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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 11, 1912
Page
2
A. J. P. MacDonnel, H. J. Heckman, H. V. Hannem, 5. E. W. MacDonnell, w. P. Montgomery, H. L. Kaity are listed among attendees or organizers in the current Northland commerce report, indicating a regional business gathering or committee.
At a Tuesday meeting of directors it was shown there was a profit of £661 from the crushing. A dividend of 6d per share was declared, absorbing £2 with dividend bounty, and total to 6s 3d. the balance added to the credit balance, £1889/02/1 carried forward to the working account.
Charters Towers stock listings show names like Brilliant and New Queen series with bids and prices. Georgetown reports a promising gold reef and mine crushing soon, plus the Warren mine dispute over unworked leases and potential regional employment impacts.
The record lists quoted prices and forward rates for various items including cowper, tin, lead, and silver. The figures show ranges such as £78 18s 9d to £79 8s 9d for cows, forward rates for tin around £220 10s, and lead near £23 15s with silver at 241 pounds 160 shillings per ounce.
Thillagoe paid up at four shillings threepence with nine pence. Ene holding eight shillings sixpence. Tommy Burns and Onks show paid-up shares priced at one shilling threepence.
The old Labour figure Havelock Wilson weighed proposals from the Syndicalists during the Trade Union Congress in Newport. He faced an emphatic Victorian style backlash against medicalian tactics and urged courage in resisting loud clamor from the opposition.
A critical survey argues unions have shifted from genuine industrial bodies to political factions. It claims forced levies and the threat of denying work to non-payers undermine worker rights and misalign union aims with member interests. The piece labels union leadership as prioritizing party finance over labor welfare.
At the Cairns Weekly Penny Savings Bank on Saturday afternoon deposits totaled £18 2s. withdrawals amounted to £2 0s 0d. The event occurred in the presence of Lou Todward and indicated a modest balance for the period.
Fragmentary ad copy describes a cough remedy claim with a price note of two bottles. Mentions helly and te te cacy and Be 8 One Bale, suggesting early 20th century patent medicine style. No clear dates or full product names available.
In Cairns the ballot of all traders using the Railway Goods shed site and the New Goods shed site is postponed. Returning Officer T H Donaldson says papers will not be opened until tomorrow morning. If no clear majority emerges for a single site another ballot will decide between the top two sites.
Examinations held at Ma reeba on Friday September ary yield multiple student scores across divisions. Notable performers include Miss Easie Kearney f100 M a7 and Miss Violet Hampe I re with high marks. Other pupils named: Leila Ashman 89, Eileen Whittaker honors, Ethel George 73 first class pass, Edith Webb 67 pass, Maria Peehtel 91 honors, Amie Winkle honors, Maud Pas 77 first class passes, Zilla Ashman 85 honors, with various divisions and instructors listed.
Arthur FLL Clarke of Cairns petitioned for liquidation by arrangement or composition. George Morrison of Cairns was appointed receiver and manager of the debtor’s property. A creditors’ meeting is set for Cairns on October nd. The Cairns Ambulance Art Union draw occurs tomorrow evening under city oversight with public invited. Tickets sold at the depot Abbott Street and other points with late entry allowed.
An old advertisement touts combined rheumatic and rheumatium medicines claiming deep bone penetration to soothe pain. It cites the Rest application for retrieval and compulsion to bring marvelous rewits with prices listed as 1 shilling 6 pence and 8 pence.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a sewist or tailor figure and a local context. The readable bits suggest a focus on a seamstress or sewing theme linked to a location or event in the city, but precise details are unclear.
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