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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 12, 1913
Page
2
An 19th century snippet lists apparel items from a shop including muslin gowns corsets and frocks and mentions Mrs Hubbard and Mr Thompson with a note about the Hubbard family. It reads as a local column of notices mixing advertisements and biographical lines.
London prices show copper ranging from £8N/15 to £50 for forward contracts. Tin quoted at £9/17/6 Nay Leta/7/n forward to £4210/5/ to £31A/15/. Lead listed from SUAVE to £131/187.
The excerpt surveys past literary works and their perceived value, assessing writers like Thackeray Dickens and Dumas. It contrasts ambitious aims with perceived failures, noting the tension between genuine artistry and popular reception. The narrator laments pretensions and champions rigorous taste in literature.
On accourt of the Railway Department a goodsly seller of lost articles will be auctioned at Hoare's City Auction Mart Spenceatreet on Wednesday at 3 pm. The notice outlines items and conditions, with chaotic asides about various literary references and unrelated tangents. The fragmentary text references trains, publication snippets, and a general sense of a public sale mixed with editorial digressions.
A Labor Minister in a Labour Cabinet denounces Sydney railway strikers as industrial outlaws who betrayed socialist ideals. He argues the dispute shows state rationalisation failing, claims the strikers threaten the State with monopoly and terrorism, and notes the public remains uninformed while the strike proceeds.
A notice states that Ad Ye MacDonnell Hamchian Hannam MacDoosell Montgomery and others claim to have bought the book debts in John Flaack's estate and that payments are to be made at Lake Street Ald. The notice sets a due date of 1k April for the outstanding accounts.
Officials announce Cairns arrivals and a sailing schedule for the Wyrams steamer. A town meeting is urged to discuss plans for a war veteran parade and local permits, with a request to include Hat town time and related parties.
Readable fragments describe a morning prom with attendees and staff in formal attire, noting organizers, venue duties, and a bustling scene. Conflicting garbled lines reference individuals, a nursing element, and potential rubber trees, but the core item centers on the prom event atmosphere and participants.
Review notes the Pay What Theatre staging of a melodrama with Ruth Kewe and Harry Masson in a love story tangled with deception. The production promises strong dramatic turns, with a cast including Macklin and King and a finale that hints at moral lessons amid romantic intrigue.
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