Buyers of Gold Silver Lead Comcentrates and Ores
Buyers advertise for purchases of gold silver lead concentrates and ores seeking latest assay results payment promptly at market rates and immediate cash on delivery terms offered.
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 30, 1916
Page
2
Buyers advertise for purchases of gold silver lead concentrates and ores seeking latest assay results payment promptly at market rates and immediate cash on delivery terms offered.
Shipping notices list routes and schedules for ships including the AUSN steamer to Townsville Brisbane Sydney Melbourne and return trips to and from Melbourne Sydney Brisbane and Townsville. Adelaide Steamship Co directors discuss taxation and the need for reserves to support wartime shipping and mercantile expansion.
Debate on taxation for shipowners stirs concern that higher taxes would curb renewal of fleets and hinder competition with foreign rivals. Speakers cited the need to reinvest profits to maintain an efficient mercantile marine, with caution about taxing gains from vessel sales and directors pay to align with other companies. The motion was carried.
A dense OCR fragment lists mine names, drilling terms, and prices with many unreadable codes. Entries include Hampden, Mu Cuthbert, Vulcan, Lode Hill, Gilmore, Tyrcomnell, Mareeba Gold Mines, and Bowen Coal and Coke Co. The text mixes b 6/3, 5 11/6 cum rights, N.L, po, and various uncertain abbreviations, suggesting a late 19th or early 20th century mining ledger or prospectus page with scattered valuations and ownership notes.
A fragmented OCR list records: Bourie North Brilliant Deeps Clarks Mexican Kalamadan Mills United New Brilliant Freehold Queen Cross Papang Victory Coreila Hampden St Andrew St Mungo Veleano Bowen Coal with various payments or balances noted as b paid 1/6 5 2 3 5/7 5 1/3 3 32. The text shows mixed items with fractions and short notations indicating balances due or payments.
Prices for hides and flour show firming demand and rising consumption. Australian and New Zealand quotes vary, with grain and flour costs cited. notation includes obscure figures and foreign exchange references as markets adjust.
Burns, Philp & Co advise that the Wyreema serving Southern ports will fail to weigh at eight o'clock.
General merchandise demand remains high with buyers seeking best quality and low prices. Brokers report steady quotes and active bidding as sellers showcase top items.
The readable text mentions a person named Jim and a brief, unclear setting. No verifiable events, dates, or affiliations are evident. The fragment suggests a casual note or stray line without a coherent report or identifiable outcome.
Mr W H Corbould, Mount Elliott Ltd director, reports mines opening well and development advancing. Smelters’ capacity to double, Mount Cuthbert smelter nearing completion, coke demand rising. Queensland coke production urged to keep money in state. Firewood scarce in Cloncurry district, coal sales grow for coast merchants. The Mount Elliott group includes Mount Elliot, Mom Oxide, Quercashed Exploration, and Queensland Copper Freeholds.
A local notice states that Debio Mrs. A. M. Waddell has opened a shop offering groceries and drapery with cash terms. The fragment mentions a company name Agvat jer Reyadleserame, but details are unclear.
A period voice condemns Prussian militarism as a brutal creed that promised victory but delivered protracted war. The piece argues the machine of conquest is self-sustaining yet leading Germany toward a grim, unavoidable end, with broader moral commentary on war and fate.
The Cairns citizens will gather at the Drill Shed this evening at seven o'clock to march with the soldiers who are leaving. Up to the early part of this week the showing is Daphne and the Pirate at Whitick's Plan.
The Cairns region shows a string of notices: Mesera A J Draper Ltd schedules a sale by auction led by Chas Brownson of Charters Towers. a Cairns Starr Bowkett Society meeting at Spence Street. a Babinda boot stock promotion at Kirk's. a local camp meeting for Cairns and Hinterland trainees. and Babinds sanitary area by law approved by Cairns Shire Council.
A crowded games event lists winners across many divisions. Patriotic Picture by J G Wilks tops the awards with E Havard from Innisfail, while numerous cushions, pillows and trinkets are claimed by entrants such as Mrs J Wallace Mrs H Ward and Miss Tretheway. Raffle notes mention more cards forthcoming from organizer M J Hogan.
An informal meeting will be held tomorrow at 2 35 pm in Hibernian Hall to form a committee and arrange fundraising for Ireland relief. The notice notes a printer error in yesterday’s issue and urges more men to defend the Empire while promoting Craig's Special Cough Syrup for health.
Wartime caption notes Pte W Dowker of Cairns and K Came at Pimaslsigh with photographs credited to WH and PK E W. details unclear due to fragmentary OCR.
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