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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 01, 1917
Page
2
A vessel named Lass of Gowre sails from Townsville arriving Wednesday at 7 pm. It departs Cairns the following day for the Johnstone River with Card- PL and Denk Is listed among carrying parties.
Cairns stock exchange report lists prices and bids for multiple mining shares including Mareeba Gold Mines Tyrconnel New Mine regs and Bowen Coalami in a dense roster. Names include A Klart e and Gilmore with several bid asks noted across Persuasive listings and locations such as Chillagoe St Andrew and Lake Pilbara.
Fragmentary note lists a horse named One B Odd 6 1/-. Mentions Brilliant Freehold and b 1/g6 1/8 in cryptic form. No clear outcome or event. appears to be a racing or breeding ledger entry with constrained details and uncertain context.
A mixed Cairns page item set notes a remedy price for ring worm and entries received for a local show on the Tableland with dates in October. It also mentions a Babinda School of Arts secretary vacancy with salary details and application deadline. The Four Murphy Boys report wounded in action with relatives also wounded in London and the Cairns Postmaster among those in service. Jinney Isles & Co announces sample rooms at Hides Hotel and a new range of summer shirtings for gentlemen with tailoring services offered.
The Post discusses a Cairns member backing strikers while contrasting Mr. McCormack's views on conscription and work rights. It questions whether insisting on the right not to work equates to broad strike justification and notes wartime political tensions alongside military dispatches from Atherton and Lens theater actions.
London reports Mr. Gilmour praised Australian troops in the Polygon Wood action where seasoned battalions fought alongside newcomers. The assault captured objectives with ease, misleading German observers and driving through the wood toward the Butte as batteries prepared to support a rapid advance. The left flank required delaying movements to maintain cohesion in the broader plan.
Infantry and airmen attacked the Dondrode aerodrome and railway stations at Rumbece Menin Wevelhem and Ledeghem. Six six wheeled vehicles were dropped with good results. German troops and transport were attacked by machine guns at low altitude. Seven German aircraft were downed and three were forced down. One of ours is missing.
A September dispatch describes pale exhausted prisoners being brought in as Australians repair a light railway to move lightly wounded. It notes some Polish and Prussian regiments opposing Australians near Armentieres and mentions mustard gas glimpses. Separate items report Peace Bureau creation by Col. E M House and Germany's manpower, plus Canadian war effort comparisons and other Allied notes.
A reader reports Major General W Holmes congratulating Pte C J S for bravery earning the DCM during 7th 11th Lune tast service. Colonel Finlay also sent congratulations. The letter mentions health concerns and criticizes adulterated butter at coastal ranches and hotel conditions in Cairns, urging Health Department action and noting mosquito borne disease risks.
The Yongaburra gathering reports growing butter output since 1909 with 300 suppliers in 1917 for a value of £67,975 in six months. The chairman cites a Millaa Millaa factory site and urges Cairns cold storage to avoid export limits. Directors' fees stay, auditor elected, proxy voting rejected, and plans for electric power and a Millaa branch factory are discussed.
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