Cairns Visitors and War Time News Collide in Town
A jumble of local visitors and travel notes from Cairns includes Mr J Fenwick of Mareeba in Cairns, Captain Brown's southbound return by the Rupara, and Mrs Bellson’s Yungaburra visit. The report shifts to war time updates with General policies, transfers, and Red Cross bread shipments from Copenhagen and Bern for prisoners of war, detailing numbers and destinations amidst mention of German food shortages and civilian relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Fenwick
Mareeba
Cairns
Brown
Neukoelln
Berlin
Austria
Batocki
Amsterdam
Reuter
League For
Roumania
Vossische Zeitung
Hamburg
Germany
Orme
Port Sunlight
Sennelager
Higham
Gravesend
Red Cross
Copenhagen
Nissen hut laikely debut on battlefeld and its spread
A desolate field tale describes the Nissen hut as a portable, wallless shelter of corrugated iron arches that could be carried and erected quickly. Invented by a Canadian officer in 1916, it began as a wartime solution housing two dozen men and has since expanded to tens of thousands across Britain with about half a million Tommies using them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Au Gon Tuntia
Cerites Fiteon Young
Daily Mail
Nissen
Boor
Beauty Balm White Vathmi Claims to Restore Youth
The advertisement touts White Vathmi as a massage balm that reduces wrinkles crow's feet and facial lines. It promises to smooth hollows pad cheeks and slim the chin by rubbing away fat deposits under the neck and face.
Abbott Street Cairns Auction Notice
An Abbott Street Cairns notice fragment references a yearly sale event and local business details. The readable text shows Company naming and address, with unclear surrounding data about the sale or items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Errramp « Co
Abbott Street
Cairns
Fai
Ae Sakeee
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Overland
Overland's
Overland’s
R. J. Overland
Australia
Alfred Taylor
Lake Street
Bey
Fearnley&Co., Ltd
Shirleys
F. W. Allmuller
Spence Street
Gelling Bros
Sachs Street
Cairbs
Speclaltt
Paling’s
Queen St
Loal
Switieve
J. D. Caterer
Agency
China
William Wilson & Sons
Cairina
Belson
Yungaburra
C. Horsburgh
Renara
Gladys Fisher
Violet Prideaux
Townsville
Charles G. T. Murray
L Q.D
A.M.T
Nt. E. Fenwick
Herberton
J. W. Hill
The
Deaf and Dumb Institution
Williams
Brisbane
Mr. and
Seve
Alex. Butter
Mackay
Charters Towers
Dyson
Holt
Carpenters
A.C. Loehh
Ee Taraet
Java
C. Fisher
Elsie Statler
J. D Caterer
Paling
Far Northern
Nella Hecae Aesce
Wyer
Trer
Eromanga
G. A. Smith
Cusnamulla
Smith
Helidon
Lagoo
Mercury
Tommy
BSAC
Commonwealth
H. J. Bulcoce
Smellie & CO . Ltd
Northern Distributing Agents
Townsville, Ayr and
Brigbane
Ae ‘Poxa
Neastle
Tim
Windsor
Heaslop
People's Cash Store
City
Clark ®& Co
A. Villiers
ING Works
Vulcan Foundry & Encineering Works
R.o
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