Bereavement Thanks From Mr Scanlon to Quirk Family
Mr Scanlon expresses gratitude to Mr and Mrs Quirk and family for kindness shown after his sad bereavement.
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 25, 1918
Page
2
Mr Scanlon expresses gratitude to Mr and Mrs Quirk and family for kindness shown after his sad bereavement.
Mr A Scanlon expresses gratitude to kind friends who sent messages of condolence and floral tributes during his recent bereavement.
Nov 23 shipping notice lists passengers and family members aboard the Bombala bound for Melbourne. Included are Mesdames Gardiner Abi Murray and others, numerous children, and many surnames such as Gardiner, Kerwin, Reynolds, Mayers, Doherty, Hearn, Moon, Rawlin, Easterby, Cunningham, Stokes, Kerwin, Walker, Cummings, and more. Australian Steamships line noted.
Fragmentary text describes a case amid whispers of bottles at Macleay Duff Whisky. The scene hints at trust and belief while others doubt. Newman's involvement appears as a key thread in the mystery.
Mr. A. H. Clarke reports a dated stock and commodity listing with items including Mt bert Kinckeser sai tapt and Thompson's Oaks al sbompents. The portfolio notes Bowen Consolidated Coal Cairns Pictures Cairns Gas and other investment stocks with prices and fractions.
Mesers A. McCallum & Co report bank share data and bond activity. Various firms list war bonds from 1927, with prices and small trades noted amid market chatter in CH Towers reports.
The London metal quotations for November 23 show Tin steady at 310 pounds and short term rates. Mount Morgan Co Ltd reports a share action dating August 10 amid a Christmas sale of glass and chinaware in Town Gessig. A Red Cross Concert is planned in Cairns on December 5, with a monster children's picnic at Ner immae Park Friday next.
A seasoned observer argues the Russian Revolution’s collapse felled the old regime due to its entanglement with the state. The piece traces socialist rise, examines ideals lost to party leaders, and weighs implications for Western civilization and world reconstruction.
A Cairns public meeting at the Council Chambers outlined a soldiers pageant for Saturday with a street procession from Drill Shed to the Monument via Lake and Abbott Streets. Units include Naval, Red Cross, Scouts, Citizens' Band, and veterans in uniform, followed by a massed patriotic demonstration and a Friday Norman Park picnic. Donations and stall efforts were urged to fund the Soldiers Home Club and related festivities.
Messra Bennett and Bennett will close for Xmas and New Year holidays from December 14 1918 to January 1919 at their Cairns street practice. The departure of staff and Mr BT Mo o for Brabene sparked greetings at the Imperial Hotel as they left to seek health, with Mr McManus pledging to remember the courtesy.
Disjointed notices outline a public meeting in Mareeba at 6 o clock to plan armistice celebrations. Cairns events include a dressy boot sale, a furniture auction by C Woodward, and a Scouts report praising Cairns Boy Scouts.
Text notes measures by naval guards on Commonwealth wharves with transfers from headquarter personnel to the south and local recruits to be laid off. Cairns wharf to be cleared of hold ups starting today.
A public meeting at Sirme Town Council Chambers discussed armistice celebrations for Cairns with two days proclaimed next Friday and Saturday November 29 and June. A program included excursions to Cairns and a monster sellers fair and pageant to showcase the event for visitors from the Neck Country.
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