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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 14, 1916
Page
2
Kewatin from Piriehans via parts arrives with Captain J Tartlet. Passengers Ws Athimeaen and child Weers. Other travelers include Lenikel I Weir J Jack and two aboard the steorage. Barnes Philip & To, Sewmbe listed among arrivals.
Departures list shows ships and captains heading to southern ports and towns. Entries include Adelpide Co agents and Burr T Co with Sept 12 dates for routes to Me ewo and Tounsvilhe, plus Australian Steamships with Rupara bound for Sotney via ports.
Kuranda arrives here every Tuesday for Townsville and departs for Fort Douglas and Cook Town retuning Thursday, with departures at o'clock for Townsville. AUSN steamers leave on Saturday to reach Townsville Sunday Bowen Mackay Brisbane Tuesday Thursday. Wessex continues south next Saturday arriving Sydney Thursday Brisbane Saturday and following Thursday. Arawatta leaves for the south at noon today.
Steamers depart Cairns on Wednesday for Townsville then Brisbane and Sydney. They reach Brisbane on Sunday and Sydney on Thursday. Return legs show ships leaving Sydney Saturday and Brisbane the following Tuesday. Moralta arrives Sunday from Sydney.
Steamers depart Townsville on Saturday and reach Mackay Sunday morning then Fort Alma Sunday night and Brisbane Tuesday morning. Brisbane to Sydney Friday and Melbourne the following Monday withreturn legs to Townsville via Sydney Brisbane and Melbourne. Mockigan sails Tuesdays Townsville to Port Douglas Cooktown and returns on Wednesday with Townsville arrival. Lapa o Gowrie arrives Sundays from Townsville and departs Tuesday at 30 dollars per month on return journey.
Howard Smith's Macedon arrived in Brisbane as a new cargo steamer built at Glasgow by Hamilton and Co for the Howard Smith line. The vessel, imposing and well fitted for cargo, measures 5 feet in length and 28 feet moulded depth with a speed of knots when fully loaded, equipped with winches and derricks with a 25 ton lift, valued around £15,000. It will trade to Europe and later operate on the Australian coast.
The record lists Moon events with times and dates in September. It includes Quarter Moon at 2.27 pm on the second, Perigee at 11.4 pm on the ninth, Full Moon at 4:31 am on the first, Last Quarter at 3.35 pm on the first, Apogee at 7.0 pm on the twenty first, and a Key Moon event at 5.34 pm on the twenty seventh.
The record shows a date of Thursday September 14 1916 with two tide times given as 10g7 am and 70.14 pm alongside unreadable text blocks. The fragment provides no clear event or context beyond the time entries.
An advertisement extols No. Cherry Balsam as a superior cough cure, urging readers to stop coughing with the product. The piece then shifts to a market report noting weak hides sales, freight issues, and a collapsed wool market tied to the London market, with limited auctions and unsettled prices.
Graham and Matheson Limited advertises as ore buyers and assayers with branches in Melbourne Ravenswood Charters Towers Cairns and offices in Charters Towers Cairns Melbourne and Ravenswood They are agents for Sulphide Corporation Limited and buy acriferous ar semiiferous lead and copper ores for shipment to Electrolytic Refining and Smelting Co of Australia Ltd Port Kembla with payment for full gold and silver concentrates. Mr T Newton is Cairns representative.
Mactageert reports 44K head turnout at the Brisbane sale with about 480 cattle yarded. Prices closed about 15d per head lower from last week with best bullock price around 42s per 100 pounds. Cattle from Bauier, Staghurst, and Le ch traded to £16 15s. cows to 21s 15d.
Fenwick's & Co Brisbane reports sheep trade opening firm then irregular and easing. Merinos and wethers sold. lambs to 28s 9d, cattle strong with 620 head sold and calves exceptionally high. Notable buyers include Davidson Tilton and Look Bros. Prices in shillings per head/per stone.
Fenwick and Co. salermen report market conditions for livestock and furs dated the 7th. Orders dominate offers with irregular and unsettled prices across wallaroos wallabies and kangaroos. Grey kangaroos red wallaroos whiptails goats skins and blue opossums show varied demand as 30,897 skins were offered and cleared at specific rates.
In memory of William Thomas Kenny eldest son of G. J. and Mrs. Kenny Irvinebank aged 22 years 2 months killed in action in France August. Inserted by the Methodist Christian Endeavour Society Irvinebank with the inscription Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends.
The Sydney report lists copper spot at £111 10s with a rise, three months at £108 1s 8d, zinc spot £52 and forward £45 with increases, tin spot £196 12s 6d and three months £170 with a drop, and silver at 32 5-16d per ounce with a fall.
A fragmented betting list labels contestants Bonnie North Brilliant Deeps Brilliant Blocks Brilliant Extended Clarks East Mexican Kalamadan with fractional bet codes and paid marks. The unclear text reads like a wagering table with bids and payments tainted by missing punctuation and garbled symbols.
Mining update from Cairns sharebroker A H Clarke listing prices for Corellia Hampden Mc Cuthbert St Mungo Andrew Kalamadan Maretha Tyrconnell Tyrconnell Extended New Minnie Moxham Bowen River Coal and Cairns Pictures with bid and price details in Australian currency for Wednesday.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions price terms like per ton cif and crude spot August-September, with unclear percentages and currency indicators. Reads as incomplete financial terms rather than a full report.
Geo Boyns, manager, reports on September 5 1916 progress at the mine. Work includes cleaning the underlie shaft to 180 feet, widening and stabilizing the level, extending to deliver ore to the main shaft, and preparing a crushing plan from multiple faces. Samples from several faces yield gram to ounces per ton with varying widths. The winze reaches about 42 feet depth with water removal ongoing. The skip winding plant operates, pumps function, and six men are employed with anticipated four to five weeks to reach the bottom of the winze.
The article discusses a drastic order transferring Mareeba water supply control from Barron Shire Council to Mareeba residents. Dr Earl questions Dr Hodels motion as too drastic, noting lack of council consultation. Voters are urged to remember the event at the next election and oppose the government.
The Hides' Cairns Hotel continues under the same management. A Cairns District Hospital committee meeting is scheduled for next Tuesday night, not on the 24th as previously announced.
Unsolicited testimonials pour in to Cairns chemist Mr Robert Craig praising the famous Special Cough Syrup. Readers are urged to try a bottle priced at 1 shilling 6 pence, posted 2d, with claims it may help pounds.
The Cairns War Council seeks subscriptions to the Repatriation Fund and the Fost agrees to acknowledge all sums received by the War Council secretary. Burns, Philp and Co Cairns lead with a £100 cheque. To avoid clashing with Hospital Saturday this year a luncheon plan is noted.
The Caires Show titled The Circus of Dest drew a record crowd at Csirms Theatre, with strong turnout reported for the final performance. The event highlighted ongoing entertainment offerings in the city.
Store at Babieds Mr A M Waddell opens large stocks of groceries drapery boots and shoes terms ex agent for Royal Insurance Company. A Chinaman Woo Sun Bie faces liquor license charges in Dallas summons court adjourned to next day. Babinda Township boot store announces new stock of ladies men and childrens boots and shoes with guaranteed fit and cash terms.
An OCR fragment reports a court summons to determine a case on a Wednesday mentioning a Chinaman named On Lee who was fined £40 for unlawful selling merchandise. Senior Sergeant Kenny asked that a society or committee create sets and mentions Ah Wong and Mr. Perry in a partial line.
Promotion for Tropolax fever remedy sold by W. A. Collins on Lake Street Cairns at 2/6 and 5/ per bottle. Advertisement note references the Northern Herald.
The superintendent received a letter from Mrs John Hill of Glen Roughton announcing an exhibit of preserves at Cairn Shor to be donated to the Ambulance for its funds this Friday. The preserves will be brought to Cairns on Friday and sold at the Ambulance stall in Abbott Street. This marks one of several generous gifts to the brigade during the forthcoming week of the Ambulance appeal.
The defence for Lee in the liquor without license case in Summons Court drew attention to alleged discrepancies in Constable Neilsen’s testimony. MacDonnell argued Neilsen is an experienced officer who faced multiple charges but was commended by the bench, asserting no concession based on inexperience.
The Ambulance Brigade appeal is set for Thursday and Friday with the War Council stalls and surveys. The brigade serves a vital role by attending scenes of illness and injury, often under trying conditions, and hopes for financial success with renewed ladies cooperation.
The Mareeba United Board has long run free services for local movements and now asks Mareeba residents to support via a concert and dance. The program features Mareeba Amateur Minstrels and other local talent, promising a varied evening to aid their fundraising efforts.
A promotion notice for Mr. I Colledge to superintendent of the Warren State Form Central Quebec is announced alongside an advertisement by Dr Steada Throat praising a soothing remedy. It claims to ease hoarseness tickling coughs and throat irritation and mentions Box Kelly Chemist and a product labeled Pastille for throaty weather.
The Cairns Harbour Board schedules a monthly meeting for next Wednesday night with an aerial executive session at eight o'clock. Ted Holle presents a magnificent gold medal valued at £5 5s as a special prize for the Figure 8 Competition, promising an interesting event and keen contest.
Odd, clipped prose notes Walker and Fizzsimmons as agents on Lake Street in Coicns. A rustic phrase compares mustard plaster on a wooden lot to a lazy car owner who will clean seven for him without work or worry.
Townsville reports a morning stoppage by workers laying the new orsing wan from Nubert Wells to the reservoir. Absences disrupted operations as an engineer allegedly replaced a late absentee, sparking further unrest and prompting reassembly of crews amid prior tensions.
The Gordonvale correspondent reports a striking industrial court decision with major financial implications for the industry and farm families. The letter warns of widespread disruption as growers face penalties, threatening wives and children and prompting fear of further hardship.
The issue highlights Cairns and district volunteers with photos of troops led by D. J. Gram and others. It features depictions of the Tramnhledon Patriotic Fete, Gordenville Red Cross Fete, a North Queens power tie display, and items including a presentation to the French Air Service, soldiers in France, and Irish papers with Mr. Asquith.
The court eyed the defense and found the defendant guilty of unlawfully selling liquor. Senior Sergeant Keamy urged the maximum penalty saying the man was known for opium and grog traffic. Judge Ferry imposed a 40 pound fine and ordered forfeiture of shop and goods with appeal noted by Mr A J P Mac Deane.
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