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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 04, 1913
Page
2
The passage discusses logical progression from strong prejudices to anti sports fanaticism and wowser attitudes. It notes how Bing’s appearance influenced reactions and mentions Christ's depiction of the Wowser as an elder brother deriding others, with reference to a father’s intervention.
The text notes Wraughton arriving and bolts opened for import, mentions an upcoming hospital meeting next Thoreda at 3 p.m., and previews prepaid Domestic Advertisements for marriages births and deaths in Port. It mentions Mr C B Whale offering tuition appointments and Captain Sumter reporting good weather.
Fragmentary OCR combines a dental notice for improving skin with peroxide cream and a vague ship/steamers reference. Includes price fractions and textile item notes, creating scattered commerce plus a stray health product pitch.
The Cairns Starr Bowkett Society held a Saturday night meeting where L Jeppeam urged appointing two members as stewards to oversee the marble draw. W S Prewett and J E Dean were chosen, with Mrs Rouse drawing marble number 175 for F Brookman trust, yielding £2300 interest for eleven years.
For July Cairns exported 2240 banana bunches and 723 banana cases while imports included 2235 bags potatoes and 13 cases plants. W J Rost notes imports landed in satisfactory condition with few condemnations. Bananas show higher shipments though quality remains similar, except some European hoes improved. A Zillah Harrison Co. theater performance at Palate Theatre drew strong crowds with Miss Harrison delivering a praised leading role and two encores.
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