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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 03, 1919
Page
3
A fractured excerpt from the Cairns Post quotes share brokers and stock prices across numerous Australian listings. It lists items such as Consols, various bank and insurance shares, meat exports, and brewery debentures with prices in pence or shillings, illustrating a bustling late 19th century trading desk.
An ad from Craig's Pharmacy promotes a hair dye that returns grey hair to its natural color without oily residue or staining. It touts long use in Australia, claims safety and effectiveness, and lists Goodsell, Black & Co. as controlling agents with Woolbrokers' Chambers address in Sydney.
At a board meeting the dredge Trinity was discussed after it ran aground while towing cuts on the channel. The board considered the dredge rate at 35 pounds per hour for towing work and reviewed costs including wages, coal, and stores. Pivotal questions centered on back pay for three workers earning disputed rates and the Government Labor Agent’s stance on skilled labor, with potential legal issues and further testing of the cane route remaining on the agenda.
A man convicted of stealing was sentenced to months in prison after a trial recounting the theft of wine and other goods. Witnesses testified while investigators noted the offender’s shift from sobriety to criminal activity, with the court imposing a prison term.
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