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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 16, 1911
Page
2
An OCR fragment references Christmas purchases and warnings about preset tea and silver items. It mentions an infernal building on Anbott Street and suggests inspection steps, with unclear details about the scene or authorities involved.
A public sale advertises the Lake and Gorton Suite item with a partial seller mark. The notice cites Berton Esq as the instruction authority and mentions a named performer on the turf.
The Cairns community learns of a search for six boys aboard the Pearl Queen voyage near the eastern Cape. Remains found on the coast two miles from the Valda location suggest three boys may have perished, with a thorough government inquiry pledged and expected to clarify the fate of the others. The Pearl Queen is due back at Coir today, aiding the full briefing.
Reports show mill workers awaiting arrivals at Pioneer mill with crews booked. Lady Jane mimes at Mungana appear well though a single block blocks progress. Chillago directors plan another mine trial and cork work begins next month. Shareholders urged to fund development and ore raising as furnaces fill. Sumner notes expansion and parcels from the Chill laroo studdyyore with profits and deliveries awaiting return.
Fragmentary OCR notes show values for copper silver and tin with pounds and pence figures. The text is garbled, mentioning toms loads and rates, with reference to Woolf ram and Stream items. No clear event or persons are identifiable.
A damaged OCR note shows prices and listings for horses and brokers with names like Laurder Acorns and Kelly's Queen and references to Bril amt Koopa and Miss United. The fragment ends with Towers Crishing suggesting a market decline.
Telegraph notes CH. Towers Saturday sale listing Band of Hope with 175 toms valued at £480 and Victory Trivaloms with 45 tows valued at £255, totaling 73 toms and about £? in value.
Market brief notes copper at 54 to 55 pounds per ton with slight movement toward 55 17s for tin and lead listed at 15 shillings. The fragment documents price quotes and exchange context for metals in the LoDo Senter listing.
Detail from Cairns Stock Exchange shows listed prices for players and teams, with entries such as Chicagoe, Elbett Cloncurry, McGrewe, New fomasieigh and Killagoe Ruddygors. Values quoted include fractions and shillings like 5/ and 2/10, indicating historical pricing or options. The exact meanings are unclear due to damaged OCR.
The message reports serious Cairns district congestion and advises stopping timbee for a week. Detailing orders, it calls Naval Reserve units and Cadets to muster tonight and Tuesday with specified uniforms. It notes a first inspection by the Director of Naval Reserves and quarterly pay arrangements following the inspection.
Notes from Ando News report the Aldenham, after calling at Cairns on Saturday en route to Swine from the Fast, carried a number of Siberian sone destined for the Maansen Antarctic Expedition.
Auction announced by Mr J G Hours to set by sale under instructions from Mr G Turten on the premium corner Luke site. The notice directs bidders to attend at the specified location for the auction.
Mr G Roult, engineer in charge of the ferro concrete wharf project at Townsville, arrived from Cairns by the Mourilyns. The test pile for the wharf site arrived by the Wollawra, but pile driving was postponed as machinery was not yet ready. the start was moved to tomorrow.
The Pearl Queen rescue party reports human remains washed ashore near Cape Flat following a long exhaustive search for the Valda boys. The reefed bodies, found with sand on their domes, are believed to be three persons, possibly including a youth, as relatives await transport of the remains to Cairns. The search by Captain Alliston, W Heiss, and others covered Bailey's Creek, Cape Tribulation, and the Melvor river district, with plans to pursue further leads before the final return to Cairns.
In Charters Towers Circuit Court last week Judge J. W. Bigh presided over two defenses. The first involved a mega operation case resulting in a not guilty verdict after a hard-fought trial. The second charged James Wells and Thomas Maeseen with unlawful killing of livestock near Talrymple. the jury returned not guilty. The murder charge was noted as a painful case handled by the late Attorney-General.
Local growers report Tri ConAig Timemts will ship sugar from the Den fuvtr tamds to the Proserpine Ventral Mill on Thursday. Mr C. Matley will forward to Lomemul Mess. Bield Bros. 40 tons. Farmers are expanding the industry with 25 men ready for next year's crop as more shipments are planned.
Messrs F T Geen F W Cuthbert and C arias Visited Mount Jackson then went to the Pavetors showing the reduction works under erection. Gree reports the plant nearly complete with no stampers and ore processed through stone breakers and mills to Wildey tables. Progress is rapid with many employed. works to commence at end of the year as Cuthbert and Green return to Georgetown via Brisbane.
The Herberteg Times reports the Chamber of Commerce urged the Traffic Manager Cairns to establish a public telephone at Kaban to aid timber trucking. A reply asked the chamber to meet the Traffic Maneuver and officials to press the Postmaster General for the line, with subsequent meetings and formal requests noted.
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