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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 24, 1913
Page
1
Fragmented OCR lists numerous personal names and places across a Cairns Post page. The legible bits include vessels, firms, and scattered town names, but no cohesive event or article context emerges. The text reads like a directory or notices section with inconsistent spellings and incomplete lines.
Shipping movements for Burns FHILP Co Limited list weekly arrivals from Townsville to Cooktown and back, Kuranda from Townsville to Park Douglas, and weekly services to Bowen Mackay Port Alma and Brisbane with itineraries to Sydney and Melbourne. Several lines reference Eastern and F and A Line sailings from Cairns, Singapore, and Papuan ports along with Melbourne return trips and Cairns to Cairns routes.
Goward Smith Co Limited Australian Steamships announces a complex voyage plan with ships departing Townaville and Townsville routes. The notice lists port calls including Port Almsandey Sydney Brisbane Melbourne and Port Douglas with varied timetables and return legs.
Fearnley and Co. Ltd reports Tanyuan from A and C Lines arrives around October 6. Changsha and Lime depart for Hongkong in early October. Garden and N DL plan departure from Sydney for Uetobenr later in October.
The Cairns Post reports under the Iquer Act of 1812 lodgers in each premises must maintain a daily record of games and participants with dates and departures. Inspectors and police may inspect books. failure incurs a penalty up to £5.
The note lists subscription pricing and delivery details with unclear figures. It mentions annual cost and delivery cadence, indicating a postal service or newspaper offer with specified rates and terms.
The dialogue centers on access to the Chillagoe Co. lease and Cairns wharf. Officials discuss building a track between sheds and ships, government loans, and obtaining permission to cross the Chillagoe property to advance freight operations.
Local firms offer assistance with shunting at the ship’s side while declining to provide engines free of charge. They promise to treat clients as in Townsville and let the customers shift empties by hand. Prewett notes Chillagoe wharf filled with wagons, then replaced. daytime shunting was free, but charges applied for going?
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