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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 24, 1917
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR items list departures and routes including Cooktown and Townsville with various dates and destinations. The readable parts mention departures southward on Wednesday the 28th and last quarter hours, plus references to rivers and towns, but many terms are garbled.
Unclear OCR fragment mentions Sydney Nevada dated November 23 with references to London metal quotations and a list of players and scores. The text is garbled and contains stray terms like Speer and Silver standard, leaving no coherent event or outcome to state.
The Cairns Citizens' Band and Allied Choir are asked to assemble for a farewell to departing troops. Townsville reports at least sixty men and boys unemployed as the work season ends, with official notices noting a son’s official status and other local matters.
A Cairns item notes a postponement of a commerce group meeting by one week. Mentions pricing errors on tickets, local shop ads, and charity donations including £1 contributors to the Maval Cheer Fund. Also covers a death in Sachs Street, a touting case, hair products ad, trainee costs, and local retail notices.
A union gathering featured a somber tribute to Moorhouse and Ville, with sympathy motions carried in silence after news of a fatal action. The President read the lengthy annual report and the meeting closed with remarks from State President.
The item notes community events and local concerns in Toloa including a successful children's dance, widespread poison weed, swine fever outbreak at Karri Semse Farm isolating a two mile radius, and criticism of government bungling. It mentions maize crop prospects, rising prices for farmers, proposed bacon factory at Tableland for £20000, and calls for local money retention. Also covered are Dry shareholders and a Red Cross benefit event with West's Circus, plus political debate outcomes in the Brisbane Assembly and a tailor’s opening at the Imperial Hotel starting November 27.
The Ladies of the Methio district Church announce a Cake and Apron Fair on Friday next in Abbott Street. The Girls' Guild and Church Help have a good supply of useful articles to aid church expenses.
A telegram from Treasurer Theodore to Deputy Mayor Athiea hints that both Gin Gin mill and a Hoe Mill have faced suppression in recent years with no decision yet. It notes the district where mills would be reerected if removal occurs.
Advices from Cooktown report the death of the son of Mr and Mrs W D Fane from Brights disease after days confined to bed and exposure in the rain while working at night The funeral was well attended with the Band in the cortege Alexander Wallace an elderly resident of Elderane McIvor 73 died after months of illness with half mast flown in town as a mark of respect He and his late brother Charles were pastoralists at Me Inor He leaves a wife one son and one daughter
Proceedings at Town Supreme Court regarding Articles of Association for Betzel Ragiesre Limited in Bowen. Objects include acquiring Bowen business under firm name G Bettel and carrying grocers drapers and general merchants. Capital 10 000 pounds, 10000 shares of 1 each. 5600 shares to be issued and fully paid. Signatories include Ellen Bettel, Frederick James, Harold Bettel, George Beene, George Promen, Bet Shrinks.
The Northern District Patriotic Fund met with Deputy Mayor Alderman Atkins in the chair. Members and officers reviewed center contributions from Woothakata to Atomeha and discussed pension needs for war widows and orphans. A motion to adopt Townsville style assistance was amended and carried, with applications for fund participation proceeding.
Mr Paull, who will pass through Brisbane Monday from Sydney, is to take charge of the Presbyterian mission on Mornington Island. He has previously served there and in the Gulf country and offered to oversee the mission amid recent tragic events.
Queensland authorities declare an infected area under the Diseases in Stock Act in Atherton district covering Dagma Odgkinson Cardwell and Nares counties. Major Cory reports a suspicious swine fever case and inspectors are sent to inspect all pigs and piggeries in the metropolitan area.
The Cairns Post opens a fundraiser to buy an up-to-date motor vehicle for Cairns Ambulance. Donations to the Brigade are welcomed and acknowledged daily. The car is expected to cost £0 to £500, with names listed as contributors and further updates in the Post.
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