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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 07, 1918
Page
2
Nevitt and Hoden managing agents promote F G A Cooke resident inspector for all classes of insurance. The LQA company is described as one of the poorer progressive Australian firms offering liberal terms. Insurance available for fire perils of the sea and inland content.
A long passenger list from the November voyage includes Captain H Raven at the helm, with travelers Mesdaniel F Harris and family, Munro and children, Rob son, J Crabb, Anderson and families, Mease and three children, Goonan and three children, Brookerton and two children, Wright Thirkell Boxen dell, W H Roberts, Strattman and two children, Fillon, Copp and two children, McCoombe and son, Miss Morse and others, all aboard from Townsville via various ports. includes Philp and Co, Ltd as agents.
Kuranda arrives every Tuesday for coal departures to Port Wodonga and other locations. Adelaide Company Paringa leaves for the south on Wednesday November 1. Coon ta dae sails from the south on November 4 at 6 am and returns at 8 pm on November 9 for Melbourne via ports. Lass of Gowrie sails Thursdays at 9 am for Mourilyan Harbor Cardwell Lucinda Townsville. Innisfail sails Thursdays at 9 am for Innisfail Mourilyan Donk Island Cardwell Lucinda and Townsville.
The record notes high water and commercial activity on November 7 with Fenwick and Co. salesmen Brin Dane reporting in October. Market for marsupial skins shows demand but slow sales. wallabies and grey kangaroos priced per pound with varied quality.
The record notes accepted ores from tin copper lead bismuth gold and silver for mine outputs and smeltering receipts. It mentions hides tallow and pelts trade at late rates with limited saleable stock and a shipment of 1978 skins. One shipper secured overseas space for prime tallow at late rates. second category goods remained dull.
Fenwick and Co salesmen note a tight market with prime sheep scarce and values up. Lambs and ewes show higher prices while beef trade softens. totals include 38 cattle and assorted lambs sold. specific figures vary by lot.
Fenwick & Co. salemen report cattle and sheep trade in Brisbane on November 6. Prices show crossbreds to 32 and merinos to 6 with quality described as good. overall sale totals include 55 head sold. Market notes indicate irregular trade with cattle in yards and an average around 48 shillings per head.
Cattle 470 yarded with good competition, reflecting rates near last week’s best. Sheep and other stock noted in passage with limited readable detail.
The Post reports Cairns events with a Motor Boat Club annual meeting at 8 pm and a social dance at Stewart's Barracks in Fishery Creek to raise prizes for a local school. Veterinarian H C Steve will be away about a week with travel to Dimbola and Wolfram Camp noted for stockowners making appointments.
The market shows firm demand for hides and skins with prices near last sales. Larger lots sold at steady rates, good quality hides scarce, and buyers paid fixed full rates for stout skins while lighter skins and inferior lots stayed weaker. Supplies fluctuate as markets adjust to quality and availability.
Cairns council notes report a correction about a prior quote from Mr Page at a special meeting. A Small Debts Court judgment in favor of A J Draper Ltd against Maud Hammond for 8 pounds 6 shillings 6 pence plus 5 shillings 6 pence costs. Mount Carbine strike over a dismissal dispute with solidarity by workers. Private Woods in Cairns learns of son Joseph woods wounded in France, third time, another son Lieut Woods wounded in London, and a railway unit son in France progressing well.
Growing children need correct fitting shoes that mould the growing foot without cramping. Dan's opposite State Hotel in Babinda offers various shapes and many sizes of boots to save kids from foot burning with better footwear.
A report notes Captain R F Douton death at sea while commanding a Howard Smith transport. It lists ships he commanded and his long service since bringing the Peregrine and Canberra from England. The ferneral of Mr Fred Fryar in Cairns is reported after a brief illness and later decline.
Mrs. Brodie of Pakea N S W receives Major Donaldson’s letter confirming the death of her son, CSM Gilbert Campbell Brodie DCM, from wounds in the leg sustained on the Somme while supervising.
Cairns mayor and Acting Industrial Magistrate Mr A Scott met over the gas strike. The mayor offered to guarantee retrospective pay via the Industrial Arbitration Court if the workers returned to duty immediately. The workers agreed to resume, and the Gas Company's Melbourne directors urged the dispute be referred to the Court with retrospective award if approved.
A man and a woman die after two gunshots heard in quick succession at a Sydney dwelling. Mrs. McCabe rushes to the scene to find the man dead and Miss Daisy Terry, 76, with a bullet wound, both bodies removed to the morgue.
Townsville November reports an industrial dispute settled with railway workers to accept all goods tendered for transport and all dismissed hands to be reinstated without victimisation. Work is expected to resume in all stores tomorrow.
Malanda reports a welcome rain starting last night following a thunderstorm. The downpour arrived after a period of dry spell and is noted as timely for local crops and relief measures.
A wreckage piece was towed into port by the tug Gamecock. The Handa Isle, bound from Sydney to Melbourne with cargo of petrol, is missing with Captain Taylor and 11 crew aboard, including three apprentices, last seen leaving Sydney on 24 September.
More than a page in the illustrated section features snapshots from the Irvinbank Hospital ball. People include Mary Robinson Dora Robinson Grace Robinson and others plus Red Cross Ball winners Norman Stevens Myrtle Stevens Ja Gluck and Ruth Stacker. The page also showcases Desert Gold and Hawaii’s champion swimmer. News pages remain full and interesting.
Brisbane reports a Hughenden citizen meeting forwarding a resolution to the Premier. Two railway workers allegedly urged a beer and maritime strike and opposed the arbitration award, prompting Railway checks refusals on tendered goods and a forthcoming Supreme Court injunction from Burns Philp & Co. The Premier indicated no final plan for a Chitwood trip and noted tensions may ease with time.
Sydney reports a fatal influenza case on the Japanese mail steamer Tange Maru after arrival from Japan. The ship has been placed in quarantine as authorities investigate the incident and monitor passengers and crew.
Wellington reports fifteen deaths traceable to Saturday including three at a military camp in Narrow Neck. The epidemic persists with restrictions on Australia-New Zealand permit issuance for urgent cases. Defence says no mobilization of recruits entering camp this week.
An earth tremor struck Adelaide and surrounding areas shortly after 10 am with two distinct shocks reported. The seismograph indicates the movement began around 10:01 and peaked within about 24 seconds, with Parliament House lightly rocked and buildings shaken for 30 seconds to a minute. Localities reported northeast to southwest movement centering near Morgan.
Sydney November 6 The case against several Manly Municipal Council aldermen charged with acting while disqualified concluded with guilty verdicts and fines after evidence showed they accepted free passes from the company.
In Perth the Police Magistrate reserved judgment in the case against the Commercial Travellers' Club for using poker machines under the Criminal Code. The magistrate ruled the machines were illegal and fined the club secretary a sum of seals coats. The trial was agreed as a test case for clubs in Perth.
Sydney January 6. A case before the Central Summons Court regarding breaches of the War Precautions Act was adjourned for a month. Edward Judd faced the charges, with the court procedure continuing in the interim.
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