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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 19, 1921
Page
4
A damaged obituary fragment remembers Joseph Kelly and William Henry Gates Oates. lines honor loving nephews and sisters, with dates and memories. The text shows misspellings and partial names but preserves the family tribute tone and dates from the era.
Be a Coveney expresses gratitude to mmieson Langai id Clarke the Matron and the three for aid after the death of her brother Kis. Comrades in WSLLA and telegraphed sympathy from Sana noted.
Shipping news records arrivals from Vic Kuranda Towns ville noting captains Raven M James Anderson Chapman Moss McKay Missey Cleland Shep Hailes Mackay and others with 12 agents for Taes Burna Mall. High tides on October 19 1921 at 10.28 a.m. and 10.34 p.m. are listed.
The Sydney metal market report from Oct 18 records London quotes for electrolytic tin and steel products with forward and spot prices. It shows various forward figures and spot values, including tin and standard forward rates as listed in the London market.
The Brisbane market reports a varied day with 1100 cattle yarded and 1586 sheep and lambs tendered. Prices ranged up to 25 shillings per 100 pounds for bullocks and 22 shillings 6 pence for cows, with prime meats and mixed lots reflecting firmer to easier tone.
Local items include a dance and euchre tournament at the Aquatic Hall, an auction notice for Bellenden Ker land, and a meeting of the Fathers of Returned Sailors and Soldiers Association at the Xvat Home. Police court fines, ambulance matters, weather notes, and town council discussions on water meters fill the page.
An outbreak in Wynnum prompts urgent public health measures. Officials report 255 examinations with several plague cases. authorities poison rat-infested wharves and streets, deploy arsenic-laced bait, and intensify cleaning along the waterfront to curb transmission.
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