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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 09, 1922
Page
7
A fragmented sale notice advertises Boots for men and boys, Maids and Ladies shoes, sandals and gym wear. It lists sizes 7 to 13 for men and boys, with items like Maids Canvas, Calf Oxford Lace, Gipsy Strap, and court shoes, plus White Tennis Shirts and Cotton Undershirts with prices unclear.
Local listings show updated price notices from Cairns Motor Agency Co and Mayers Ltd. The advertisement references Hudson and Ita as part of the price change, with teaser figures and new item mentions.
Smallwood Bros Cadegraders and Coachbuilders Tek 506 listed as a firm name with brief descriptor night or day. No further details provided on location, projects, or dates.
The Monthly Meeting of the Oyal Orange Lodge will be held in the Oddfellows’ Hall on Monday September 11 at 8 p.m. All Brethren are requested to attend. Visiting Brethren cordially invited. By Order W.M.
Presbyterian and Methodist services listed for Gordonvale with times and speakers. Morning worship at 11 a.m. and evening and week night sermons by Rev. W McLaren Rev A Sinclair and Rev A dlair. Youth department events and schools of arts noted. Mass times at Babinda Gordonvale Freshwater with catechism class by Sisters of Mercy.
This old established trustee company promotes economical and sympathetic administration by experts. It offers free booklets on wills and tax reforms for taxpayers, emphasizing private executors and income and land tax considerations.
London metal market notes show forwards and spot levels for tin lead zinc and silver with weekly quotes in pounds and shillings. The page also carries assorted ads including a soap promotion and a Cairns chemist contact.
A short ad announces a range of Thistle brane shirts in stripes and plain white, priced from 6 to 12 shillings, plus all wool one piece making costumes with colored borders at J. Shen’y on Abbott Street.
Readable fragments show several vessels with tentative departures and arrivals. The Kanowna plans to leave Mel a for Cairns next Tuesday with Cairns arrival around September 15. The St Albans sails from Capes on September 11 for Japan, toward Port Dongs Creektown. Adelaide Company’s Dilkera left this morning bound for Sydney and Cairns. Kal 4 from Burketown is due in Saturday with molasses and timber cargo.
A notice states that steamers sailing from London to Middlesbrough will operate with efficient cargo handling routines aboard. The dispatch emphasizes improved loading and timing for shipments to the northeast port.
The Post notes Parliament in Queensland has descended into personal clashes and taunts. It cites government conduct and opposition retorts as eroding public trust and calls for a fresh appeal to the country amid recent ministerial revelations involving a person named Pyeneer.
The House heard Mr. For en Seth denounce Government tactics as damaging personal attacks. Mr. Smith and Mr. Vowles clashed over minutes of a Queensland Country Party meeting and funding comments. The episode reflects a decline in parliamentary standards and rhetoric from the Premier and his ministers.
Atherton Tennis Club invites bids for forty tons of antbed. Two quotes are requested per ton for track use. Tender submissions close on the fifteenth of the month.
Gordronvale Central Mill Company warns that any cattle trespassing on the mill property will be impounded without further notice.
The Railway Concert Band, conducted by H. M. Henderson, will play an attractive programme in Norman Park tomorrow evening at 8 30 p.m. Local residents are invited to attend the event.
The Northern Herald announces a forthcoming witty reminiscence by Toby C on North Queeraland memories. Copies available from booksellers and stationers for sixpence.
In the Mulgrave Mill case at the Supreme Court in Townsville on September 4, Justice Blair ruled for the Secretary of Agriculture regarding 2,122/2/2 and taxed costs. A Brisbane message cites the Solicitor-General noting government action against the Mulgrave Mill Limited over cane price levy arrears claimed for the cane producers.
The bulletin lists tide timings for today and Sunday with several local notes. It reports a failed visit by HMAS Sydney to Cairns per Captain Cayley’s message. It mentions Rothwell’s lighting fabrics and summer wear, J A Kearney as representative, tennis championships at Carina District starting 2 pm, with afternoon tea at Esplanade and Town Courts, and Babinda allotments public auction on Monday 18 September under Sugar Works Act regulations.
Boland's advertisement highlights numerous attractive items, inviting readers to inspect quality in store. It promotes a principle of one price for all ages and sexes, positioning Boland's as the fair choice among competing shops.
At a Chamber of Commerce session on Thursday afternoon President J James reported a Postal Department notice about alterations to telephone service. A member said telephones have improved. James urged contacting local Post Office officials and noted the Chamber should have been consulted due to their action.
The death of Mr John Chipman occurred at Cairns District Hospital on Wednesday last. A famed horse trainer, known to race fans as Bogey, he will be missed on northern racecourses. Remains interred at Martyn Street Cemetery with burial by Reverend Butterworth. Funeral arrangements by Smallwood Bros Cairns.
Miss E V Purnell, Kindergarten and Primary Organizer of the Queensland Presbyterian Church, ends her Cairns work with a Friday night lecture on the Sunday School programme. She plans a weekend stay in Cairns before a Tableland holiday with Rev. Thos and Mr. Gray of Atherton. Tomorrow she serves as soloist at St Andrew's Church services, morning hymn The King of towery Shepherd is and evening Samuel's Prayer in Eli.
Mrs. Weaver, 53, a Denmark born North Queensland resident, died September 5 at Cairns District Hospital. Her husband worked at Mulgrave and Babinda mills and is a Babinda Town Band member. Their eldest son died in World War I at 32. Grandson Willie Hine died three days later in Carina District Hospital. Burial at Martyn Sect Cemetery with funeral arrangements by Smallwood Bros. of Cairns.
A guide to making soap using caustic soda with warnings that plain soda is harsh on fabric and skin. It claims a new secret method creates a gentle, highly lathering household soap costing 1d to 4d per bar. Promotes asking grocers for a packet from wholesale agents Saenye, Ade and Co. Cairns.
The circuit court before Justice Blatr continued the case of Charles Woodward and William Calder against George Fairweather Alan Fairweather and James Smart over a farm sale commission. The jury found for the defendants after debate over Calder authority, with costs granted to Mr Quinn. A separate event noted a watch guessing contest won by F H Bosanko at 7.34 versus 7.39 actual.
An Acwire dispatch from Mackay notes the season’s sugar from multiple mills shows fine quality with many producing mill whites near refined quality. A sample from Marian with about 99 percent purity compares favorably to refined sugar, according to the correspondent Slater.
A pleasant social at Hides Hotel last evening drew about 30 guests, four couples, with Misa Cahill providing ballroom music. The verandahs and street side screen created a fine ballroom, dancing ended at 11 and a supper followed upstairs making it a highly successful event.
In Sydney September, coal miners vow to preserve existing wages as negotiations continue. They aim to keep the wage row from affecting coal supply while a High Court deficiency claim faces an absolute hearing. The miners seek to extend the strike mandate and push future talks toward interstate action.
Fearnley’s Manorial Mixtures praised for arches orchards farms and pastures. The text notes custom blends with organic manure and two formulas 9-11 and 8-6-8 emphasizing slow and quick acting phosphoric acid. Contact Communicate with artiame Ltd P Q Box 60.
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