11 Nov 1915
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 11, 1915
Page
1
A Cairns newspaper fragment lists agents and business names including ELECTRIC DENTAL PARLORS BENRETT BERBETYS in Abbott Street Cairns between Dr Berwins and St Johns Church. The roster names numerous firms and locations across the region reflecting a commercial listing page.
2p RVRNS Pur & Co. LTD. Kuranda ships depart Luce day from Townsville and head to Port Douglas and Cooktown, return Thursday. AUS.N. steamers from Carns call Townsville Sunday, Bowes and Maclay Tuesday, Brisbane Thursday. Ships continue south next Saturday, reach Sydney Monday, Welbourne Thursday. On return, Melbourne Saturday, Sydney Thursday, Brisbane Saturday, reappear here Thursday. Wodongs due from south Thursday.
Steamship timetable shows departures from Cais on Wednesdays to Townsville on Thursday Rowmu and Mackay on Friday with arrivals in Sydney Thursday and Melbourne Sunday. Subsequent legs include Melbourne to tere on Talay Sprdegy Sunday and a Brishamg voyage the following fussy, with ersc on Sanday.
The text lists multiple steamship departures and arrivals between Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Port Alma with scattered misreadings. Peregrine runs Mondays Townsville to Brisbane. Mourtlvan travels Townsville to Port Douglas and Cooktown and back. Taiyorn and Choneha routes appear garbled with improper dates.
A brief market notes the stocke price shifts and plate rows. The report lists prices and trends for key items and mentions general trading activity at the warehouse market.
A dense catalog of allotments and subs in Cairns area with values from £35 to £2000. Properties include blocks near Cairns street, Draper street, and Gordonvale with suburban and urban sections, railway access, and several shops. Listings note sizes from 1 to 4 acres and multiple residence types.
A terse local notice states Made and iced must comply with an order issued by Plante. The brief item references Baths Tenka in the context of the directive. Specific actions and dates are not provided in readable form.
The text presents a partial balance showing a nominal £100 equity and 8,000 shares with £10 paid, plus a large withheld capital. It lists £1,906,088 tied to the holders via a named ledger under a specific manager, with £451,255 attributed to an identified party.
Public sale notices reference Cairns on private sale with fragmentary items including two allotments on Binet Dun Street and various engineering parts such as bell pulleys and valves. The legible text mentions McLeod and a few vague product lines with no clear dates or prices.
A reader argues that voluntary enlistment fails in wartime and calls for compulsory military service if necessary. He urges the state to mobilize money and men, condemns private ownership limits, and declares the nation must defend civilization against a savage foe.
A wartime editorial urges selecting a temporary Australian government administered by a chosen group for the war. It argues against ongoing recruitment efforts and calls for drastic action to boost enlistment, blaming government ineptitude and warning that failure would invite German tyranny. It emphasizes urgency from Belgian, Italian, and British fronts.
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