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Newspaper
Cairns Morning Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 30, 1905
Page
4
A garbled OCR mix includes political platform phrases, scattered place names, and an old advertisement for digestion remedies. It references reforms, mining, tariffs, social causes, and products, with stray mentions of Tasmanian topics and food items. The readable content is largely non-cohesive.
The article records a government statement denying receipt of telegraphic sugar export notices, outlining confusion over sugar excise duty changes under the County Act. It notes past and projected rate adjustments from 1907 to 1941 and questions about how sliding scales would affect payments and removals.
Odd, garbled OCR excerpt mentions siege pace, regime syntax, and military terms. It references areas like Oncenstan and Terluce with unclear context. Maps to a damaged historical note about security measures and possible military actions without clear dates or actors.
An old clipping advertises Dr Sheldans New Discovery as the finest lung remedy in the world with a gentle tasting formula. It claims quick relief for night coughs and mentions testimonials from devastated households. The ad markets the product as safe and available through Robt Craig Chemist Cairns and notes Tasmanian jams as a Queensland market item.
A citizen, Mr Richter of Buseville, recounts years of back pain and kidney issues. He credits Dean's Backache Kidney Pills from Craig's Pharmacy for relief after trying plasters and other remedies. He asserts the pills cured his pain and urges readers to try the product sold widely at 2/6 per box or 15/4 for six.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions names and events in a disordered way. It references a Sheldon's something and tabules with unclear meaning. No clear person, place, or outcome is deducible from the readable text.
Nominations for Sheffield handicap and hurdle races close with Geo Hughes Cairns and the Secretary Nelson on December 27. Winners listed include first prizes in high jump, egg and spoon, and sack race with various special prizes. club secretary Strickland notes annual event details and closing nominations.
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