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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 19, 1910
Page
2
Notice lists an auction to be held Thursday October 20 at 2:30 pm. Items include one Grey Draught Stallion two mares with foals two roan fillies and one riding saddle. Cash terms and seller AL Storey Auctioneer.
Notice outlines revised train departures from Mount Garnet to various destinations. The Mount Garnet to Pappa service will run Saturdays at 8.30 am instead of 7.45 am, and Tuesdays at 9.25 am instead of 7.45 am. The text references further details in the Government Gazette and lists multiple works and locations including Brisbane, Cairns, Townsville, and others.
The South Australian Register reports Lieut.-Col. Reach’s Cairns district tour noting 6500 miles traveled in eastern states. He describes Queensland prosperity with great cattle, dairy, and maize harvests, a booming sugar crop, and a lively tin mining scene including Vulcan Mine at Irvinebank near Stannary.
Stockdale outlines ore treatment ideas for Ivanhoe Black Rock Kitchener and Central Mines. He argues for screen bottoms in shaking feed to reduce slime and boost battery output and suggests incline truck modifications for ore transport. Water supply and pumping costs if moving the mill to the mines are weighed against concentrating at the site.
The Metal Markets from London lists copper at £57/5 to £57/15 with forward at £58/ T/6 to £58/47, tin at £164 to £164/10 and forward £150/10 to £160, lead at £18/2/6. Mewes Elder Sodith and Co. Ltd. notes prices and market position with brief commentary on measures.
Cairns stock exchange entries list varied items such as Chillagoe and Mount Molloy offers with prices, plus Melbourne style notations. The digest shows multiple consignments and prices including Now or Never and Oaks Rush.
In post colonial politics signs of disruption appear as Macartney clashes with his chief in the Assembly. Brigbene whispers that Government strength wanes while rumour links Hawthorn and others to renewed opposition maneuvers. Debates over pastoral clauses and land contracts threaten to redefine party lines and parliamentary strategy amid ongoing budget talks.
At the Nelson Police Court on Monday before Mr Muir J and William Hailey was fined for a similar offence. Howard Smith Company report steamer Kadina leaves Brisbane for Cairns with coal and coke cargo. The Sar doo, sailing under Adelaide Company flag, expected Friday to found sugar for the south. The Tajyusa arrived at the anchorage yesterday en route East with 4 boxes of wool valued at 4033 shipped from Hong Kong by Chinese residents. Townsville reports 145 cases of rubber seeds from Hingepore and water New Pines. Mindoro to despatch from Cairns about the end of the month. Evers Bros and Meizhie advertise as sole agents in Queensland for Union marine and stationary engines.
The steamer Era is at port loading large quantities of sugar for Sydney and Welbourn and will depart south tomorrow. The Carroo arrived yesterday from Goondi with sugar for transhipment to the Era. The Muriel was due last evening from Goondi with more sugar cargoes.
Speaking in Townsville Captain Thomson discussed the Levuka delay at Cairns anchorage. He warned that silt buildup has choked the channel and urged the Cairns Harbour Board to hire Linden Fates dredges idle in Bishan to dredge the pipes and clear the depth.
An evening show at Shire Hall presents a film depicting contemporary London to a large audience. The program includes familiar scenes and mentions special performances by Mina Gladya Moncriel and Vera Willietes Beme, with timings from 8 pm to 10:30 pm for about 24 hours of entertainment.
A misrouted telephone call in Cairns sparked a humorless toll discussion at the local exchange. A caller asked for beef while connected to the Town Council, leading to a clerk offering a copy of the Local Authorities Act as a substitute.
A quarrel between neighbors led to a language case at South Cairns on 13 October 1910. The defendant offered a guilty plea but denied certain words. The magistrate criticized the language as common and ordered a fee of 10 shillings and costs of 1 pound 2 shillings 6 pence.
The Mayor A Hartill-Law received a telegram that the Hydraulee engineer Mir J Ti Henderson will visit Cairns this month to confer with the Council on matters related to the water scheme.
Cairns Town Council forwards a Department of Public Instruction communication about site actions related to the Police Magistrate's Cairns residence. The death of George Valentin Hellitar, Crown Solicitor, is noted. Tom McCawley is expected to be permanently appointed as acting Crown Solicitor with anticipated succession.
The town council discussed a letter demanding footpath and crossing repairs at Spencer Centon streets. Officials had inspected the area and reported work done. A second letter from Drewe and Hertiman criticized residents, prompting Aldermen to pass a resolution condemning the hostile missive.
The Cairns Town Council held its monthly session late into the night, approving property rates and levies. Discussion covered cemetery site surveys, government applications, and projected revenue of £3351. Alderman Hoare was noted in the report.
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