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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 14, 1912
Page
4
Dorn Gres on the sands at War greuth has been remanded. Mrs Zelis Nuttall presented to the Hak hiyt Society documents relating to Sir Francis Drake voyages and Cape Horn. A 5 8,000 Union loan is imminent and will be issued at Lor in Capetown Sunday
A short note in the Daily Chronicle introduces the Australian Labor Party with its first sketch. The item labels the party and hints at its role in politics without broader context or events.
Divers locate a crest hole near the Greenwich Tower on the sunken submarine. The vessel is damaged and risk of breaking worsens if moved. Salvage operations are planned amid heavy crowed ferries in the area.
Asia have declared an interim dividend of 7d per cert. Allsopp Brewery Company propose to reduce their capitalization, liabilities to creditors, from £40,060 to £786,008 and issue about £20,000 worth of debentures to clear prior charges and furnish working capital.
London reporters at the Dominion's Commission hear Sir FW temper on the emhetien and consider creation of a Migration Department for the Colonies. Mr. Done for New Zealand urged licensing of em feration movements amid concerns of misrepresentation and deception.
The article discusses Britain's invitation for arbitration if disputes over the Hay-Herran or Hay-Cauntcote treaty interpretations persist. It notes the Panama Canal bill and Britain's position prompting U.S. consideration.
Mutiny aboard the German steamer Lottensel near the Azores led to the captain’s targeted attack before German cruiser Scherthe intervened. Officers and 16 men attempted to kill the captain and were arrested after boarding by cruiser bluzjeckers.
Jerome dominates early with forcing tactics in the Australian middlweight bout. Whiting sustains a cut to the left eye in round five and later injures his right hand. at the end Whitings corner throws in the towel in round eight. Meanwhile Brisbane hosts a provincial tour noting drought relief talks and electricity driven bore-water town lighting.
Police in London received word that burglars had entered the Countess Scteras’s house. Inspector Walls responded to the scene and was killed in the line of duty. Further details are awaited as investigators review the telephonic message.
Fragmented dispatches report political jibes between Bulfour and Churchill amid Home Rule debates in London and Belfast. Churchill, returning from Belfast, doubts Unionist resistance and hints at government changes while critics accuse misreading irony as policy. Fire on a ship near Saymour reportedly started by unknown cause. crew absent for overhaul. In Brisbane a dawn sitting notes Cribb dropping votes to 33.
Rumor tight in official circles states South Australia Premier Peake will soon engage in changes tied to rotation bonds and official duties. The report mentions a forthcoming shift in leadership roles and associations with government rotations.
On a Sydney Sunday the Kareela ferry steamer narrowly avoided tragedy when Frank Cook slipped while attempting to jump aboard. He was badly hurt in the legs and lower body as the vessel left Milson's Point for Circular Quay. A passenger reported the incident to the water and a Kareela deck head and a contractor leaped in to rescue him before he sank.
Sydney police court records show men fined two pounds and imprisoned eleven days for being found in a common gaming house at Petersham. Two helpers in the house were fined 39 and 38 pounds respectively for their roles in conducting the establishment.
Sydney jury returns a verdict of suicide in the case of an alien business man named Stro me. The oblique language leaves several details unclear while noting the ruling and its implications for the family involved.
In Sydney the Federal Attorney General Mr Hughes commented at a Chamber of Manufacturers luncheon on recent progress over two years, noting improved conditions yet rising complaints as signs of a growing community. Melbourne discussed Privy Council questions and High Court decisions, with a decision expected next week. A yacht race section describes results and times, including Dauntless, Thelma, Fearless, and other craft, plus junior Cairns Aquatic Club performances and Mr FE Summers trophy prizes.
Yesterday's Cairns Aquatic Club event featured senior and junior divisions with favorable afternoon weather. Mir. R. Stuart's trophy race offered £1 for first, 10s for second, and 5s for third as spectators watched from motor launches along a course near Mark X.W., with W. Bennett as timekeeper and judge and Mir. Sunners as umpire and server.
Ned May won the Mile and Mile Handicaps at the Cycle Sports event on Tig Slat in September. The race ran on Bosaneo's cycle repairs gear, finishing neatly and strongly on the home premises at Abbot Street.
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