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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 25, 1918
Page
6
Personal notices show Mrs Morton and D Vallance traveling south while others depart for Townsville Cairns and nearby areas. Thermo Co manager Calan Cann visits Cairns. A Cairns arbor board meeting yields a letter from M Secell apologising for an earlier grant related matter and a local seller advertises a dandruff cleanser priced at 1 shilling 6d.
The President Mr J Adeeson presents a seven month officer transition since September 1 1917 and notes the Cairns branch’s strong finances and growing membership. He cites 373 total members, 269 at the front including 14 killed or missing and 66 left the district, with 32 new members added in seven months and a promising Babinda start. The report highlights branch activity, council representation, and plans for the coming year.
The writer describes travel through Italy France and England with meals and weather, notes shortages of sugar and blankets, and mentions meeting Cairns lads. He details a camp with stoves coal and beds, reunion with Bert Arbuckle wounded in October, malaria evacuation, and plans to move to Scotland. concerns about weather and faith in war’s end.
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