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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 07, 1920
Page
6
A jumble of names and places shows a Cairns scene with visitors arriving and departing. Mentions include Mrs Mynistan Atherton, Dr G Knowles Balinda, Mr Bottger, Miss Clara Milter, and Michael Feldmans praising a local remedy. Train arrivals from Rav and a tale of Easter travel frame a busy social week around Strand Hotel and Atherton with various locals and officials noted.
A fragmented report outlines Labor tensions between farmer benefits and party discipline. It notes contention over a sugar grower request for gun aid, mentions official Labor rhetoric, and cites references to the London market and parliamentary stance. The piece hints at internal divisions and public messaging ahead of votes.
A garbled historical excerpt describes Belgians and a Tableland, with references to ministers, towns beset by conflict, and movements between places. It mentions soldiers leaving and the dead remembered, hinting at a wartime public discourse and the impact on local communities.
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