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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 09, 1916
Page
2
A terse reference notes proceedings at Australian courts involving Adfidasios and related parties. The entry cites a legal action within the Australian judiciary framework and mentions the overall yen and currency context. No further case details are given in the fragment.
Fragmented listing names Melbourne Metal Exchange OAD OFFICE Charters Tervers Ravenswood and Sulphide Corporation agents in Covkis Creek NSW Quotations provided by representative Me A Wright Cairns and Herberton representative Mr Thomas Newton with unclear addresses and telephones.
In memoriam Austix four loving lines for a dear boty and father Joe At Koranda on Wee vember aged 57 years. The verse expresses love and loss calling for eternal memory from his wife and family.
Shipping notices list weekly departures from Yowrerifle on Tuesday and Wednesday, with arrivals at Port and Cook teen on Thursday. AUS steamers depart Carne on Saturday for Townave, then Rewen and Mackay on Tuesday and Belborne on The The vessels sail south to Melbourne and Brisbane, with subsequent calls and return by Thursday.
Fragmentary OCR text lists Adelaide Company steamers that may sail toward Cairns Towesville and Sydney, with unclear days including Thursday and Saturday and references to Sunday travel and Merstene. Details are garbled.
Fearnley and Company and Gurdial on Burke Line sail for Bretone via Macyborough aboard the cpk November. Tuiynae four to zero line arrives from Hong Kong via ports on 26 November 194. Chamgeba AG Line sails for Nong Rong via ports on oyth Navy bet.
Australian Steamships Limited announces a timetable of ship movements with Scratmert leaving Towneville for Mackay on Sunday morning and Port Alma Sunday night. Beebane serves Tuesday unmorsing and Wednésday arrival in Sydney Friday, then Merb ocene next Monday. Moartrat visits Townsville Thursdays, leaving at 7 am for Port Dowglis and Cooklawn with relief on Wednesday.
Mestre Burns Philp and Co with Gibba Bright agree to run additional steamers to Japan, China, and New Zealand, expanding fortnightly and monthly services. Three new or reallocated vessels will operate alongside Eastern and St Athans, increasing passenger and cargo sailings to meet rising trade with Japan and Australia.
Fragmentary note records cattle and bullock sales including prices per head and totals. Mentions MacTaggart and Wade accounts, cows from California, and various figures such as 12 bullocks and prices around 7/6 to 15/0. Readable entities are limited and data is gouged by OCR errors.
Brisbane market summary shows mixed lamb and sheep prices with crossbreds to 42/0 and 28/ for ewes. Merino wethers quoted around 24/ to 23/3, crossbred hoggets near 27/9, and miscellaneous buyers including McConnor Bowenville and Jondaryan purchasing. Cattle sales totalled 172q with very irregular closing beef at 42 per hundredweight and firm calves.
A W Clarke reports quota quotes for mining shares across several mines and metals. Entries include Rectan bing a B, Hill End Amal, Tyrconnell, New Minnie Moxham, Oaks, Thompson's Oaks, Lowen Riven Coal, Bowen Coal and Coke Co, and Cairn Pictures with bid figures in shillings and pence.
The Sydney desk wires London metal quotes for November 7. Copper standard spot and three month forward show gains, with lead and other items listed. Prices cited include a rise for the three month copper contract and a 143 pound figure for some item, with remarks about rare or foreign lead and related terminology.
The Metal Exchange reports copper electricity service quotations and mixed price shifts across several items. Notable figures include a copper quote misstated as 2144 to 1493, with other entries listing coins and coal-related goods such as East Mexican and Vulcan items.
The Cairns Post reports a new modern rubber stamp making plant with expert staff promising rapid service at southern prices using quality rubber. A Townsville dispatch notes a growing military camp with volunteers, steadier work, and low sickness amid reports of Anzacs abroad and Allied advances in Europe.
A political editorial argues Australia is at war with itself as coal and other industrial strikes threaten coastal shipping, railways, and manufacturing. It criticizes Labour leaders for failing to mobilize industrial development and warns of a generation trained to dislike work and defy discipline.
The premises formerly occupied by Mr. T. P. Kelly, Chemist, Cairns, have undergone many changes. The notice mentions the ongoing updates to stock and prices and advises future drug needs be directed to W. H. Greens, Chemist, Cairns.
A strike at Ross River Meatworks halted operations when a worker was dismissed. He was reinstated and work to resume tomorrow morning. About three consignments of meat remained in the chambers while sheep killing had been in progress at the time.
The Innisfail Advocate reports a well dressed man’s body found floating near Daraj wharf after police and onlookers arrived. Quinn and Roberts identified the victim as a worker on the Mooliba line prior to death, with a since completed medical exam indicating possible poison.
In Cairns a Small Debts Court session adjourned two cases before Acting Police Magistrate Mr A H Sent. A third case saw funds paid into court. Local ads note Miss B Harris Victoria House Cairns selling dainty blouses, plus Babinda Boot Store promoting boots and shoes. An inquiry at Townsville Court House examined a death, and a Buick speeding defense led to a paid fine.
A Brisbane telegram to Burne Philp and Co reports Wyandra short ships sugar and syrup, the total allotment to Cairns. The shortage is set to worsen in coming weeks as steamer agents cannot predict when balance shipments will arrive due to a coal strike.
A fragment views on union advocacy and political ambition. The writer questions the need for “scientific knowledge” of a game in relation to pursuing political honors, noting a past retrospective money issue and raising doubts about qualifications for higher office.
At the intersection of Abbott and Spence Streets Cairns a cairns residents erect a monument to Dr Koch a noted physician who invented Kochs Fever Mixture now retailed by Robert Craig Chemist Abbott Street Cairns. The famed fever remedy sells widely in Queensland priced bottles at fractions of a penny plus postage.
A Coitepsomicen letter argues that the Babinda cutters and other unionists avoid fair pay, noting gangs that pressed cooks with wages far below the Dickson award. The writer condemns double standards and asks why some groups seek wage cuts for others while demanding fair scales for themselves.
Letters from Mareeba discuss the local Red Cross Society and fundraising for hospitals. Critics praise gains in donations while noting some townspeople refuse to contribute, raising questions about distribution and the burden on headquarters. Readers laud workers for events but question sewing and comfort efforts for soldiers.
Brisbane dispatch reports Mr A Phillips, general secretary of the Queensland Colliery Employees Union, returning from Sydney to face potential developments next week. A mass meeting is set for Bundamba tomorrow where Phillips is expected to address the crowd.
An acute energy crisis threatens Sydney with gas dependent factories running out of coal within a fortnight. Melbourne conference outcomes awaited as firms consider shut downs amid coal shortages worsening daily.
Arrangements set for an executive meeting of the Associated Chambers of Manufacturers in Melbourne this week likely Thursday to discuss developments in the coal strike. The gathering aims to coordinate responses and potential actions among members.
At a Melbourne meeting of the National Executive of the Anti conscription Congress the coal miners of New South Wales and elsewhere were urged to strike in solidarity with the eight hours battle. The executive expressed confidence in victory and urged unions to sustain the effort to limit conscription and defend workers rights.
Secretary of the Coal and Shale Employees Federation says no further representations will be made to proprietors or the Government. Three of five district reps urging the federation to declare all coal in the Commonwealth wealth black. If acted on the entire coal industry and related services could be paralysed.
Brisbane reports the Premier and Minister for Works discuss actions amid escalating coal trouble. Miners at Bundamba hear union secretary Phillips recap Sydney conference. The Minister and MLA Gledson met to discuss proposals including hospitals and essential food. Officials suggest essential services may exclude tramways and railways, risking power for factories and lighting.
In Melbourne on a public holiday, coal shortages forced every factory in Victoria to close. The strike affected numerous establishments with workers idle and production halted as coal supplies ran low. Authorities warned the situation could worsen if the stoppage continued.
Reports from Hobart indicate the coal strike harmsTasmanian industries reliant on hydridelectric power. Rail traffic is reduced to a single daily train each way, tram services run, ferries and steamer routes to Centrecasteaux Channel suspended, and other ports scaled back as coal supplies dwindle.
24 vessels held up in Sydney Harbour and 450 men are affected by the stoppage. The piece notes widespread disruption to shipping and naval traffic with ongoing delays and uncertain schedules.
Report notes coal strike causing widespread delays as passenger steamers suspend calls to Sydney and southern ports. The Junee and Camira lines face route changes with Brisbane departures to Townsville and Cairns delayed. Wyandra and Ditkera arrivals uncertain. Officials warn cancellations may extend until strike ends.
A WWI era letter and a note describe a sailor Alfred Harding, lost family ties, and a discovers a sealed envelope. Herbert A. Stewart wrote from south Australia to Mrs Five rty seeking delivery. The letters, found twelve miles south of Riwola Bay, show travel by water and long months of transit.
Mesers A J Draper Lad will auction the entire contents of Andrews curio shop on Lake Street at 2 30 pm today.
A.M. Wardell opens large stocks of groceries drapery roots and sundries in Babinda with cash terms and Royal Insurance agency. The event mentions prize distribution in Abbott Street Friday evening around 7 40 pm.
Garmch charged with setting a crop of cane at Babinda. After evidence of arrest was given the defendant was remanded for eight days. bail was allowed. Steele appeared for the defence.
Local writer quotes archaic views on sleep and mosquitoes and promotes Skeetobane spray from Robert Craig of Abbot Street Cairns. The ad promises peaceful slumber for all ages and offers Skeetobane for sale per bottle in the district.
Melbourne reports the death of Pastor Charles Gare Fussril, president and founder of the International Bible Students' Association, from heart failure while returning home after an extended tour. He is described as the greatest living exponent of the Bible.
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