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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 20, 1910
Page
2
Rich forest land of gold and meiom quality to be sold at the upset price of 1 per acre. Terms include one-third cash with balance due in installments. Auctioneer A. J. Draper notes forced sale to close syndicate accounts, yielding a low price for wheat land.
The message requests timetable details and confirms past and upcoming train times. It notes Wedn esday 26 June and a 10.90 am departure from Mount Garnet, with Tuesday 9.25 am and 7:41 am references, asking for full particulars.
Farther A Chandler an assayer and general ore buyer is noted as the pipe work specialist and ash buyer of BD Lito, with unclear wording indicating occupational roles and an ongoing financial obligation among parties.
The manager Mr C F Valente reports under date Mth inst the west drive off Wine has been extended 46 feet making a total length unknown. The ore vein carrying copper pyrites varying from to 18 inches wide continues without much alteration. Water is rather heavy. The tunnel on the east boundary has been extended a forth ten feet making a total of 34 feet.
Tomeny Gakath paid on 2/9 and 4/6 in Cairns Stock Exchange records. Onin Hamh also paid 239 on 4/6.
A fragmentary Telegraph note lists horse names with fractions likely indicating odds or prices, including Brilliant Central, Brilliant Mocks, Brilliant Extended, Moershall's Queen, Mille' Prited, and New Brilliant Preeboldis. Odds-like figures accompany each name, showing a busy, uncertain race meeting card.
The Post notes the completion of the rail line to Herberton and the long agitation of locals. It recalls Herberton as a tin mining center born from rich shallow lodes near the Wide River system and the Walsh Tate river divide, yielding prosperity and a boom from the early days.
The opening of the railway to Herberton signals progress in a broader extension plan linking Cairns with the Etheridge and Gulf regions. Officials tout improved access to ports and markets, with further lines toward Mabinda, Georgetown, and beyond promising settlement, farming, and regional wealth as Queensland continues its rail expansion.
Mr George Waddel announces schedule changes for the Mount Garnet to Lape railway with Saturday 3.30 am and Tuesday 2.25 am departures. In Chillagoe Court John Burke is fined for stealing boots after a mixed evidence trial. A fence dispute over £200 costs is discussed in Small Debts Court with Montgomery and Lille representing parties. A Shire entertainment program features Gladys Moncrieff and a variety of entertainments.
Dr. Harvey G. Draper invites tenders due Saturday for a new fence on Cairns Esplanade to Abbott Street corridor amid traffic congestion. Council approves permission for carting work and names stretch from the Esplanade to Abbott Street. The note adds a church tea and concert at St John’s Hall drawing large local attendance and listing many attendees and helpers.
In Velbosles Wednesday report from Telegraph the House of RepresentativesSeated amid heated exchanges over a government motion. The division failed by 19 to 16 with ministers backing the motion and a bloc of opposition members voting no. The session adjourned around midnight.
A piece arguing the liquor issue dominates discussion, noting how traffic revenue masks harms. It laments workers losing wages to drink, returning to farms penniless after long weeks, and calls the war a path to stabilizing families and homes.
London court hears Hawley Crippen plead not guilty to murdering and mutilating his wife Cora Crippen also known as Belle Elmore. Crown witnesses say Crippen did not cohabit and carried on an affair with Clara Le Neve while the wife was said to have eloped. Wylie and Miller testify to Crippen’s relations with Mrs Crippen and public notices of her status.
Landon, Poesy Mr Lian George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, told a Liberal Christian League gathering in the City Temple that poverty stems from postwar England and protected industries. He argued reform measures would reduce destitution and waste, and that producing a stronger safety net could ease the burden on wage earners. He cited public expenditures, aging policies, and economic strains as factors driving poverty and noted reforms could improve health and living conditions.
The Sugar Excise Bill advances as senators clash over a bounty and rebate. Debate centers on guarantees for grower payments and labor conditions. Arguments reference High Court decisions and proposed inflationary effects before the bill moves to third reading.
An unsigned Imperial Politics manifesto calls for concentrating constructive efforts to stem rising unrest in Britain and the continent. It urges balancing peculiar forces to address wage and economic anxieties sweeping the population.
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