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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 02, 1912
Page
3
A muddled Cairns column lists names, departures, and local notices alongside numerous medicine advertisements. Items mention travelers to Brisbane, routine illness remedies, and shop products, reflecting a busy frontier town pages filled with health tonics and social updates.
A fragmented notice advertises millinery goods for self and child purchase with sewing and display options. It mentions street vendors and a call to inspect or call for more details.
A fragmented notice urges readers to try a small trial order with a large business, arguing that all customers deserve equal treatment regardless of purchase size. It emphasizes consistent card handling and consideration for every buyer.
Fragmentary OCR yields a string of personal names and titles, including Guskelly Russell Price Picten Barry Fear Metham Gillies McClintock Hav erthorne Burchill Harry Stevenson Pimble King Hobertson Col fey Sryrer Tully rayons Lister Cotmey Lacbert Johnson Jets McHugh Smith Oroen Dinns O Reilly Fiynes Orden antwelt Poevert Jepsen Howard Clarke Fors Philip ando limited agents.
The Kongo launched from Wesers Barrow shipyard is described as the world's strongest cruiser. It measures 74 feet length with vast beam and draught, 7000 shaft horsepower, 4000 ton designed load, eight 14 inch guns with centralized mounting, torpedo cover, and heavy armor. Three sister ships Iliver Haruna Kirishinma are under construction in Japan.
Report from Queenslaid Inspector J Wareham notes the Pelican’s pump winch nearly emptied the hold but damage shows rivets torn from No 1 hold and two feet of creak along the plank. Also mentions unrelated Brisbane financial figures and political notices.
The text reports unidentified bodies found near Abee station on July 31 with earlier sightings on July 27. The Jericho police completed their examination, noting one man’s possible homicide and another’s apparent suicide as investigators suspect.
Cablegrams report four men join a strike at a Brooklyn factory over the profanity of the foreman. Male workers rally to support the protest as more may join. Separate Paris note mentions a sensational claim about an authoress Madame Hoch rivals for a husband.
Government officers in India have been censured in response to the memory of the Mikado. The report from Calcutta notes official actions and reactions amid references to the imperial context.
Sydney reports show many additions and resignations among Australian infantry as protests grow against abolishing regimental distinctions and the new rules. An estimated 450 personnel across three Sydney units are set for parade at the next muster. Melbourne notes a prisoner’s attempted escape at Pentridge. recaptured after a brief chase. In western wards, the Minister for External Affairs to present plans for the bereavement of Mrs Po Goaay, wife of a Chinese merchant, later this week.
A garbled OCR list reads as a long string of surnames and incomplete names including Sproule Kemp Alexander Hares Matthews Hartasd Ewart and many others with unclear connections or context. The text resembles a roster or notice page fragment lacking narrative details.
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