10 Nov 1915
Page 1
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 10, 1915
Page
1
A dense listing of names and places across Cairns and surrounding towns. It includes merchants, post offices, and hotel and retail notices with numerous personal names and locations such as Cairns, Gordonvale, Mareeba, Townsville, Port Darwin, and Rabaul, plus references to shipping and general merchants.
Burks Peile and Co dispatches show steamers sailing from Cairns to Townsville Bow en Mackay and Brisbane with arrivals in Sydney Melbourne and Adelaide. Returns indicate Melbourne Thursday Sydney Thursday Brisbane Saturday and Wodonga awaiting the southbound vessel. Adelaide line lists departures from Cairns on Wednesday Townsville Thursday Mackay Friday and Sunday arrivals.
The notice lists ship movements including Aigamers from Townaville to Sydney with calls at Mecsay and Port Alum, departures from Brisbane to Torneville, Peregrine Townsville to Brisbane, and Morgan acts Beccy Townsville to Port Douglas and Cooktown with returns. It notes a Telynan laureator visit to Porta on November 19 and an additional entry about changes or port calls on November 6.
Fragmented OCR outlines accumulated funds and shareholder details with figures such as 1,990,008 and 451,008 in a capital context. Mentions of cash, shares, and retained earnings appear, but the text is garbled and unclear.
A long list of for sale suburban allotments and houses with prices from £25 to £2700. Locations include Sheridan Street Victoriaet Drager Larm How McLeod Grove and Beryl streets and Gardenvale. Descriptions note cottages, shops, blocks, frontage and rents. Some entries include terms, frontage measurements and proximity to railway stations.
The Juvenile Musical Union presented HMS Pinafore to a crowded house with strong performances by young and elder performers. New items and dances entertained, with Miss Marjorie Smallwood praised for singing My Starlight Maid. Funds raised to send Xmas bor es to soldiers, about eight guineas collected.
Cairns has for private sale two allotments on McEnd Street including high and tre, plus another on Sheridan Street. Listings note valuation around £3 each and describe a ward and goldstone valveless owl engine with mete ignition and complete fittings. Suitable for any class of work.
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