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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 25, 1915
Page
2
A man named P. Daughan was injured on Saturday at Babinda when a tree fell on him. He was transported to Cairns and taken to hospital by the Ambulance.
Mrs Hommelgaard thanks kind friends for sympathy after bereavement. Coroner and hotel notices appear in fragmentary antique text with references to copper, tin, silver prices and odd dates in London October.
Residents of Edge Hill celebrate a Cairns Town Council pledge to extend water service, tying new houses to the town grid while highlighting the area’s growing needs, progress associations, and calls for public notice and state school support. The debate reflects the broader expansion of Cairns suburbs and the urgency of infrastructure in the Edge Hill district.
A colonial-era complaint urges the Cairns Town Council to recognize suburb residents as vital to the town’s growth. It argues that farmers and smallholders on the outskirts face poor water, impassable approaches, and unfair conditions unless rates funds finance proper access and services. The piece praises a progressive council policy and calls for continued efforts to connect suburbs with adequate facilities, boosting settlement and economic vitality.
Sunday afternoon accident near Lakeside street left Mrs Hines and Mrs Lyons thrown from their carriage when the horse shied. A social and dance is planned for tomorrow night at Odd Fellows Hall under the Quadrille Assembly auspices with a lengthy program of dances and talents expected to draw a large crowd.
A man slipped on a gutter behind a hotel on Abbott Street causing a broken leg. He received first aid at the scene. The report also touches on wartime censorship claims regarding German census data and deceiving the world about youth figures.
Fragmentary notes describe photos sent home showing loved ones and brave faces. The piece urges keeping Christmas spirits bright with cheerful images from the front.
Fragmentary report notes a man named Frank Booth missing from his camp at Pine Creek near Edmonton. Police traced his camp and nearby residents report alligators in the area. some say a gator may have seized him.
A fragment from a wartime notice asks for donations to the Tre Billy Can Fund for the comfort of Our Boys at the front. Contributions are welcomed at the Naval Mice Lakestreet Cairns, during specified hours, with the first installment inviting donors to bring any donations by the ninth inst. to enable forward goods for distribution.
A voice recalls how some still judge a man for not joining the five year old General Strike, valuing past refusal over current wartime sacrifice. A wounded soldier on the front replies and a woman speaks of Belgians in peril, highlighting enduring public judgment.
An advertisement touts Thorn Hair Tonic as a cure for various hair and scalp problems including dandruff and dry greasy hair. It urges troubled readers to buy a bottle from W. A. Cotata at Cheniak, asserting the product restores hair after other remedies fail.
Next Wednesday at 4 pm Mir C Woodward will auction household furniture from Mr G Griffith Upper Sheridan Street. A list of parcels includes sixty garments made by school girls for Belgian children and other items sent by local ladies. The note praises quality and antiseptic toothpowder as a change from ordinary tooth care.
A fragment describes Stand Easy plaster as a miracle cure for corn removal on feet. It claims painless action with no spill risk and promotes availability at Craigs Vice Regal Phatity on Abbott Street in Cairns. The ad uses old time phrasing and emphasizes ease of use and safety.
An early report notes Thompson, a resident near Mourilyan, supervising the tramline from Mourilyan Harbor to the plantation. Fever raged at the time but the main focus is the construction progress and labor conditions during the period.
Saturday evening the wounded Corporal Maddock was honored by Mayor Ald Dil Jon with a fountain pen. The ceremony praised his determination to rejoin Australian forces at the front and conveyed sincere thanks from the community for his service and sacrifice.
Following are the Cairns school girls who contributed to the pie children parade. Names include Emmalise Pattergon, Anne Servaili, Beth Wediick, Jon Winnis Massey, Dorothy Cong Son, Barbera Brown, Flora Luck, Nitua Wright, Marjotie McKenzie, Nellie Backer, Beryla Maggie Mill, Head Moll Storey Muriel Lawson, Myrtle Howitt, Mama McKenzie, Mollie Drenley, Edith Granville, Annis McKenzie, Sylvia Chalk, Victoria Murphy, Edna Taylor, May Olsen, Terathy Stillman, Annie Proves, Timie Sue Sami May Young, Maggie Gilnore, Pearl Blanchard, Mabel Moore, Janet Barr, Mad Nicholl, Lilvi Curtis, Florrie Starria, Annis Whicht, Ams Lapworth, Evelyn Robins May Norris.
Fragmented OCR text references Belahi Games and Thy Cain Pictures with mention of The Bert Jumpers comedy and war themed spectacle. Summary notes unclear details but indicates a night event featuring the Bert Jumpers with possibly a comedy wartime act and theater involvement.
The Methodist Synod of the Northern District begins in Ceims on Tuesday morning. Four visiting delegates have arrived quietly, two more today, and eighteen will arrive by Tuesday morning. Frederick will conduct communion service. Wednesday morning a worship service at Tneteock. Church welcome and addresses planned by leaders.
The Roman Catholic weekly Voltseitung criticizes British depravity with a retrospective caution, arguing that even early men showed arbitrary cruelty. The piece attacks the idea that Britons are modernized or refined, recalling past brutalities to claim enduring harsh traits.
Fragmented OCR reads of a historical item describe a self confessed figure forced to transform himself amid wartime rhetoric. The text hints at German terms and a critique of vile language, with references to opposition and covert actions in a climate of censorship.
A Lokslanzeiger report notes the war’s impact on English liquor traffic. The shortage of whisky follows rationing and supply disruptions, causing panic buying and a famine of spirits that haunts the island more than distant casualties.
Volunteers left Cairns on Saturday night to mass upholding the British honor. The procession formed at the Drill Shed under officers including C. W. Krehe and F. Weatherhead, with Corporal Maddock among the marching party. They moved to the wharf with the Calms Citizens Band and Allied Societies, a large civic crowd cheering as music played. Corporal Mawdock, back from Arvinebank, joined the march before the steamer departed.
At the Palace Theatre a presentation will honor Cairns wounded hero Private J McSpadden by the Aquatic Club. The event features a fight hearty welcome to returning members, a crowd-pleasing programme, and a film bill including The Fairy Fern Seed and Maing Shots and Shrapnel. Box plan available at Palace Cafe or by phone 244.
A man named Henri Bimbler was found dead after a tram journey from Babinde to Harvey Creek. The body lay beneath a train car with no passenger recalling the fall, and investigators found fragmentary clothing and evidence near the carriages as rescuers searched the line.
Fred G. Morton, longtime journalist and editor for the Brisbane Courier and Townsville Charters Towers Post, died at Cairns District Hospital after a period of illness. He left press work before 1907 to farm sugar in the district and was buried in a Colres cemetery after a service attended by relatives and friends.
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