Shipping Notices From Cooktown and Townsville
October sailings list passengers and crew aboard ships under Captain H. Raven and Captain Mincane. Journeys include Mesdames Bamback and children, F Byrne, M J Scout, Misses Jack, Mesars, and many others amid company listings for Australian Steam Ships Ltd and Philp and Co. agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
a—Kuranda
H. Raven
Cooktown
Fort Douglas
Mesdames Bamback
F. Byrne
M. J
McLean
Olinstone
Jack
A. Nicho Mesars
Miller
L. H. Arnold
R. Bamback
Gallahet
Atias
Philp and Co
Lee
Agente
Movements of Vessels With October Schedules
Sams, Philp and Co Let Kuranda arrives every Tuesday from Townsville and departs for Townsville and arene. Wodonga leaves for the south on Saturday October 1. Adelside Company Li Morialta leaves for the south on Wednesday October 16. Australian Steamships Co reserves ships for mel bourne port calls with October schedules. Lass o Gowrie sails Thursdays for Mourilyan Harbor and Innisfail. Tonafol cargo only sails for Innisfail, Mourily, Cardwell. High Warren timetable 8:48 am 12g pam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelside Company
Li Morialta
Australian Steamships, Limited
A.m
Sturday
Melbourne
Vinports
Lass O' Gowrie
Thursty
Roasm
Mourilyan Harbor
Cardwe
Mining prices steady in London copper quotes
Sydney reports October 8 London metal quotations show copper electrolytic at Eras with other metals unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
London
Renewal Talks With Imperial Government on Hundstenen Purchase
The article notes arranging a renewal of the agreement with the Imperial Government to buy hundstenen and outlines potential government consideration of positions if negotiations fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hundstenen
Digestive Aid and Skin Irritation Remedy Ad
An old advertisement promotes a digestive aid to stimulate digestive fluids and food digestion. It also claims relief from skin irritations such as prickly heat, scrub, cane, or cow itch with a product described as Green-A ieeeaean relief in a irritations priced at 1/6.
The Copper Contract Debated in Melbourne House
In the Melbourne House of Representatives Mr Watt discussed the latest news and said that someone was trying to reveal ideas about the copper contract. He referenced the day and mentioned gas and related issues in the debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
House of Representatives
Watt
Memorial tributes for World War I Australian servicemen
A collage of wartime memorial verses honors Private Henry Aubrey Stove Taylor and Private Earnest William Carne, with families inserting notices of grief. The messages praise bravery, lament absence, and recall action in Belgium during October 1917, while other fragments note a public meeting and local business concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
Henry Aubrey Stove Taylor
Carne
Earnest William Carne
Belgium
Snow Land
Ies
Ernest William Carne
Belmam
Beer strike satire and temperance politics in Queensland
The piece mocks a beer strike amid a pro temperance backlash led by the Ryan Government in Queensland. It contrasts party pledges with liquor policy, notes opposition ministers’ reluctance to curb indulgence, and predicts six o'clock closing or stricter measures. It observes global dry trends and flags possible pressuring shifts toward prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queensland
Commonwealth
Ryan
Prussia
Mr. Ryan
Canada
United States
Cairns Brass Band Ordered Off Tomorrow Night
The Cairns Brass Band is asked to turn off tomorrow night to acc up troops following a directive. Ed Clarke A Sowden J B Bourke are named in the brief along with others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairns Srass
Spees
Ed Clarke
A. Sowden
J.B Bourke
Optician Promises Complete Customer Satisfaction in Cairns
H F Stacey of Opticon Abbot Street Cairns reports total customer satisfaction through careful sight testing and skilled workmanship. Red Cross sent funds to Lady Robinson with soldier donor lists. Mrs C A Craig pledges to reach named soldiers. Peace celebrations hailed as historic due to Allied success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watt
H. F. Stacey
Opticon
Abbott Street
Cairns
Red Cross Society
Lady Robinson
Mre. C. A. Craig
Robinson
Raffle results and notices from Cairns region
The opossum donation to the Red Cross by Mr Power was raffled by late Wim Dillon, won by Betty Reid of Abbott Street Cairns. A band concert at Lake Street near Victoria Howe is set for 4 pm with Bandmaster Mr Fred Harris. Special civil juries will not be required for the Cairns District Court sessions. Several minor notices mention changing regimental designations, local prices on dainty shoes, and drunks fined for being found drunk in Cairns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opoem
The
Red Cross
Power
Wim Dillon
Betty Reid
Cairns
Lake Street
Victoria Howe
Fred (. Harris
William Johnson
Henry Mages
John Hitchcorksm
TA. Ferry
Casrins
A.L
Helidon
Toowoomba
Queensland
Trail & Winstone's
Frail and Winstone
Mercers
Abebet Street
Health team reopens hookworm treatment in Cairns shire
Dr Waite and staff return to Cairns to re-examine residents under hookworm treatment. Prompt collection of specimens is urged at Rabinda or Cordenvale ambulance stations or Hambledon mill for staff pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waite
Cairns
Rabinda Or
Cordenvale
Hambledon Mill
Drapery Prices From Mayers Ltd Hit By Market Rises
Household drapery items remain steady at Mayers Ltd as stock of calico sheets and damasks were secured early and not affected by recent price rises. The store invites pattern comparisons and promises values that can be beaten in Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howsthold
Mayers Lidhur
Australia
Mayers Ltd
War Loan Essay Contest Awards Prize in Cairns Shire
Exiss examiners judged a competition for students at Master Lionel’s and Miss Alice Bronlan’s State School in the Cairns Shire. The topic "Why We Should Subscribe to the War Loan" opened to all Cairns Shire schools. The first prize a war bond was awarded to Councilor G. K Mayers, president of the Cairns Shire Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lionels
State School
Alice Bronlan
Cairns
Cairns Shire
G. K Mayers
Final of Kellys Boot Sale Ends Tomorrow
Important event closes tomorrow with special offerings today to mark the closure. A big list of bargains appears in Kellys advertisement on page 2 for profitable reading and a share of the boot value offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly
The Laborer and His Hire Rises in Wages Debate
Levi seeks higher wages while Cohen questions the need for more money. He calculates annual hours worked, sleep, recreation and holidays to illustrate the worker's actual demand against time and effort, framing labor value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi
Cohen
War Precautions case against Cairns editor proceeds
Counsel for the Commonwealth asks the police magistrate Cairns to state a case for appeal in proceedings started by the Defence Department under the War Precautions Regulations against John Burrowes editor and four others of the Cairns Daily Times. The article was deemed defective and not calculated to encourage disloyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
Cairns
T. A. Ferry
Defence Department
John Burrowes
Cairns Daily Times
Passing of Old Mossman Resident Mr William Groves
Old Mossman resident Mr William John Groves longtime Mossman Central Mill worker lived at the Post Office Hotel. He collapsed after tea and died. a Port Douglas morgue post mortem found heart trouble as the cause. He was buried in Port cemetery with two brothers present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mossman
William John Groves
Post Office
Haroan
Girones
Port Deouglas
HP. Elliett
Port
Ath
Groves
Wea
Mount Dolley
Burketown Carrier Johns Suicide Reported in Burketown
Sub-inspector Jenings reports to the Commissioner of Police that Thomas Johns a carrier of Burketown shot himself in the head with a rifle on Wednesday October 2. Johns was 68 years of age. An inquiry is being held. New clerks of petty sessions named from September 1 include R A Dunlop Chillagoe C F Copas Ingham F Jovan Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burketown
Jenings
Normanton
Commissioner of Police
Thomas Johns
Johns
R. A. Dunlop
Chillagoe
F. W. Copas
Ingham
Ovan
Georottown
Queensland News Roundup of War Aims and Local News
A mixed collage reports wartime sugar gift limits for UK recipients, relief funds for soldiers’ families, and a push for a State motor vehicle department. Also covered are a Ravenshoe fatality, enlistment pressures on youths, changes on a Maryborough Grammar School Board, tram fare anecdotes, and local shop promotions.
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Sdonnell
Me Downel
Amlyn-P .Lrip
Townsville
Audavita
Curt of
Etraliz
Supreme Court
of Commonwealth
New Zea- Mo
the Insurance Office OF Australia Ltd
Full Details Ltd
Messrs
Nevitt & Roden Managing Agents
F.G. A. Cooke
Hemingway & Robertson
Collins House
Collins Street
Nevitt & Boden
Victoria House
J Harris
Lake St. Cairns
P.O. Boxm
Murray & Marsland
Spence Street
Abijah Murray
Marsland
T. Lempriere & CO
Fearnley & CO
Melbourne House
Abbott ST
Williams’ Lake Eacham
Yungaburra
Kuranda
Escham
Barrine
Mincane
Mesdames FE
Humphrey
Harris and Child
Ritchie
E. McCowie
MM. Goldring
M Grayson
S. Pink
Mclliwaith
W. Levis
Harris
W. Onaid
A. Donnelly
H. B. Hart
Champion
P. Bushnell
Hovard
E. \. Hawkins
W. Davison
Steorage
Australian Steamships Ltd
OWEN_VUICK
Craig
Wet Craig
Sheridan Street
Norman Park
McLeod Street
Mears Facre
Taylor Street
Draper Street
C. Woodward
Lake-Street
Nyall
W. H. Green, Ltd
the Chemists
Ayr
Ingham, Innisfail, Bowen
Winton
Neary’s
Aca
J. P. Nieary
General Draper
Uaabam & Matheson Ltd
ORE Buyers & Assayers
Herberton
Thermo Electric and Reduction Tron Ltd
Lager
San
Gore
Pri
Bede
H. V. Cann
Annie
Flo
May Carne
Symonds
Arthur
Goer
Varieiier
Stan Keckett Society
Tegstered
Spencer St
Mareeba Chamber of Com
Forma Chamber of Commerce
Goccra
Caucasians National
B. P. Daugaard
C. A. Jea- Kieeon
Tike Bros
W. E. Keating
Ne Meat Export Co
Dalgey Waltrans Butchering Co
Jack and Newell
J. Deane
Kilpatrick
Grogan and Co
W. A. Gilder
Thos Ore
Ote Electric
W. Bainbridge, Koorboaraining Co
Byrimine Pastoral Properties Ltd
Rodolph Hampe
G.F. Smith
P. Daugaard
R. Love
Dalgety & Company Ltd
Metal Exchange of
Atew
Wind
Ee Daugaard
Mareshe
the Post
Frain
Abbott-street
Second Beach
Rennedy Regiment
Tery
Eee
Dan's
United Kingdom
A.W.L
Impera
Mendese
Legislative Assembly
Petrie
Corser
Trades Hall
William Nichols
Ravenshoe
Herberton Hospital
Malanda
H. Demaine
M.lc
Maryborough Grammar School Board
Boys’ Grammar School
Gresham Brisbane
Trodeprovements
Ah Ang
Mew
Bethrosns Orf Lavetorien
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