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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 11, 1916
Page
2
Cairns to Brisbane route details mention L and Miller School of Arts Buildings on Shields Street near Queen Street and Carama.
Classified ad lists multiple sugar farm leases and cane farms in the Innisfail district. Details include lease areas from 1625 acres on Sandy McKays station with river access, another lease of 66 acres rich alluvial soil, terms and royalty options. Advertises plantable cane with profits, prices, and payment terms. Also notes cottages for rent near Railway Workshops and a deisel engine sale. Several cane farm entries specify acreage, estimated production, and walk in walk out terms.
An advertisement listing various properties and business changes in Mount Carbine Mareeba Carries on with a sawmill country being sold or relocated. It notes a five room house at Mareeba with rental income and a 650 pound price for 87 acres near Kuntanda. Also mentions vacant allotments in Cairns Kuranda and Mareeba and requests for a second hand Empire or Remington typewriter.
C Woodward offers private sale options on several properties on Lake Street Sachs Street Sheridan and McLeod Streets. Verandahs gas water stabling and mortgage terms are available with varying down payments and perches. several five room houses on high blocks are near Norman Park.
Correspondence discusses labor and living conditions with references to a Herald letter from January 9 1916. It notes long residence in the state, presence of trade unions in early 1800s, employer costs, and wages in Townsville plantations, with details on stores, food quality, and living arrangements including a worker paid £90 per annum and another paid 10 shillings per week.
The page lists Cairns District recruits including Pte. D. J. Grant and Pte. A. R. Osterlund with Gordonvale and Cairns origins, plus Driver J. Hoare and mentions of Commonwealth Bank Sydney. It reports on Presentation of Colours to the French Air Service, scanning for German foker aircraft, and wounded Queenslanders with nurses. Also discusses Townshend’s Baghdad questions and army movements around Kut.
A Kisii Soldier writes home from the front in 1916 describing trench life, air battles, and raids. He notes weather, trees, native life, and a raid where 20 of theirs go out, with mentions of fighting at night and a German attempt to cut wire. He expresses longing to hear from family and hopes for home soon.
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