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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 14, 1918
Page
2
The sale notes high demand for best calfskins and sheepkins despite dry weather. Descriptions with flaws sold at low values. About 2500 skins sold with strong prices for premium lots. tallow cleared at late rates £38-£39 per ton. Marsupial skins postponed to Thursday. unrelated political quip ends text.
Brisbane markets show bat values generally lower with Lambe prime from Fenwick and Co salesmen. Report notes weaker demand and prices, while Prime and others move slowly.
Roasville report for the month lists Tin and mining activity across districts. Three men employed on general work at the Annan River area, hot dry weather with bush fires causing damage. Nee rain or month Winifred United. Other sites such as New Woodlands and Mount Hartley show reservoir work, repairs, and sluicing halted by water shortage. several teams report ground work, road making, and pipe line preparations with minimal tin won. Continuous water losses and dry conditions hinder processing and cleaning up.
R Mcintosh savers note work at Lion's Den and Main Creek claims with five weeks to return fe bags. D Jones and Lara Solland report no water for sinking, while Micae W. Wallis records monthly activity with tin bags and sluicing at Three-mile Mt Amos. H Russell notes no sluicing recently, three men on dead work, and Bloomfield Scrub crews finish month with five bags of tin. others report small parcels of tin and overall gold return.
Local items include a shareholders meeting at Peeramon Hall next Saturday at noon, a Yungaburra visit by C W Knudson on November 18, Aloomba Ambulance Benefit with a tennis tournament and dance, Herberton Church anniversary services led by Rev W McLaren, a Newmarket Sale for 20 head horses at 11 am, and a dental holiday notice from Hennett and Bennett in Cairns from December 5 to January 1919 with early appointments urged.
Aint CAs Von: John Keogh, 45 laborer, charged after being found in Cairns. he did not appear and a fine was forfeited. A meeting was postponed due to celebrations. Mr. McMahon urges National Political Association activities. An Italian fugitive Sobarcante, hidden with an LW.W. mission, was arrested at Liverpool Creek. Domestic arrears orders issued for maintenance with possible imprisonment. Community honors the brave with a welcome home for Pre. Jas. Lynch and a local Roll of Honor reception, including a £14 presentation and communal support activities.
A jumble of local items reports a hospital district meeting on a conference, bargain nets offered by stores at low prices, and police court action in Cairns with Willam Cushing charged with grievous bodily harm to Frederick Atkins. Other notices cover the O.F.U. executives in Tolga, a death in Mourilyan, and a police postmortem stating heart-related cause.
Francia Foy managing director of Mark Foys Ltd died suddenly today aboard a voyage from Melbourne. He was 51 years of age. Alleged railway theft: Charles Hall committed for trial in Brisbane on a railway service theft charge involving 17 pounds 6s 7d.
Wreckage identified in Sydney as part of a ship’s deck part recovered after a fire. Details indicate the debris originated from a vessel involved in recent maritime incident. Local authorities to inspect further for causes and potential hazards.
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