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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 17, 1912
Page
2
A mixed-read item notes a death obituary dated 17 September 1910 with tender verses and family insertions. It also discusses Mount Cuthbert debentures, funding plans to improve cash flow, mine ore estimates totaling 141 400 tons with 15 632 tons copper and 215 130 in gold value, and Chllagoe Company ore findings.
The text records blister copper mounts for Mount Elliot and other copper stocks. It notes quarterly or yearly averages around £68 for twelve months to June 30, with a late stock of metal at year end and realisations on goods under a tariff. It mentions the copper ore content and pricing context for the year.
A garbled passage references a request submitted to the government and discusses the likelihood of it being favorably received. It mentions immunity and depth related terms but lacks clear names, dates, or places.
A compact catalog of horse or item listings shows names like Brilliant, St George, Queen Central, Kalamadan, Papuan and Brillant Freeholda with various prices and lot numbers. The fragmentary OCR lists bid figures per item and notes like b and a with inconsistent punctuation.
Durham Consols reports 150 tons crushed from the Durham mine and a parcel to follow from the Golden Crown mine. The operations reflect mining activity by Morriday and Georgetown associated firms.
Fragmentary financial brief list with prices and abbreviations for various mines companies and items including O K Copper Mines N L Kalamedan Prince Alfred Tin Muffins Ltd and Brisbane Tram entries. Includes multiple shares prices and paid up notes with limited readable context.
The piece argues Tudor could secure wages for sugar workers with industry protection, but notes political reasons and Labour distrust. It contends sugar tends to be treated as fair game and criticizes government restraint and tariff logic within the wider protection debate.
The piece argues Tudor as a Free Trader driving tariff policy with Hughes shaping Labour's fortunes. It criticizes Tudor for false dealings with timber and furniture trades and notes Liberal papers expose tariff inconsistencies and Labour’s claimed protection promises amid Deakin-Cook fusion.
Captain Rhodes reports soundings in the channel show 14ilt, and mentions testimonials for our No 2 Cherry Balsam which starts when other remedies finish. A 2s bottle is advertised. Kelly the Chemist notes the item. Wesers Burns Philp and Co were advised Matunga passed. Cairns expected arrival about 10 o clock this morning.
The Babinds line will be completed as for on Moolaba Creek in a fortnight. A siding is being put in to accommodate timber traffic. Construction work has been delayed by the strike and wet weather. All traffic offering is accepted, so long as a train can travel over the permanent way.
Our Atherton correspondent notes Barron Valley progress and a recent fence repair at the paddock. Credit to A J Aresa and their committee for establishing a record at the Atherton race meeting opening under WT Mulligan.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a meeting held in a church setting with mentions of a Dr L Donets and a See of Rowe. Details are garbled and individuals unclear, but indicates proceedings continuing.
The Towne ville Harbor Board takes legal action at the Supreme Court against Brit India and Queensland Agency Co. Ltd Brisbane seeking £50 5s 3d for damages to the board’s wharf at the eastern breakwater caused by the steamship Canara on October 11. Skating indoors tonight draws a large crowd as Cairns prepares for a major carnival with teams practicing for the event.
Sugar County reports payments on cane grown by white labor and a court showing three drunks with forfeited bail after no appearances. The Presbyterian Church fair is set for Saturday at the State School grounds with a broad display of items for young and old amid good weather.
At the Cairns Weekly Penny Savings Bank a Saturday afternoon meeting was attended by directors C Woodward and the Secretary. Deposits totaled £34 4s 8d while withdrawals totaled £10 8s 4d. The directors for a dance on the following Saturday afternoon are Messrs Henriques and Turrows.
Warilda a 000 ton vessel arrives at Adelaide from London on the 4th, the first of new boats for Adelede Co list, to sail for the Westernrade from Sydney on the 4th, after fitting at Sediney and departing promptly.
Mr. Austen Chamberlain received £500 from the Chartered Bank of India Australia and China for the London School of Tropical Medicine. The fund stands at £29,000 with requests from Lord Wandsworth pushing toward £4000 million in total funding.
The record lists customs receipts up to September 15 across categories including stimulants narcotics sericultural products drapery and clothing metals and machinery oils and paints earthenware drug and chemicals furniture jewellery foods weather and rubber goods paper and stationery various other goods miscellaneous receipts and excise spirits sugar with a total of £2501 6 5.
The Wyandra voyage reports mixed export loads to Fort Townsville Bowen Mackay Rockhampton Brisbane Maryborough Sydney Melbourne and Fremantle. Goods include maize tin ingots bananas timber and hides with quantities ranging from a few bags to hundreds of tons and feet of timber.
Prices of common goods jump since yesterday with meat and dairy up. Mullion beef and butter show sharp gains while potatoes and milk rise, and sugar and tea see higher costs. The menu lists all meals at sixpence as an example of inflation.
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