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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 24, 1916
Page
2
Shipping departures list routes and vessels with names and destinations. The fragment mentions Gowrie Towssville Perry Mestarans Keer Celeen Miva Sevier Messtah Ba veo Reberteen Corker Archmitan Steimshipa and Austratian tet Newenher.
Movements of vessels report early sailings from Me rue Adelaide Company Limited with observers noting Saturday departures and the first consignments forthcoming.
Fearnley and Co line will operate weekly passenger and cargo sailings from Melbourne to Brisbane and Sydney with port calls at Gowrie Townswell and Towrtsville. The vessel departs Calms at 5 pm on Wednesdays and Saturdays with arrivals at Melbourne ports on Tuesdays and Fridays. Garherra from Melbourne is due 6 November and departures to Methbworne via Gerts on 6 December.
Shipping notes advise the steamer St A will arrive to take freight to the south, requesting cooperation to supply sufficient coal for voyage and canal transit. It reiterates that ships bound for Pacific ports will receive only limited bunker coal and must reach final ports with adequate fuel.
Mining notes list various ore coal and farm products with scattered place names and odd spellings. The fragment mentions Corelle Larrepeden Mt Cuthbert St Mango and Chitlagoe among others with quantities like b 4 and 3, 4 i/. The rough text references Coal and Cake Con and a Cabael Pictures entry amid uncertain items.
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Copper and lead prices are noted with standard quotations and market drift. The report mentions copper, zinc, lead, and silver with references to standard rates, months, and market stability amid limited change.
Fenwick and Co salesmen report brisk activity in Brisbane on November 22 with crossbred and merino wethers traded to buyers including Walker Clifton Taylor Estates and J Chamberlain North Toolburra. Cattle markets remain dull with values lower and best beef upper tolls noted.
A federal regulation passed this afternoon halts wool sales without the Prime Minister's clearance. In Melbourne, a planned sale of wool at Hablateedaw was stopped by federal authorities.
The article argues government duty to secure a real living wage and reasonable working hours to ensure worker relaxation. It advocates tariffs to prevent dumped foreign goods and to guarantee fair profit for producers, using wheat as an example, while noting UK needs exceed domestic capacity.
The proposal outlines an import duty scheme to shield home growers and Empire production. It sets duties on wheat from Australia and Canada, favors Empire supplies, taxes neutrals, penalizes enemy nations, and returns duty refunds to consumers via tax relief. The plan seeks to boost domestic farming and curb foreign imports across key commodities.
Advertises a to day sale of Mr. W H Hodgson furniture by Mr J G Hoare at 230 pm in Cairns Shire. Notes an ordinary Cairns Council meeting at 7 90 pm at their store. Also mentions A M Waddell opening large stocks of groceries drapery boots and shoes.
Lieutenant Winterford received notification that the Exemption Courts have been abandoned. The plan to hold an exemption court at Gordonvale today was cancelled due to the latest order. The text notes two appeals from Small Debts Court judgments in civil jurisdiction.
The Cairns chemist premises of Mr T P Kelly receive new stocks and improvements while W H Green promotes drug and toilet article sales. In Cairns Small Debts Court a William T Hickling v Samuel Gale case was settled out of court after initial evidence. details show local legal activity and Red Cross cotton donations through Atherton Ladies Defence League with further support urged.
Robert Craig announces a fresh shipment of Goat and Rheumatic Tablets from England. The remedy, once proven before the war, is offered at the old price of 2 shillings 6 pence per bottle with post free 2 shillings 9 pence. Sufferers are urged to try while stocks last.
The Red Cross Equipment Guild railway men report sixty six completed articles for September and October. Donations listed include F. H. Chappell W. H. Woods H. S. Wiseman Foster G McGregor Sparks and various railway men with amounts totaling a sum in pounds shillings and pence. Time book shows hours logged by J Allan F W Bourke R E Barr Crouch Chalk Chalks Edward and others.
An announcement highlights Special Friday reductions at Trail and Winstone Abbott, urging shoppers to visit today before 9 pm. The sale features cotton tweed trousers, khaki trousers, wool and cotton singlets, ladies shoes, house shoes, and men’s and ladies apparel with marked discounts.
Social at Aloomba tonight as Jack Stepp is welcomed home. Cairns notes Harold Gelder wounded in France shows slight improvement. Local ads cover shoe shop opening, real estate auctions, piano organ catalogs, and Kuranda Kore sale. Be careful repairs at Cairns Courthouse. Innisfail reports troops and Beick car promotion. Crossed lines note Red Cross meeting and Phos-Limes tonic sales by Robert Craig.
The Cairns Harbour Board executive meets this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Items include a letter from BD Dillon Waterside Workers' Federation on ore and maize dust ventilation, leasing the workshop, dredge Trinity Bay work reports by Captain Lawson and A W Hall, and a proposal to abolish the daily watchman except Saturdays with staffing review.
A mid century sale lists Ladies kid Derby shoes, lace shoes, ankle straps, and pumps with Cuban heels at special prices. Men’s lace boots, derby welted boots, and kid derby boots are priced low. Also offered are woven trousers, tweed trousers, khaki drill wear and white tennis shirts at to day specials.
In a Thursday morning incident at the Post Office Hotel bathroom, George Comme fell and injured his face and wrist, receiving medical care thereafter. A separate wire reports that under a proclamation demobilisation of troops is underway, with camps to be closed and demobilised.
A navy serge skirt 17/6, a line of ladies cotton Vests at 1/ each, Panama hats at AG pith 13/6, large and small shapes. Kids prom millinery, white sawr and pink wide selection. Use Melbourne House, Abbot Street, for hats and accessories.
An arrival of a Studebaker six cylinder and a Studebaker four cylinder car is noted by agent Fred Paylor. This adds to four vehicles he has reported in recent weeks, supporting the claim that car values are improving. F. A. Ee will arrange a demonstration.
The Dusseldorfer Angeiger journal laments mood in Prussia as it questions optimism about Roumanian entry and Greek intervention. It cites social democrats pushing peace propaganda and notes sympathy for the Central Powers from Switzerland and Nordic countries, while Britain and America are urged to take care.
The article discusses wire entanglements as a defense against infantry and cites a French method that replaces explosives with knives. This new device fires four-bladed knives through the entanglements to clear a path for a bayonet charge, offering a potentially safer alternative to explosive charges.
Quartermaster Sergeant Doc March of Cairns writes from somewhere in France about life away from trenches. He notes farming villages and changes in women’s labor, recalls artillery and sniping risks, mentions Tom Hobson’s death and praises young Real for his trench work, and sends regards to friends in Cairns.
Evelyn notes describe warm sunny days and lush green grass after heavy rain, joyful driving through the district, and a Cairns Timber Company trolley horse accident when a chain broke. It also mentions a child swallowing a stone and being taken to Dr Evan in Herberton, plus new arrivals George Daniel and family.
Melbourne reports on November 2 that men sentenced for voting in response to a proclamation calling up single men have not been released. The Prime Minister cites necessary formalities, with releases to be considered individually on each sentence and in line with the proclamation and recommendations.
The Treasurer notes two new mills under The Sugar Works Act of 1909, Rahinda Math and South Jokuwastane, with forecasts of harvesting over 40 000 to 47 800 tons of cane. Existing Gin Gin Mont Bauple and Nerang results are mixed, drought pressures raise financial strain, Babinda pays cane growers, North Eton faces ongoing losses and high unpaid installments.
Melbourne reports Prime Minister announces price protection policy for foodstuffs. Cabinet accepts resignations of Federal Prices Board members and mentions central gin abandonment. W H Clarke named Federal Food Commissioner for Victoria amid cabinet changes.
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