodd per fh for fullwoots in high condition. Skins ranged from red to 4 per skin, with odd skons from 20 to 22 shillings. Tallow figures are mentioned as part of the market, though details are unclear.
MacTaggart Bros report from Brisbane notes sheep penned today with lambs shouting for a market week. Yardings about 700 with values steady but down about a third per head from last week. Beet prices ranged roughly from 5 to 48 per tooth.
Market notes show Fenwick and Brisbane activity with cattle prices discussed in brief. Calves sold well while trading focused on prices and demand in a dull session with limited clear details.
Len Parker offers Buick sales or hire at Abbott Street Cairns. The notice promotes Buick as the mark of satisfaction and urges readers to ring or call. A related wartime line mentions German shelling and forwarding a case with Mackeay Duff whisky to President Wilsea.
Bow Street brokers estimate prices for several items including New Brilliant Freehold and St. Andrew shares. Listings show various lots with values in pounds shillings pence, such as 1 1/3 for New Brilliant Freehold and 2/6 for St Mungo, amid a list of coal and other mine shares with mixed bids and stock names.
The October 31 update from Sydney notes fluctuating metal quotations with mentions of electrolytic tin and standard tin prices. Silver prices are reported with brief detail, while other metal figures appear fragmented and unclear due to OCR artifacts.
A scanned Cairns page fragment lists numerous items: mining shares and bonds, cattle and horses for sale, a furniture auction, a Sheridar Street sale of houses and a freehold property, and a rainfall recap for Cairns with 7 inches 21 points in October and 40 inches 44 points for the year. Also notes wartime bonds, a Cairns electors notice, and a meeting for Hambleton suppliers in Gordonvale.
At an extraordinary meeting of Tableland Batter Company shareholders tomorrow the main topic is Hutton’s plan to establish a bacon factory. The piece urges caution, cites market risks, notes past failures, and stresses expert involvement and farmer finance options. It compares established brands with cooperative models and mentions Liberty We Loan and local support.
Mr Rob Sivyer reports a wire that Kirklands Ltd have sold their wholesale warehouse and will cease operations Finney Sales Co Ltd. Sample Rooms open at Hides Cairns Hotel Mr J W Evans to attend daily until further notice Orders now taken for early delivery summer tailoring and dressmaking and all apparel. Cains Jockey Club meeting next Saturday on motor road of Cains Ambulance. Officials offer free service and the bar stocked gratis. Edmonton social and dance for the same cause. Henna Shampoo Powders advertised at 2/6 per box post paid Collins Cairos Lake Street Chemist Cairos.
Annie Souter sued Mary Trehy for damages after a dog allegedly bit N MacDonnell. Judge Ferry found for the defendant with costs of £4 18s 6d. Cross appeal noted. A Red Cross appeal asks branches to donate clean second-hand clothing and boots for discharged soldiers, stored in the stock room.
Mr W H Carle protests a Cairns paper account of Mr Ramage and party on his boat Defiance. He says no one fell overboard and that the trip caused no accident, calling the earlier report a yarn for certain persons and asserting his boat is the safest with a clean deck for passengers.
The fortnightly Cairns Cabmen Aid Club gathering in Oddfellows Hall discussed a rest room for seamen and sailors, declined the St Johns Club room, and accepted free conveyance by the Cabmen’s Association. Miss Moody noted thanks to Rev Dawson and the Cabmen’s for aid. The group aims for 200 members, with 40 enrolled and 160 needed as of now. The next meeting is Monday November 12 at 4.
Sydney reports from Premier Holman returning after months abroad. He praises allied leadership, notes U S mobilization and training of up to 12,000,000 troops, and says Australians are viewed as first rate by allied high commands.
Bailey's cee and Bailey's circus staged a lively performance featuring Marcela last night. Fibmehra hosts the show tonight with Mt Malloy and Mt Carbine on upcoming tour stops.
Halloween social to be held tonight at the Presbyterian Hall promises fun for all ages. Proceeds will support patriotic causes as organizers expect a large turnout despite limited time to clear the hall. Local notices also report sad news of Cairns soldiers and ongoing war-time updates with portraits and club activities featured.
Brisbane departmental inspectors report Chinese shopkeepers in Townsville and other cities evade award rules by running multiple business types on one premises under different names. Inspector Dickson notes two shops with linked access, one selling tempt goods and the other non exempt, exploiting the law. He urges changing the act wording to cover any persons of Chinese race.
Queensland Parliament in Brisbane considers Leahy bill to curb unionist preference under the Industrial Arbitration Act. Debate centers on costs of metal supply, state paper mill plans, and potential impact on miners and munition materials. Adjournment set for next Wednesday with further discussion on pending bills titled State Paper Mills and Land Lends.
In Brisbane the Pathway Department estimates were debated with critics denouncing mismanagement. MPs pressed for railway finance reforms, blamed past political lines for losses, and warned of a growing deficit. Debates touched on coal shipments, Burrum coal, and electoral roll integrity amid voter concerns.
In the Cuy Sumnons Court Eva Mitel was fined for failing to furnish a Federal land tax return. Prosecutor Mr Muir said she possessed farming land totalling 414Po acres in the Winton district. The Police Magistrate called it wilful disregard of the Act and noted her husband had been fined £100. penalties would have been similar.
Mr Williams of Herberton makes a Cairns visit as Mr G R plans a return journey next Friday. local exchanges focus on regional matters and community ties.
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