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Newspaper

Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

Sep 19, 1917

Page

2

Cairns Stock Exchange Quotation Highlights Tuesday

Mr A H Clarke sharebroker reports Cairns stock exchange quotations with bids and prices for mining and metal shares including Mungo Oaks Tyrconnel and Bowen River Coal compounds, plus Commonwealth War Bonds and Cairns Jockey Club Debentures. Prices shown in shillings pence and pounds with several stamps reflecting market activity.

Bowen Rivee Coal Bowen Coal & Coke Co. Ltd Cairns Pictures Cairns Jockey Club

The Metal Market. Sydney Sept 18

The London metal quotations for September 7 list copper prices with spot at £20/5, three months at £134, electrolytic £133, lead £30/To, tin £7/6, and silver at 4/83 per oz with minor changes noted. Prices shown are unshanged or unchanged per line with brief annotations.

Sydney

Cairns Harbor Board Plans and Local Meetings

The Cairns paper notes Harbor Board actions to remove cargo and add shelters, urging urgent sugar harvest, criticizes north cargo shipping delays, and discusses timber storage concerns. It mentions a new club formed with over thirty members and a Returned Soldiers League meeting at Council Chambers. Visiting judge Mr Justice Shand arrives for medical matters and Reeves Creek Village plans are touched on.

Returned Soldiers and Sailors League of Australia Cairns Council

Piggery Factory Debate Shapes Tableland Growth

The Post weighs two paths for pig and bacon marketing on the Tableland. A proprietary company offers steady market assurances, while a cooperative outfit risks uncertain demand. lenders will demand reliable pricing before financing piggery ventures. The Hutton Company’s role looms as farmers seek fair prices and regional development.

Valme Experi Queensland Australia Hutton Coy

Local council eyes inquiry into dangerous public places

A meeting debated dangerous sites after a near accident and a missing safety response. Alderman Hodel pushed for a special inquiry next Tuesday, with a pledge that no path will rise above the ordinary level. Welfare workers and unions faced disruptions amid coal carriages and yard blockages.

E B. Steele Ryan Aldereran Hodel Hodel

Opening Hotel A in Melbourne Delayed by Adverse Notification

A Melbourne hotel opening is postponed after a defaced notification. The notice cites a cancellation by a Senator and spies as factors, delaying the hotel’s planned launch at Draken.

Melbourne Learce Draken

Steamer Yarra Comm MEL OURNE Sept 18

A cable received by the State De in Melbourne reports Mr Mughes storing the steamer Yarra. Details are incomplete due to damaged text.

Mel Ourne Mr. Mughes

Kalgoorlie Cap Race Seeded by Royal Speech

Fragmentary report shows a motor-car driver winning an Adame sweep prize in Kalgoorlie while the King of Bavaria spoke at Kuremberg about a canal project and bypassed details. The text also mentions Hoad Ley's fruits jams and tomato sauce as a slogan alongside unclear product notes.

Martin Prise Adame Kalgoorlie Bavaria Kuremberg

Waterside Unions Refuse Port Loading Amid Mackay Crisis

Mackay reports a Waterside Workers Union refusal to load ships, halting port activity. Shipping companies threaten to seek labor elsewhere as unions and employers clash over non union crews and cargo handling. A mayoral wire to the Premier seeks federal action to reopen the port and avert further closures.

Mackay Spiel Repuc Waterside Workers’ Union Shipping Co Warrrabde Workers Haseen Wales

Premier pledges action over Mackay shipping delays

Brisbane dispatch reports the Premier replying to Mackay mayor by wire. He says government steps will be taken to ease the intolerable situation. paces and lime will be shipped by the Alknea or other vessels to Mackay.

Brisbane Mackay

Bowen Farms Struggle Amid Strike Returns

The Bowen farmers face severe losses as the strike disrupts shipments and markets. A steamer arrived late, leaving many awaiting cargo and worsening the local agricultural hardship on the jetty and in processing.

BOWEN Owen Farmers Srnneywel

Jewellery Robbery at Adelaide Street Prepares Investigation

Police report a burglary at Marl jeweller on Adelaide Street in Brisbane. Thieves entered premises in the early hours, taking jewellery and valuables totaling £26,1200, with suspect details unclear. Investigators pursue leads to identify culprits and recover stolen items.

Brisbane Marl Jeweler Adelaide Street City

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