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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 04, 1912
Page
2
Tenters invited for Hesub Loaf Suh purchase. Four per iB pansha Cairns, with Show Grounds area and adjoining garden block. Plans viewed at undersigner’s office. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Sealed tenders due by Monday 2 September. J Draper.
In the estate of John Summerhayes a sale is scheduled for Friday September 27 at 1 o clock. The venue is mile pad 4-k with a heat of well bred mixed cattle and superior horses listed for auction.
Notice announces underwritten stock issues and financial undertakings across Europe with full details requested in initial writing. Addressed to Beaters Ailinsce at 4 Mark Lane London inviting participation in miscellaneous commissions and orders for execution in European countries.
Stock Exchange quotations from Charters Towers list prices for Brilliants and related blocks such as Boanie Dunde Brilliant Deeps and Kellys Queen Block with various bid and ask figures, dates not clearly legible. Names include McGregor St. Mungo Vulcan and Queen Central among others with prices in a shilling style.
Mr Thillips, from the south, arrived there on the 20th instant and left for Nebo yesterday afternoon to in-
The Welcome mislat at Kidston remains full with one claim and cannot accept others. The Oaks Amalgamated Company plans to crush public stone at the battery, with over 1000 tons exposed to sustain the mill for several weeks from now.
The text lists prices for tin lead and related metals with odd symbols and unclear figures. It mentions tin around 218/3 and 215/10 with lead at 20/12/6, but the surrounding context is missing, leaving a partial market price record.
Fragmentary stock list from Cairns exchange records with multiple company names and prices. Entries include Chillagoe paid up Bb 4/ and Oaks Amalgamated paid-up 2 1/8. Also mention Mount Cuthbert and Mount Elliott with varied bids and fractions.
The Cairns Harbor Board visits ships to supply water at 2/6 per 1000 gallons and pays the attendant from the Cairns Water Authority at 1/8 per hour.
A Cairas address argues medical inspection of schools is justified to ensure sanitary, well-run environments. The speaker, Dr Bourne, frames prevention as key, urging education policy to balance mental and physical aims for the future generation.
Readable lines report receipts of 508 in a Cairns Society meeting led by D Griffiths and M Winstone with Mrs Brownlee as purchaser. A state school committee considers taking over Technical College classes as continuation classes and invites participation at Thursday's Cairns meeting.
A wire bead from the Agunat General notes the Fruhling dredge Trinity Bay has been launched on 24th August and is expected to sail to Cairne in January barring unforeseen events. The vessel, built for Towrd, marks a notable achievement in German shipbuilding.
Report notes cane plants from Mackay thriving at the government experimental plot at A J Draper’s Carish farm while local canes suffer from dry weather. Auction of property at Abbott Street Cairns features bids starting at £750 and rising in £5 steps, with prices closing at a high, amid local official activity and professional credentials of Cairns officials and auditors.
Mr Geo Morrison, a prominent Brisbane sharebroker and former Drishan Stock Exchange president, returned from Hetterton at week start amid talk of a Cairns venture. He specializes in investment stocks and has long experience in mining finance and metropolitan newspaper editing.
Mareeba cor respondent reports Mulgrave Central Mill making progress with the new roller system costing over £9000. Extraction improves and the season shows promise though crop quality remains uncertain. Hiddie, longtime mill engineer, has left the company with a successor sought.
Palmer's sailing to Townsville with details of channel soundings by Captain Foulis, Marine Superintendent, reporting a depth of 16 feet 4 inches. Other items note the Queensland Engineers Association meeting, Charters Towers parade with 280 attendees, and progress on harbour work and local auctions.
Abstract of monthly meteorological data by Mr. Chas Eo Wood. Includes extreme minimum temperature 48, mean solar radiation 796, terrestrial radiation 10015, rainfall 54.63 inches, 228 rain days, tonal rainfall since 1910 101g, total rainfall 150.52, and mean earth temperatures in feet and degrees.
Certificates and medals of the Loyal Mumane Society of Australasia were awarded for rescues at Coolangatta and Gatton. Recipients include Frederic William Craig 89 Graceville for saving Jobo Hickey 25, and Walter Francis Burley 17 Sandgate for saving Robert Joven and others at Moreton Bay.
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