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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 02, 1918
Page
4
Nevitt and Boden as managing agents advertise the Insurance Office of Australia Cairns offering all classes of fire, sea perils and accident insurance on liberal terms. The Australian Company is described as a broad provider with Lasper- All classes of Five. Mace and Ac cident Insurance.
In memoriam notices honor Private John Allan of the gth Battalion killed at Passchendaele Ridge in November 1917 and Annie Soloron who died on November 2 1915. The family expresses mourning and remembrance for both parents and son.
The Post reports an auction of Miss Toote Scene Jorman Park superior household furniture by Mr J G Hoare at 2 30 pm next Tuesday. A local note mentions an unfailing remedy advertised at Green chemists and a gas mesh show attracting an audience. Pte Pritchard departs for the south tonight as friends wish him well.
The departing guest, noted as bank manager and hospital committee president, was praised for two years of service in social charitable and patriotic work. Mr Taylor received a wallet of bank notes as remarks referenced Colens and the Bank of New South.
Melbourne reports the Seventh War Loan total at 143 pounds and 7 shillings. Details list New South Wales and Victoria figures with various small contributions, noting the data as of November 1.
Accused was committed for trial at the next sittings of the District Court to be held on a date to be fixed in 1976. Daniel Patrick McFilliger and Daniel Leslie McEligott appeared with Con stable Leary and Joseph Kerr as witnesses identified during proceedings.
In Parliament Sir Cave announced an armistice with the Turks signed Wednesday night. The accord grants Allied fleets free passage to the Bosphorus and the Black Sea, allows occupation of Turkish ports, and immediate repatriation of Allied prisoners. Jubilation followed across the Empire with whistles and horns.
London reports confirm Turkish capitulation and British plans to occupy Constantinople and the Dardanelles forts. Prisoners to be released. Allied action through the straits expected, with New York noting unconditional surrender from Turkey.
A damaged text fragment reports that the Allied fleet pressed the Dardanelles at six o'clock yesterday morning as the armistice with Austria was noted to be in effect or opening.
An October report from London states about 7,000 Turkish prisoners and war matériel were captured on the Tigris. Parliament debates greeted dispatches of Turkish capitulation with cheers as leaders hailed a turning point and possible Allied peace.
Members of the House of Commons excluding Laborites consider the danger of party influence after the war. A Unionist war committee passes a resolution urging the government to declare a clear economic policy amid reconstruction and national disaster concerns.
Amsterdam reports Kaiser told Reichstag members the throne doubt remains his, implying abdication is not yet decided. The common view holds he will favor Crown Prince eldest son under a regency led by the Chancellor when abdication happens.
The report states British bombers dropped twelve tons of bombs over Germany with eight aircraft missing and one machine failing to return. It also notes in two days the Fifth Army took 14 prisoners and mentions leadership at three battalion levels in a combat zone.
London reports that Secretary McKamara rejected claims the report about submarines bearing a white flag being allowed to return to base was true. He said the report was without foundation and false. The secretary emphasized no such allowance occurred.
A United Press dispatch reports Franco-British attacks toward Raimes Forest making progress as casualties are sustained on both sides. The brief mentions morning advances and ongoing operations with limited detail and some garbled text.
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