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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 06, 1915
Page
2
Auction item list shows various metal ware and glassware with indicated sale prices. Items include glassware such as turtles and pint glasses and steel kitchen items. Details are fragmented with unclear lot numbers and prices.
A sweeping sale at a country store lists wholesale lamps, enamelware and kitchen items with sale prices. The notice promotes a cough remedy and announces a one week sale commencing Friday August 4th with discounts on many items.
The text shows an unclear note about a wife living at home and payments for support to the mother, with a reference to age 16 and a phrase daily or today. The fragment lacks context, names, and concrete actions.
A fragmented notes batch from Charters Towers lists various share listings and prices such as Brak ae anes, Egat Mexican, Mills United, New Prilliant Freeholds, Papuan, and Vulcan with mixed bids and asks including 3/1 to 23/9 ranges. The text references August dates and local market activity without clear context or full company details.
The piece argues for proper audits by qualified outsiders while supporting local control and confidence in the executive. It notes possible irregularities in other districts and emphasizes the value of local effort and civic unity alongside pageants and ceremonies.
Copper shows 65 to Glash forward and 7T1/10/8 in the market. Tin moves from L156/5 to 186/13 for ward 157/15 to C18/5. Prices reflect forward and bid levels in the August 5 market update.
An advertisement promises three shillings for a package including a tube of paste and a set of eighteenpenny wire drawn toothbrushes. It claims the brushes will last and the paste will preserve teeth, attributed to Kelly Chemise.
The cinema shows a well edited programme of guest dramas and thrilling episodes designed to excite the audience. It features The Mallon Maner with Miss Mary Preford, a wireless cameron from Fantry, World Tower and Mothers Journal Gazette, plus Embarrass es Love in a light comedy, all reported to delight viewers tonight.
Tomorrow Saturday by moon Mr J G Hoare will auction 11 pallet of folder and a quantity of sta they at his City Mart Today Friday at 2.00 pm Mr J G Hoare will cut down the hedge hold furniture of Mrs M Wichards including a home Belling piano on the premises in Taylor Street of Spence Abreet
A Mayers clearance event promises big crowds today as low prices and trusted merchandise attract shoppers. In Townsville a young man with apparent mental distress was ordered to the asylum after meeting authorities in a Carina Politics Court.
The Cairns Riale School Committee asks the Education Department to back a new Title School and Technical College modeled after Mackay. They want a qualified official appointed with full control to meet present requirements. The Court Nouse Hotel faced vandalism when late night visitors dumped filth and shocking material, prompting Mr Hamaze to consider legal action if culprits are identified.
An ad notes 18 BABY Cross teething pills from Craig, Vice Regal Chemist, for soothing infants. It promotes a Sunday excursion to Manhiss with a ride from Cairns, priced at 1/0 to 3/-, with children at half price. Departure at 9:35 a.m. and return by 6:30 p.m., offering a day in the country and a chance to see the new mil district.
The issue reproduces cap ital portraits of Cairns leaders and war figures including Janes Khooms Midddleton Tarbor and a wounded Cairns Harbor Master. It highlights Cooktown Annual events and the Timmins collection. features on British ships and aviation amid war visuals. Tonight shows include War and the Woman, two dramas, comics, and a double bill of The Genius of Evil and The South Americas Rebels.
Dentist P. F. Meredith will be in attendance at the Sorcery Ware Daily for one month. Telephone 5. Over sea vessels: The Empire due to arrive at Cairns today from the East. The St Albans deep for China and Sacan has Cairns today. Townsville paper notes the anniversary of the news that caused such excitement, with declaration of war on Russia. Mr A M Waddell opens large stocks of groceries drapery beer and sho r etc. Terms Cash Agent for Revel Insurance Co.
An item notes Mrs Hugh s selecting local men for decorating work while Miss L Tt Howland of East Hundabere publishes two new songs Harolding Value and Tance Koval donating half profits to the Belgian Fund. It mentions other compositions and a recruiting campaign linked to Australian strength and possible forced service if demonstrations persist.
The Caires State Schools Committee met to read a letter objecting to the inquiry into charges at the Girls' School. It urged an independent neutral panel to preside and noted an alleged deadlock impression in the correspondence.
Warriington drawn to the stage of the Palace Theatre as his talk on life in the Sydney underworld drew a near record audience. He defended his 15 year crusade of practical Christianity and urged skeptics to debate him on stage that night while the Derket Ledger promised post show excitement and shop assistance.
Kellys announces a sweeping clearance of all bargain lines for the final days. Readable items include leather shoes and slippers priced from 15s 6d to clearance, crepe shirts, beach shirts, swimming costumes, coats, hats, and boots with sale prices, highlighting significant discounts on men’s wear and accessories.
A fragmented notice passage describes goods from the south including Scanmecutters and a public wharf setting. It promotes a product named Seetoime Cream priced per tube, claimed to ease mosquito bites with a ribbon-wrapped bottle, and references the Ladies College of Health and testimonials from grateful mothers.
A St Albans crewed voyage from the East reaches Cairns on June 1. A boy named Harry Cum Hoy is refused landing and returns with the vessel to Brisbane. Legal action in Townsville frees him, yet he faces further trouble as a prohibited immigrant. The dispute implicates Cairns agents Macdonnell Hannam Hamlyn Harris and Townsville authorities.
A London paper labels central powers as old-blooded murderers of women and children and questions how peace can bring unity. It recounts the U35 crew and a dying British soldier amid gas attack, mocking the behavior of a baronetted officer and pondering what will become of those seen as enemies.
A street notices a marked sale at Trail and Winstone in Abbott Street featuring wide price cuts on garments and shoes. Items include Gent’s trousers shirts and hats with deep reductions, plus ladies wear and boots. Location and hours given for the event.
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