Electrics Man Yet? Unsure Fragmentary Phone Notice
Fragmentary OCR shows names P. Magieennet and MecDonnel with telephone hints and Hamlys reel unclear. No clear event or location, read as an incomplete notice snippet.
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 30, 1918
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR shows names P. Magieennet and MecDonnel with telephone hints and Hamlys reel unclear. No clear event or location, read as an incomplete notice snippet.
From Kuranda Captain Raven leads a diverse list of attendees including Mesdames Murray Todd Horsfall Bacon and many others with titles such as Misses Messrs and Rev. The gathering features numerous names and affiliations and references Philp and Co. Ltd.
The notices list weekly and biweekly sailings from Townsville and surrounding ports. Karanda departs Tuesdays for Cooktown with arrivals from Townsville and Arrawatty traveling south on Saturdays. Gowrie makes Thursday 10 am trips to Mourilyan Harbor Cardwell Lucinda and Townsville. Gowrie’s Melbourne route through Gowrie via Cooma departs midweek. Innisfail service shows limited departures.
The tide schedule appears garbled with a fragment indicating a Wednesday time around 32 pm. No clear event, location, or organization is identifiable from readable text.
The market was very dull with only a few prime casks sold. Prices showed prime quality at £199 15s per ton as buyers remained reluctant.
Mr A H Clarke, sharebroker, Abese Street, reports the following quotes Tuesday 29 October 1918. Kedron blocks and Yorun bad show prices, Kitchener Blocks M Syd, Molybdenum and Fearn parks show figures, gas and other stocks listed with small bid values.
In Queensland the cabinet is accused of failure to curb award defiance by unions in Townsville. The piece laments ministers Ryan and Huxham for not acting, criticizes vandalism in the town, and contrasts government inaction with public outcry over strikes and lawbreaking.
A mixed batch of memorial lines and local notices. Obituary fragments honor Mary Buckingham who died October 16 and are joined by family inscriptions. The Adelaide Steamship Company seeks supplies for 191 up to November 13. Cairns auctions list old furniture sales at 2 pm today and next Friday. Local court note reports a man fined for obscene language after a disturbance on the Esplanade. Advertising mentions shirt promotion from Welch, Miers and Co and Mayers Ltd highlighting new stock and sale prices.
The case against John Cannon alleges nonpayment of award rates to Jimmy, with Mr. H. H. Maca representing the defense. The defendant faced a court order and costs, and a hospital outcome followed. the matron foresaw little chance of recovery, and burial occurred that day. The report also notes port cargo values for nine months ending with rising general cargo and copper ore exports, and references Winston Churchill's Civil War tale.
The Natal Witness accuses the government of failures that fueled the rapid spread by allowing travel during the outbreak. It argues if it were cattle disease, stricter precautions would have been taken and cites mortality data. A report from Uitenhage notes baboon deaths and a shift in European casualties while Rhodesia shows remaining cases.
In London on Saturday crowds suffer as influenza becomes widespread with reports of plague in Scandinavia. Bombay records 1008 deaths and a weekly total of 1755, while ice storage and night burials appear. Public notices announce auctions and a wounded sergeant’s condition amid estate sales and upcoming auctions at various marts.
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