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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 04, 1911
Page
4
Local notices list residents and visitors as well as shop prompts. Mrs Dover treks to Kuranda, Terrell takes over Paiste Hotel, Drapes heads to Mourilkan, and Tarratt shifts defence duties while joining Apollo Orchestra. Advertisements tout sodas, tonics, mosquito lotion, and medicinal brews amid town chatter.
Visitor McG E Nelson from Townsville plays Cairns and the Falls in an unclear local game. Advertisement notes special chemically pure Epsom Salts by Kelly Chemist offering two packets for 3d, described as purer and easier to take than standard salts.
The meeting of subscribers to the Von ewe Hette Fund reported £11 13s 1d collected and £8 15s 11d expended for relief from future disaster. Trustees named included Alderman George Murray and Henry Abbott, with Six others directing investments. Court records show Edward Braty charged with theft aiding another case of £590, with two two year sentences to run concurrently.
OCR reads as a partial note about a clergy group and a vote involving religious liberty. Mentions Feder Government and a season context. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
The Quarantined Eastern in Brisbane notes smallpox precautions and vaccination delays due to staffing limits. Daily rainfall figures from multiple towns are recorded for the 24 hours ending 9 am and late reports to 9 am Monday list Keppel Bay and others. Queensland revenue shows a fall versus September with railway and territorial receipts down by £18,000 and £13,000 respectively.
Fragmentary report notes purported tests on vessels named YaRRA and MARIA VaTra involving oxymeloi and Seed Iron Zinc and Wood, claiming Rast-proof narrative qualities. Text appears garbled and unreadable in parts but suggests evaluating experimental materials as established facts and toasting debate.
September expenditure rose by £11,364 from 2010 with three month revenue at £178,221 and receipts £1,586,39. Principal increases include Taxathon £55.50 Territorial £25,0R8 Rathways £102.77. Three month expenditure £149,412 up £124,371 YoY. Railways led costs rise. Excess revenue over expenditure for three months matched £685,104 last year. Infrastructure notes on land near the cigar mill site and inspection. Sydney reports labour electoral rolls dispute and a motor launch wreck near the War bar with crew saved.
In Adelaide on Monday the Government purchased North Buo Salee Estate from Mr G E Maslin at 6 shillings 10 pence per acre for closer settlement. Also in Adelaide Mr G J Murray KA declined the Attorney General’s offer to join the Supreme Court bench during Sir John Gordon’s tenure.
A British note describes the Glasgow steamer struck by a large wave and sunk after the collision with North sea vessels. Crew members drowned while some survived by leaping for safety. The Friedrich Auguste lifeboat event is also mentioned with reports of eighteen lives lost.
A historic dispute unfolds as Drisbane and Tuselay factions argue before the Home Secretary over compensation claimed by Johnstone Shire Council for territorial losses and arrears of rates tied to a tramway. The Johnstone council asserts misalignment and seeks restitution while stressing the tramway damage and district realignments.
London reports Waterford locomotive bands signalmen and other staff have resumed training of services with changes made to debts noted in the altered schedule.
The report notes disturbances in London Tuesday aboard the steamer Liaron voyage as a marine incident unfolds. Details are fragmentary with references to a derbi and Gales in the Merts Sac, attributed to Canis, suggesting a historical or maritime crime subplot.
The article outlines Admiral William T. Schley born 1838 and his career across the Civil War era, the Pacific, China and Korea, and duties on the West Coast of Africa and South America in 1884. It notes an Arctic expedition reaching Lieutenant Grey.
Fragmentary report notes Arnidale and Bercy J Lawes involved in a swinging contest for 391 beers at an event in Tamworth on Tuesday. Details are incomplete but place and names are visible.
Visitors to town are urged to learn about the National Vitral Life Association of Australiana offering surrender value on life policies. The ad promotes policies for individuals and relatives and mentions Mr J Deeper as the local agent.
Nelson Hotel Nelson promises comfortable rooms for commercial travellers and the general public with a splendid hall suitable for theatrical companies. Correspondence promptly attended to by H Jackson, proprietor.
Mr C S Whale recently identified as a former Music Master at Scarborough College England offers piano singing and theory lessons. He visits on Saturdays and provides instruction to interested students seeking musical guidance.
A report notes that information from an informant led to the recovery of remains following the Valda disaster. Details remain sparse as officials confirm the discovery and continue investigations into the incident.
A £250 reward is offered by the Government and a supplementary £250 by the Cairns Post for the recovery of the Valda youths, provided on behalf of their anxious parents and relatives.
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