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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 05, 1912
Page
4
Fragmented OCR shows a textile or fabric ad listing items such as lace, floral patterns, ladies stockings, blankets and socks with various numbers and prices written in irregular format. The readable bits include item types like stockings and blankets and several price fragments, but no coherent sale details or dates.
A clipped Cairns page lists vivid shop notices and social items. It promotes Violet Hermes soap and Mulgrave Headache Cure, notes entertainment at Koramis and Easter dances, mentions local chemist ads, travels of Mr McMehon and Mrs Mc Holden, and previews Tailor Hillman’s show, linoleum remnants sale, and Freckle Cream.
A Cairns column lists Mas onic Lodge invites at Masonic Hall Lake Street 2 30 pm Sydney time for W J Munro funeral from Shire Hall Kaplanede at 3 pm. A Cairns P A F S branch meeting at Presbyterian Church discussed social plans and sympathy letter. Public funeral details for W J Munro set, procession forms at Abbott Street and reaches the cemetery. Premier's Tuesday excursion to Mourilyan and Port Douglas outlined with ship timing and expected crowds.
Thirty thousand jute workers at Dumowinr confronted a strike with wage demands after a night of police presence. Nationalist figures Wilmers, Bere, and O Gredly pressed a motion in the House of Commons seeking calm and government restraint in prosecutions of protestors.
Easter services are listed for Cairng Presby terian South with times for Good Friday and Easter Day activities including Holy Communion and choir renditions. An advertisement promotes Saxo-Tonic Pills claiming relief for indigestion and liver troubles, with dosage and price details.
A report to the Minister for Trade by Commander C2 on northern territory lighthouses and Cumming waters calls for 29 alterations and additions including new lights along the Queensland coast. It notes upgrades to existing stations, erection of lights on islands, and the addition of three light vessels at an estimated cost of about £50,000 to support growing trade and shipping.
A hotel keeper recounts how Mrs Stapland urged his wife to try Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhea Remedy. He admits skepticism but notes relief after using the remedy and recommends it, stating it always helps in his experience.
Lottery notice from 1922 by William R Reed Newspaper Company lists contact Riders Lane Wel lson for tickets. It announces a draw before 2 April and asks readers to send postal stamps or change addresses to the representative in Runners Lane MOL Virginia.
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