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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 25, 1912
Page
2
The undersigned by Jas Walker Esqq will sell by public auction at noon on Saturday the 28th of September opposite the Police Barracks the entire local builders contracting plant. Further particulars will be published in Saturday’s Morning Paper.
The record notes the Denham Government appears likely to be sympathetic or not while the stion is agitated without Mr Mulligan. The North currently shows little that suggests any rapid advance, and without the railway Mr Mulligan might almost be at the South Pole.
Report argues a Mt Mulligan rail connection from Dimbulah to coal fields would slash costs and boost Chillagoe smelter supplies. With a £100,000 build and achievable freight rates, the scheme promises economic returns and regional development if the government acts promptly. A united regional push is needed to secure hearings before the session end.
Quotations on the Stock Exchange appear with names Bonnin Dundee Brilliant Brilliant F and others, showing bid and ask figures, dates, and coded references. The fragment includes scattered figures such as 7/3 24 9 and incomplete names, indicating a dated, partial market wire.
A Cairns area column reports on Mount Mulligan mining matters with rain interrupts. Timber trade in Mt Molloy brisk with about ten trucks weekly. Cairns Starr Bowket Building Society receipts reach £19 7/2. Tenders for new convent buildings range from £4574 to £627. Medical officer budget unchanged aside from a £25 Cairns rise. Australian Sugar Producers Council to meet October 7 in Townsville. Case of a company registrar penalties totaling £11,380. Registrar of Firms dispute over transfer notice involving Cairns Butchering Company.
The railway department is strained by coal coke and timber freight causing blocked yards. Two trains run nightly to Kuranda, a Malooda night run clears the Talge Johnstone line of corn timber and returns to Cairns by 4.30 am. Corn and timber loaded during the sight are landed at Cairns next day and moved to tableland sidings the following morning. The work is strenuous but deemed beneficial for the department and district.
Mr Janes Verner reports his father died at Charters Towers at 6 p m Monday last aged 74 Born in County Antrim Ireland in 1898 he later moved to North Queensland and ran a tailoring business in Charters Towers He leaves a grown family including eldest son James Verner and several grandchildren
Mr A S Gibbon of Cairns undertakes flotation of Martine Timber Company Ltd to secure tramway rights from Yungaburra to Lake Barrine and acquire sawmills and freehold timber interests. Capital 10,000 pounds divided into 19,000 shares of 1 each. 5,005 shares already allocated in the district.
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