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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 12, 1912
Page
3
A provincial trade notices notice advertises current politics with freight cost for orders and mentions dealers can obtain trade cards for £1 or larger advertisements from £5. The listing cites TUR LONDON DIRECTORY Co Limited and locations Abcherch Lame Leadon.
The notice promotes Central Clothing impectaen with emphasis on fresh goods and no old stock, urges careful price comparison, and hints at M Ward a hairdresser and tobacco agent. It lists allotments for sale by M Ward and references steamship services to Papua via Port Moresby and Cairns, with adelaide lines and agents.
Mr J M Barerics returns from a inland tour describing mineral resources near Chin Chow Foo and quartz mines along a river route. He recounts a rough 250 mile journey with ancient trackways, river crossings, and a heavy rocky descent alongside a sparse road network as explorers did in Australia.
The text presents garbled remarks about concerns over foreigners accepting low wages and harming farmers or workers. It references a town, a national league, and an Australian offer, but the fragmentary phrasing obscures clear facts or events.
A passenger named David William spoke with an official of an Atlantic paper during a Matura voyage discussion. He was among more than 50 young Britons and Colonials described as hardy and energetic in a broader group.
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