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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 18, 1920
Page
4
A stationer, newsagent and affidavits examiner notes a mining assets ledger listing multiple mines and concentrates. Entries cover Two Tacks Mine and nearby operations, ore values, concentrates, and battery trashing details with approximate local valuations.
The snippet lists tidal times and lunar phases with several unreadable fragments. It mentions Last Quarter at 1057 am, New Moon events, Err Quarter 102 am, and Perigee timing, alongside scattered dates in October. The readable items indicate tidal observations and celestial events for the period.
Fragmented report notes vessels and travelers moving through Townsville on October 16 toward Melbourne via port. Mentions Rae and Terrie, Timersville timing at 1 am, plus names such as Joe, Kistel, Da Saget, and Masel Serine Coton. Details are unclear and partially obscured by OCR.
Men are Woodward and Calder offer for sale at their mart on Lake Street at noon next Friday the furnishings of Mrs C Rocero Winnie and Water Streets with sale to include the Mayers Lid Ranch timber leather and other items. The sale takes place at 2.00 pm next Friday with bidders to be present on the front steps.
A sale near Priocaneton Saturday at Wi fimathe Harbor Road area shows various goods advertised. The Cairns Arg reports plans for a social at the American Hall tonight to announce final results. A man named Horace Ter Hinx injured in a cart accident near Gordonvale remains under medical care. Police report Drunkenness charges in Gordonvale court with Timothy Jorkley among those charged.
The Cairne electorate tally lists 24 votes counted by the Returning Officer. Names such as Hives, McCnemack, O'Sullivan, Waveyman, Holden, Brody, Leahy, and others appear in the detailed roll as officials or candidates. Official returns note several counts and the process continued on Saturday with further tallies to follow.
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