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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 19, 1916
Page
1
Property and business notices reference Spence Street Caires near the Newmarket Hotel and Tolga with Bibookra Meat Export Co as agent. The fragment notes a thirty years of experience claim and provides postal and contact details for the Lawn Of Logaity area.
Listing of sugar farms and land leases around Sandy McKays Mousgrave River with 1a25 acres, rich soil, and water. Also caneplant offerings, several cottages on Scott and Bunda streets, a 25 brake horse engine, and multiple cane farms with varying acreages and estimated crops. Details include prices, terms, and cash options.
Auction notice lists farms from 14 to 320 acres with prices from 15 to 10 per acre, improved and scrub land. Sawmill property, good village store business at Mount Carbine, five room Mareeba home with tenant, and several vacant allotments near Kuranda and Mareeba. Lake Street private sale includes a large verandah house, rental details, and mortgage options.
Draper Ltd offers parcels of 165 acres with river frontage and rich land, 113 acres fronting a frontage estate, 426 acres with Russell River access, and Becklands Estate parcels including 12 acres with 4 ready for building. Prices on application for multiple portions and lines of land across several estates.
Land descriptions for Mulgrave Mill Farms include Lot 2 Sub 2 3 Re Sub 1 Par 3 with about 6 acres described as Mrs Jones farm featuring verandah large kitchen and workers quarters. Frontage noted with tram line. Also Lot 2 Sub Re-Sub 3 and Sub 7 and Lot 2 Sub M Sub 5 and Sub Re Sub 4 totaling about 62 acres with plough land and 31 acres noted as tallow.
A fragmented report notes club members and officials including M. Boland and F.C.N. arriving back from travels. It mentions Bowls, secretary roles, a letter from Captown, and hints at internal club dynamics and long-standing conduct. The tone is informal and reflective of a local club bulletin.
The second rem of the race saw strong south easterly winds challenging crews from Mackay Co. Wephy and Burnley contend for the trophy with Model I posting 2.45.97 and Model II at 2.49.55 while delays reduced entries. Despite setbacks the event delivered brisk times and competitive showings across multiple shells.
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