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  2. Mr N. Barnett

    Mr Barnett, the well-known optician, will be in Cairns all next week. His address is the Imperial Hotel. ...

    Article : 21 words
  3. NOTES & NOTICES. 13/- a Day for Carpenters.

    Mr L. Severin advertises to-day for the services of three or four good house carpen ters. He offers 13s per day. ...

    Article : 29 words
  4. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 1,349 words
  5. Price of Tin.

    The price of tin last Monday was stated by Messrs Jack and Newell, Cairns, to be £148 10s. Messrs Walsh and Co. last night told us that the Sydney price on Thursday was ...

    Article : 43 words
  6. Mr. C. Forrest.

    Mr C. Forest is still very ill in the Hospital. Last night at 9.30 Dr Knowles repotted "no improvement." ...

    Article : 24 words
  7. Mr. Charles Backer.

    Mr Backer's friends will be pleased to hear that he has returned from Port Douglas, and has so far recovered from his late accident as to be able to resume work next Monday, in, ...

    Article : 45 words
  8. Cairns Rainfall.

    For the past four months only 5.42in. have fallen, as registered at the local post-office. In May we had 3.56in., June 1.66in., July 0.20in., and in August nil. ...

    Article : 31 words
  9. "Blue" Meeting.

    All members of the Cairns Football Club are requested to meet at the Crown Hotel on Sunday morning at 10.30 o'clock for a special meeting. Players specially requested to roll ...

    Article : 33 words
  10. Eureka Creek Pay.

    There is a £4S0 pay to-day at Eureka Creek—and not a hotel there! Mr Mathieson of Boonmoo (35-mile) is now building a hotel at Eureka Creek, and hopes to be ready for ...

    Article : 38 words
  11. Freshwater Creek Bridge.

    Thirteen thousand hardwood sletpers and 80 tons of rails were landed recently from Brisbane by the A.U.S.N. Co, principally for use on the new line in connection with the ...

    Article : 42 words
  12. The Red Bird Cycles.

    The Goold Bicycle Co's representative is now in town with the latest model of the everpresent Red Bird. Full roadsters, path racers, and lady's specials can be seen by calling on ...

    Article : 42 words
  13. Change of Our Publishing Days.

    The POST, in accordance with previous notifications, will be published in future on Tuesday and Friday mornings, instead of Wednesday and Saturday as now. Next week ...

    Article : 40 words
  14. Accident to Mr. Landsborough.

    Mr Land-borough, one of the staff in the local Bank of Australasia, was frisking about last Sunday will a number of boating friends on the second beach across the bay, when he ...

    Article : 53 words
  15. China Boat.

    The S.S. Changsha left Hong Kong on 21 st August, to be fallowed on the 25th by the Tsinan. The Changsha after calling at Cooktown will pass Cairns and go straight through ...

    Article : 49 words
  16. Methodist Church.

    The services in the Methodist Church tomorrow (Sunday) will be conducted both morning and evening by the Rev. J. Prowse. Mornirrg subject—"Pillars and Lily Work;" ...

    Article : 58 words
  17. A New Produce Firm.

    Mr J. F. Scolt, senior, is the sole propriefor of the new Lake-street businessr We were in error lase week in stating that Messrs Scott Bros, cordial manufacturers, had any ...

    Article : 38 words
  18. The Race Booths.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 46 words
  19. Shipment of Timber.

    Mr L. Severin recently landed from Maryborough 61,000 feet of sawn timber. He notifies in our advertising columns that large supplies of seasoned Maryborough timber may ...

    Article : 51 words
  20. Patriotic Stamps.

    Mr Hyland, Post and Telegraph Master, informs us that be has only about £1 worth of "patriotic" stamps—pennies and twoprnnies—still on hand, and as he has to return ...

    Article : 63 words
  21. Burns, Philp & Co.'s New Building.

    Mr Gordon, of Townsville, is the successful tenderer for the erection of the abov. He will arrive early next week. Mr Gordon crecud the Townsville office and ntoies for ...

    Article : 43 words
  22. Banana Inspection.

    Durning the month Capt. J. B. Robertson, Acting-Inspector of Fruits, Cairns, put through his hands 50,079 bunches or bananas, and 176 cases pines. Of the bananas 375 ...

    Article : 73 words
  23. Bad Sport.

    Local sportsmen are complaining about the dearth of shooting this season. Cairns as a rule provides fair turkey and duck shooting, and particularly so in dry seasons, when ...

    Article : 72 words
  24. St Monisa's Pouitry.

    People who have promised produce, poultry and other donations to the different s'allholders for the bazaar to be held next Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday in aid of St. ...

    Article : 62 words
  25. Letter from H.M.S. Protector.

    Mr E. G. Norton, late in the office of the Chillagoe Railway and Mines, Ltd., Mareeba, was a member of the Adelaide Naval Brigade, and was called upon to join the gunboat ...

    Article : 143 words
  26. H.M.S. Dart.

    H. M.S. Dart, Lieut. Munro commander, returned yesterday morning from her surveying trip to Charlotte Bay, 90 miles north of Cooktown, after an absence of six weeks from ...

    Article : 55 words
  27. Vote for Potter.

    Mr Potter, the President of the Mt. Garnet Progress Association concludes his annual report with the following par:— In conclusion, I strongly urge upon you the necessity ...

    Article : 106 words
  28. Phelan's New Establishment.

    Phelan's "Cash Box," at the lower end of Abbott street. overflowed with the wealth of millinery and ladies' attractions, and had to be transported to its present prominent and ...

    Article : 69 words
  29. GIVENS' VERBOSITY.

    MR GIVENS is still scorching under the heat of his initial Parliamertary glow, and evidently considers that unless he fills up three or four columns ...

    Article : 349 words
  30. Tram to Watsonvlile.

    Mr Stephens, engineer and surveyor, has completed the permanent survey of the Boonmoo to Eureka Creek (14-mile) tramway as far the 12-mile peg. From Eureka ...

    Article : 197 words
  31. Water Rates.

    In connection with the question of a public water supply, as dealt with in our leading columns, it may be noted that the amount of water rates paid by householders may be ...

    Article : 175 words
  32. Cairns Rifle Range Tenders.

    Tenders close on the 10th September for the erection of new mantlet, new sliding targets, construction of footpaths and new mounds, clearing, and enlarging present ...

    Article : 68 words
  33. The Show.

    Everything points to a most succesful Agricultural Show next week. £250 in subscriptioas and special prizes have been received, compared with £180 last year. No ...

    Article : 125 words
  34. " MORNING POST."

    No rain — not a drop — has fallen during the month of August in the Cairns district and at time of writing there is no indication ...

    Article : 893 words
  35. A Glimpse at Old Friends.

    Mr and Mrs J. A. Bunting, Miss Alice and Master Fred, called in at Cairns on Thursday on their way to Cooktown in the Arawatta, where they will reside. Mr Bunting is far ...

    Article : 212 words
  36. Mining at Croydon—A Splendid Crushing.

    The final clean-up at the Enterprise Mill from the Golden Gate Nos. 3 and 4 South Tribite crushing, produced 1700 ozs. bringng the total to 9165 ozs. 14 ...

    Article : 251 words
  37. "Next."

    "Yes," said the Parliamentary candidate, "I respect an honest man of toil, and an proud to shake him by the band. I dont care what he works at, if his work be honest." ...

    Article : 161 words
  38. New Guinea.

    The Adelaide, s.s., arrived from New Guinea on, Friday afternoon with 20 passengers from Samarai, Woodlark and the mainland. Those from the mainland are chiefly from the Yodda ...

    Article : 243 words
  39. Public Meeting at Atherton.

    A large public meeting was held last Sunday in Atherton at 3 p.m., when a thoroughly representative gathering assembled for the purpose of considering the all-important ...

    Article : 211 words
  40. THOSE BREELONG BLACKS.

    IT seems wonderful that two half-bred niggers such as the Breelong blacks should be able to elude capture for such a length of time. It only shows ...

    Article : 308 words
  41. A Visiting Chinese General.

    The PoST has once or twice recently wondered what part in this world, or the next, is being played by the two distinguished Chinese Ambassadors who some years ago, when ...

    Article : 427 words
  42. Baz[?]ar.

    After all is said and done there is a lot of genuine amusment to be got out of a bazaar. Both young and old can extract unlimited and varied fun by looking in for an hour at the ...

    Article : 299 words
  43. Railway Government Officials.

    Mr J. F. Thallon, Deputy Commissioner for Railways arrived last Tuesday in Cairns accompanied by Mrs Thallon. Mr H. C. Stanley, Chief Engineer, arrived on Thursday ...

    Article : 242 words
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