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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 16, 1912
Page
4
Cairns visitors and chemists advertise health products and beauty powders. Mentions Perleion Tooth Powder and Supremal Violet Face Powder. Local officials discuss citrus propagation and grafting methods.
An old Cairns notice lists Melbourne House Abbott Street offering gloves at 3 shillings 9 pence and 3 1/2 pence? plus 1 shilling 6 pence and 8 pence? Also mentions dress fabrics and goods like frocks and other garments.
Disjointed OCR fragment references an Austrian physician Dr Schedbie from Vienna and notes a covert work of value. Mentions items and numbers with unclear context and no readable events or outcomes.
Sydney notes a scratch for the Epsom and an Australian challenge seed to meet in July or August. A public warning bulletin urges action against deception and proposes scented sawdust spread as a preventive measure, while council inaction is criticized.
William Johnson known as the king of coiners operated in Exeter last autumn and again recently. He and Rhodes circulated counterfeit coins in pub visits and were arrested after police investigation. Detectives testified Johnson faced seven years’ service time and five years more in prior offences.
A five minute event at the Rogiard Jungle in White City features Brutus the lion having a tooth extracted. Spectators recall ropes and gas aiding the capture as the ordeal drew to a tense close.
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