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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 13, 1917
Page
3
Local notices report travel by residents including Mr E J Mardon and Mrs F Bennett. Lodge Cairns No 16 70 5.C. to meet at Masonic Hall. Various residents return from trips and some enlist or sail, with Victorians and Burdekin names noted. Officerial postings mention promotions and business moves in Cairns and Charters Towers.
Local updates report Private William McAllister progressing favorably and other wounded servicemen including Private James Johnston. Mention of Captain Oliver Woodward's past action and DSOs for Lieut. G Irvine. Health tour by Hon J D Fitzgerald in North Queensland and local business notices. Also a medicinal advert for Dr Sheldon’s New Discovery.
The author revisits the term Dago used in Babinda cane areas. Paddy the Flat and two cane cutters share varied, often harsh, views on Dago as a label for people, hair, or color. They describe behavior, work ethic, and Coast sugar life, noting rough landings, light humor, and a potential police angle in future inquiries.
Ambiguous trade notice listing WILES & Co Cairns Iron and Wool Depot with services in ambulance equipment horse shading and classes of vehicles. Specialties and trial guarantees implied in an unclear ad text.
At the annual meeting of the Rockhampton Benevolent Society it was stated that in the last seventeen months £380 had been spent in relieving deserving cases.
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