Shipping Movements and Port Arrivals Reported
The list details boats and schedules with arrivals and departures at Cairns and other ports. It notes Taiping and Taiping’s arrival from the south, Canberra due Cairns, Colac at No 4 sails, and various ships en route to Melbourne, Yokohama, Singapore, and London, with dates in October and November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra
Cairns
Organatam
Singapore
Ae Albena
Yokohama
Tanda
Chiba
Japan
Sandakan
Hong Kong
Gulf Rescue
Sydney
Canamber
Colas
Melbourne
Eaton
New Yorke
Gairns
Joe Cairns
Us.a
PoThe
Oakpark
Arcturus
Cairn
Lille
Cairne
Cee Howard Smith
Swee Line
Oceanic
San Franciso
Pago
Honolulu
Sierra
Sonoma
Ventura
Pmfich
Samuel Aflen and Sons
Orama
London
Brobane
Nowemr
Samuel Allen and Sons
Southampton
Brisbane
Moreton Bay
Hobson's Bay
Ailehaidle Scotch
Howard Smith Na Pais
Howard Smith Na Pais He Fmd Movements Ber Bier Fennel
White Star Steares
South Africa
Ceramic Raves Syrtnow
Wes Sudeer Nowenih
Ferndale
Aberdeen
Mies
Hamburg
Hamburg Norened Feaver London On Now Due Brisbate December '80, Townseilte
Hueharg Low
Tee Ee
The Otranto Leaves Brisbane for New Passage
Unclear OCR notes indicate the steamer Otranto with names Mears Samuel Alles and Sens Lid near the Orem Line departs Brisbane. Fragment mentions Mrs Dar, Schimetant, and Wee lnestay with limited readable context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Alles
Sens Lid
Orem Line
Brisbane
Mrsdar
Taiping's Passengers on Voyage to China and Japan
Following passengers by the steamship Taiping that sank yesterday are reported as moving to China and Japan. The list includes Mrs Clerk, Mr Han, Mrs J M Allag, Mr J I Williams, Miss Marton, and others. Additional names include Mrs Wales, Mrs Beres, Mr Diewall, and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taiping
Chia
Japan
Canberra Arrival At Gares Amid Acidic Voyage Rumor
Canberra steamship is expected to dock at Gares on Tuesday. A coal rail motor will depart the wharf at 4:45 am bound for Kuranda. The yeast will go to Melbourne via ports at 7 pm the same evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TSS
Canberra
Gares
Aboat
Kuranda
Melhourne
Diverse Church Services Across Sherianstree and Gordonvale
A jumble of Sunday services lists across multiple churches including Andrew's Pre-heterian, The Church of England in Gordonvale, Rabinda Presbyterian, Central Methodist Dest, and Mossman groups. Activities feature morning Eucharists, sermons by Rev. J Tainton and Rev. W J Tom Exar, Sunday schools, youth meetings, and confirmations with dates in late October and early November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Methodist
Aplin Street
Mossman
J. Tainton
Drager-street
Methodist Church
Commercial prices and sales report excerpt
The report lists varied farm commodities with mixed results. Prices for local chaff, lucerne hay, potatoes, onions, wheat, and maize are given, noting declines and sparse supplies for some items and higher demand for others, including oilers and bread wheat amid fluctuating market activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South Wales
Ar Fi
Mining notes on metal market prices and copper trends
Sap the Metal Market report lists copper at 72/8/9 per unit with other metals including lead at 23/11/3 and 23/10/0, tin quoted around 5088/1716, and electrolytic prices near 18 cents. The figures cover copper, lead, tin, and related bars and futures with varying bids and asks as of Bea October 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bea
Srenwo
Palmer River Gold Co NL Bucket Dredging Update
The General Manager Walter Baker leaves Strathleven on 25 October 1929. A Thornycroft four ton six wheel lorry arrived in Cooktown on 20 September and is put to work. The company reports steady progress as two six wheel lorries transport plant, with a contractor, delivering 1 to 4 tons weekly. Dredging gear and building materials have been moved to Strathleven with 140 tons due by the 7th. Foundations are prepared, engineering staff mobilized, and 17 workers including the engineer and blacksmith are on site. The dredge launch is planned soon, with operations to start in the wet season once buckets begin to dig. The company praises the wheeled lorries and notes two different makes on the roadwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Baker
Strathleven
Thornycroft
Cooktown
Aura
Morris and Thornycroft
Leores
Ura
Tair
W. Comber
Huchonpal
Tour Inen
Whey
Funeral notice and marriage announcement clipped together
A funeral notice invites Mr and Mrs Johnson of No 8 Grove Street Catena to St Johns Church Minute Street at 11 am this Saturday en route to Cairns Cemetery Martyn Street. A marriage at Mt Saints Church of England Brisbane on Oct 19 unites Arthur John Henry Tak and Valmal Schwilk. Obituary notices follow for Doreen Stewart and William Cramb with expressions of thanks and remembrance.
Worry Not Over Politics as the People Change the Government
The piece argues the public voted out the Nationalists and brought Labor in, blaming past leaders for economic woes while optimism rests on the new team. It dismisses doom, predicting Scullin and Theodore would wield power to shape policy beyond industrial fixes, urging trust in the Commonwealth and taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce
Page
Dole
Scullin
Theodore
Hughes
Commonwealth
Brave
Opposition promises steer new government toward reform
The passage expresses how electors ousted Brace and installed Scullin, urging dual arbitration and conciliation, reform of arbitration and industrial laws, and measures to aid workers. It predicts the new government will broadcast its views, begin work in Parliament, and depend on the will of the people, warning that failure means empty promises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brace
Scullin
Labor Party
Scnllin
Australia
Australians should buy national goods to lift economy
The piece urges Australians to prefer Australian made products to foreign ones. It argues such purchases would boost factory output, reduce production costs, lower living costs, cut unemployment, and make Australia more self-contained. It questions why Australia did not manufacture more of its imports and calls for Australian principles in daily buying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queensland
Australia
Injured Worker at Cairns Brewery After Bottle Burst
An employee of Cairns Brewery, E. Mullins, sustained an incised wound inside the left ear when a bottle burst at work yesterday. He received first aid from the Cairns Ambulance Brigade and was taken to Cairns District Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Mullins
Cairns
Cairns Ambulance Brigade
Cairns District
Cairns Chamber Meeting Debates Transport and Road Plans
The Cairns Chamber of Commerce met to back parliamentary co operation for a Torres Strait steamer service to Queensland ports and to press railway through-rate issues. Members discussed Townsville railway charges and a Cairns Mossman coast road bridge option with cost estimates and savings, plus funding for Queensland products campaign and RSSLA information needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairns
Clayton
Brand
M's T.A
Queensland
McManor
Maryborough
Mayers
Oley and Stillman
Associated Chambers of Commerce
Mental Case Committed to Insane Hospital After Court Hearing
On Friday at the Tynistan Police Court a patient was charged with suspicion of derangement. Constable Uritfin testified that the man wandered along the highway and spoke of meeting the Prince of Wales, seeking a message for his Almights children. He was committed to the Beydum of the insane ay Goorin for care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tynistan
Meira
Uritfin
Sitkwinnd
Bonistail Y Cardwell
Fred
Prince of Wales
Jyawai
Aritay
Young Queenslanders Visit the South Tour Arrangements
The Queensland Government Tourist Bureau completes plans for a three year Queenslanders tour from North to South in 1920. It runs January 12 to 18 starting Brisbane with Cairns travelers joining January 10. The trip includes Southport, Tweed Heads, National Park, Brisbane sightseeing, and a motor car tour through Blackall Range to Montville and Mapleton. Each party will be chaperoned and accompanied by a tourist bureau official. Accommodations at The Canberra temperance hotel in Brisbane are arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queensland Government Tourist Bureau
Queensland
Cairns
Brisbane
Blackall Range
Montville
Mapleton
Tourist Bureau
Canberra
Premier's Conference Postponed in Melbourne Crisis
Brisbane, October 24. Owing to the political crisis in Victoria the conference of State Premiers on industrial questions scheduled for Melbourne next week has been postponed until a date to be fixed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brisbane
Victoria
Melbourne
Kahaka Stranded by New Zealand Gale at Gisborne
The cargo steamer Kahaka of 1,179 tons was driven ashore by a fierce gale at Gisborne this morning. The crew landed safely but rough weather prevents salvage attempts at present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auckland
Kahaka
Gisborne
Sunday Night Music in Anzac Park by Cairns Railway Band
The Cairns Railway Band performs Sunday night in Anzac Park starting at 8.40 under conductor H. M. Henderson. The city plans to ask the Harbour Board to remove foreshore mangroves on a suggestion by Alderman C. Woodward. H. T. Easterby, director of Sugar Experiment Stations, arrives from Cairns for a week visiting Goondi Mourilyan South Johnstone and Tully mills, praising Cairns district crops after a Java visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Townsville
Tenant
Cairns
Vic
Arid
Oley
Draper
Hall
Harbour Board
Railway
Mr. McManus
Atention
Hilly
Mr. Hall
Hill
Anzac Park
H. M. Henderson
C. Woodward
Cairns Harbour Board
Easterby
Innisfail
H. T. Easterby
Goondi
Mourilyan
South Johnstone
Tully Mill
Java
Long Journey By Car To Innisfail Despite Rough North Roads
Innisfail correspondent reports visitors traveling long distances by car. Mr Ledlie arrived recently from Normanton and Mr Ross completed the overland trip from Melbourne by similar conveyance, highlighting the extended reach of road travel to Innisfail despite difficult northern roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Innisfail
Ledlie
Normanton
Ross
Shrire
Melbourne
Weather forecast from Brisbane bureau predicts storms and cool change
The Brisbane Weather Bureau yesterday telegraphed the state forecast showing sporadic thunderstorms along the sub-tropical coast tonight with showers on the far northern coast. A marked cool change spreads from the west with north-westerly veering to westerly and southerly winds along the south coast, chiefly south-easterly elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brisbane Weather Bureau
South Coast
Popular Flights End Cairns Visit With Joy Rides
The Avro-Avian and Butler-Smith aircraft will wrap up their Cairns stay this weekend offering joy flights over the city. The plane has drawn large crowds and set crew records, with strong passenger interest noted amid smooth landings and practiced handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avro-Avian
Butler-Smith
Cairns
Yf Paki
Car Capsizes near Brisbane. Constable Wilson killed
Plain clothes Constable Richard Wilson, 41, of Ipswich, died after a car he rode in skidded on a wet road near Nudgee College and flipped, trapping him under the vehicle. A female passenger was taken to hospital. Wilson had recently transferred from Cairns where he served five years after moving from Bundaberg in 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brisbane
Richard ‘Wilson
Ipswich
Nudgee College
Wilson
Tx Hospital
Wilton
Cairns
Bundaberg
Ferry Disappearance Amid Great Lakes Storm
Rescue efforts concentrate on the Milwaukee ferry missing in the storm with 52 aboard. Officials fear the worst as weather hampers search over rough waters and confirms no sighting yet.
Greycliffe Disaster Hearing Adjourned in Sydney Case
Geoffrey Clark master of the Burrabra testified that the Greycliffe appeared to alter course a minute before the collision. Technical evidence suggested the interacting force could cause the Greycliffe to swerve toward the Tahiti. The hearing in the Sydney Ferries Ltd. £50,000 damages case was adjourned to tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Cass
Sydney Ferries Ltd
Union, Steamships Company
Geoffrey Clark
Burrabra
John Biles
James Johnson Junior Obituary in Cairns
The death is announced of Mr. James Johnson junior son of Mr and Mrs James Johnson No 7 Grove Street in Cairns early yesterday afternoon. Deceased born in Cairns 40 years ago and widely known and highly respected. The funeral will leave St John s Church Cairns at 10 o clock this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Johnson
Rs. James Johnson
Grove Street
Cairns
St. John's Church
Mrs M D Stewart Death at Babinda District Hospital
Margaret Doreen Stewart wife of Tom Stewart of Fig Tree Creek died after a short illness at Babinda District Hospital. Born Font Hill Mt Morey she was 43 and a devoted wife and mother of four. The funeral was at the Presbyterian Church Babinda officiated by Rev R M Park with services at the graveside. The community sent heartfelt floral tributes and sympathy messages to the bereaved family and relatives across the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babinda
Babinda District Hospital
Margaret Doreen Stewart
Tom Stewart
Fig ‘Tree Creek
T. H. Baker
McDonnell’s Creek
Font Hill Axyo
Mt. Morey
R. M. Park
Calice
T. Stewart
Harry
Isobel
Ted
Kate
Abe
J. Hs
Freshwater
J. Mason
Rah. Water
J. Hoare
Mirriwinni
J. B. Stewart
Farmsily
J. Pyne
Tander
Deer
P. Ho
A. C. Hsin
Highleigh
E. Garber
B. M. Gallett
P. Colleton
Nogeonng Isifectn
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Weber
East
Colac
THE
Otranto
Rsutere Wews Service
Church Services
Lakestreet
Fear Palace
meLant
Eumenc
Rabinda Presbeterian
Chiret Sunesday
Scemer
Chiroof
England
Gerdortvale
Abieda
Weilnesdday
Gordonvale
St. John's Church of England
Palmer River Gold CO
N.L
Palmer Goldfield
North
INE
Stewart
Rabinda District Hospital
Doreen Mar
Thomas Stewart
Figtree Creek
T. R. Stewart
Geaney
Matron Allen
P. S. Clarke
Tate
Cairns Post
BUY
Grafton Passage
Chamber of Commerce
T. R. Hall
C's
Gratien Petsege
Messrs. M. Anderson
E. C. Eden
F.C. Hotel
Cairns Cane Wrowers’ Association
F. C. Curlewis
GH. Pritchard
Australian Sugar Producers’ Association
Cairns “Post
Cairns Canegrowers' Association
Pritchard
Ueensland
West Australia
W. Ho Ryan
Perth
Western Australia
Darling Downs
Atherton Tableland
Northern Services
Cairns Chamber of Commerce
HK. N. McDonnell
D. W. Oley
Messrs. E. C. Eden
N. P. Draper
W. J. E. Stillman
Www
H. Mayers
R. T. Meus
H. L. Jones
Ae Board
J. N. Tennant
Torres Strait Service
C. E. Snodgrass
RSSLA
Snodwrass
Queensland Products
Cairns-Mossmatt Coast
H. K. N. McDonnell
Stratford
Orth Bank
Cairns Mossoran
J. Wilson
New Zealand
Istable Wilson
Great Lakes
Chicago
Milwaukee
Greycliffe
Siete
M. D. Stewart
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