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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 14, 1917
Page
4
At a Cairns Harbour Board meeting the Consulting Engineer notes price shifts in cement timber and muntz metal affect wharf estimates. He cites concrete piles and timber tops versus timber only options and warns against misreading figures especially with a shed addition and future price changes.
Brisbane April 12. George Henry Thompson publisher of the Daily Standard faced charges for publishing material likely to prejudice recruiting. The Police Magistrate fined him £15 and sentenced him to two months imprisonment with two weeks suspended.
Perth April 13 The railway ballot on a shilling-a-day wage dispute remains undisclosed as union leaders warn of a stoppage if the Railway Commissioner rejects the advance. MacCallum of the Labour Federation predicts his group will drive the upheaval before a federal election. The Colonial Secretary warns upheaval could paralyze state industries and be treasonous to Australia.
Readable segments mention an injunction and a circular on licence reductions. Church events include Presbyterian Gordonvale Babinda services led by Rev Jas Kirke at 3 pm and 7.30 pm, Methodist Cairns meetings with memorial for the late Rev George Brown, Freshwater 4.30 pm led by Rev Herbert J Garrett, with Masses in Babinda tomorrow and Edmonton at 6 am.
An old advertisement asks if you suffer hoarseness throat irritation or nighttime cough and promises relief with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It assures you will be pleased and notes it is sold everywhere.
An article urging women to protect health as they enter broader roles, praising Dr Sheldon s Pills for Backache and the Kidneys as a remedy. It describes the pills as a safe treatment in air tight sealed glass containers and outlines sizes 1/6 and large, available widely.
Henry Norman, a successful novelist, moves into Rainbow's End with Blossom the young maid and other aged residents as he crafts a book on real life. Amid love triangles and jealousy, Blossom inspires his work until a lightning tragedy uncovers truth and prompts a hopeful ending at God's Half Acre asylum. Palace box plan open. Call 248 for booking.
The new Selznick adaptation of a Robert W. Chambers novel stars Clara Kimball Young as Valerie West. Critics praise Miss Young’s talent and beauty and her ability to convey the story of marriage under strain and the lure of the common law.
A' cool and comfortable building with clear pictures and bright subjects draws a large local audience. The Austral hosts two weekly changes on Wednesdays and Saturdays with top films and vivid world scenery. Tonight the big weekend change screens, inviting all to visit for an evening of entertainment.
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