21 Nov 1911
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 21, 1911
Page
1
Fearney and Co Ltd offers outward and inward freight services between Cairns and all parts of the world. The firm handles navigation and cargo arrangements for a global shipping network.
Shipping movements show Burns Philp and UO Ltd operates routes from Townsville to Cairns and Carns with weekly ships. Al N M Quemers to Townsville Friday and Saturday calls. Townsend services join from Towssville on Tuesdays and return Saturday. Thermiasy Mourilham runs Townsville to Cowstown weekly. Adelaide Company and Huwahl Both Limited operate Cairns to Sydney and Melbourne routes with schedules through November and December.
Nelson welcomed MRC S Whale on Thursday for piano organ singing and theory lessons. Pupils prepared for local examinations at Nelson Hall with lessons and admissions by application at Messrs Ling’s Warehouse Cairns or Nelson Hall.
Fragmented cablegram notes Ottawa and St Petersburgh items about marriage legality across provinces. It mentions accredited authority and protestant church involvement, with unclear references to persons and fees.
The bulletin reports Mrs Churchill launching the battleship Centurion in London. Berlin notes a surge in metalwork losses and large oil operations. Paris details malt prices for India and token Durbar thefts. Copenhagen covers the Hermagmiercha steamer foundering with 29 dead. Virginia miners are feared dead after a cresk coal mine explosion. San Antonio reports General Heyes arrested under US neutrality law. London notes a missionary murder and armed seizure incidents in Portuguese East Africa. Berlin reports the Kaiser’s health and Crown Prince arrest denial. Paris records Corporal Des Champs sentenced for mitrailleuse theft. Los Angeles updates on the McNemere jury selection progress.
Professor Lowell announces a discovery on Mars as described in a Sunday report from Flagstaff Ariza. The article notes preliminary findings and outlines forthcoming tests to confirm the discovery.
Washington reports trouble on the Mexican border. United States commanders are ordered to move frontier teams to enforce orders and maintain security along the line.
London report notes Chief Secretary Birrell criticizing expenditures in Ireland while warning against tax burdens on Britons. Prime Minister Asquith discusses suffrage, saying he supports some form of vote for women though colleagues are divided.
Sydney Sunday report of W. F. Hart the Australian aviator setting a record for the southern hemisphere with a 47 mile flight from Penrith to Sydney in 56 minutes An initial mishap left the aeroplane damaged but Hart landed safely at the Agricultural Society Ground after negotiating fences and telegraph lines showing nerve and skill despite air pockets and minor stalls.
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