Townsville Notes Mark Wounds and Visits in Far North
Local items report Private D J Tiermey wounded in Townsville sources. several residents travel by Mourilyan and Kuranda to Cairns or Sydney. Tributes note the death of G H Birch in Sydney and a Military Medal award to Private A C Skerman. Lloyd Teitzel listed as wounded then officially in action. family updates and missing relations referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffey
Townsville
Cairns
Sydney
D. P. Viles
Paxton-street
Francis Watts. Viles
Wiles
Pea
DT Ranners
Samarai Suffers Delays as Steamer Searches for Missing Vessels
Samarai endures weeks of suspense as a Rabaul steamer arrives with word that Matunga has disappeared in these waters. Weather has drenched the island with heavy rains, flooding low areas and forcing residents into canoes. Dr. Moorhouse, visiting from New Zealand, falls ill aboard a vessel and remains in hospital, while Miss Howell stays with him in Samarai. Bank of NSW official Lawson departs for Bowen, to be replaced by Walke in Samarai.
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Samarai
Rabaul
Wessel
Matunga
Moorhouse
New Zealand
Fish Territory
Miss Howell
W. H. Lawson
Bank of New South Wales
Bowen
R. J. P. Walke
Australian Mail From France After Boer War Veteran Writes Home
Private E H Rayward, once in Brisbane postal service, now on transport duties in France, reports glorious weather and advancing Allied forces. He praises Australian and Canadian troops, notes trench warfare dangers, and expects to return to Australia by late 1918 while describing frontline conditions and morale.
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United
Australia
Coloer
Alfred Taylor
T. Stevens
Guy-street
Warwick
James G. Stevens
France
Pozieres
Stevens
E. H. Rayward
P.O
Brisbane
Artis L Rayward
Gray-road
Hill End
Fritz
Somme
Doan's Backache Kidney Pills Praised in Testimony
A reader from Greed Hill near Cairns extols Doan's Backache Kidney Pills claiming they cured months of kidney issues and dropsy symptoms after a short course. The testimonial notes backache thick cloudy urine and ankle swelling and advises purchasing from Foster-McClellan Co with a Sydney address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Dean
Alf-Gullberg
Greed Hill
Cairns
Doan
Foster-McClellan ~ Co
Pitt Street
Sydney
Excellent Cough Medicine Promises Safe Cough Relief
An advertisement extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as soothing and healing for coughs and colds. It claims the medicine is pleasant to take, non narcotic, and widely sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worsk
Bannington
Tweed Fruit Growers Report Bananas Output
At the Tweed Fruit Growers Association 2nd meeting the secretary stated the average Tweed bananas output is 116,740 cases per year, about a third of Fiji imports into New South Wales. Winter months skew the figures and last year Tweed output reached 57,000 cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tweed Fruit: Growers' Association
Fiji
New South Wales
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R. J. Overland
Lake Street
Cairne
Fearnley &Co., Ltd
EET
Fearniey Wharf
F-W.-Aulmuller
Telephose
Gelling Bros
Cecuiths
Weeelwrights
ESTEY
Paling’s
Queen St. Brisbane
J.-D. Caterer
P.E. Wilkinson
Abbott Street
Caille Row Boat Motors
P. E. Wilkinson
Cairns Pictures
The
Miss L. Toohey
Port Douglas
Cullerton
PH. Foxwell
D. J. Tiermey
R. S. Livingstone
C. R Farquhar
North
M. Bernays
Mr. P. Walsh
Western Australia
Mrs. P. Gasper
Meehan
Machin
Paddington
Dor. O O. G. Machin
London
R. Craig
Balfour
Douglas “Brown
Scotland
Sir Douglas Haig
Department
T. V. Coyle
G. H. Birch
Birch
Chillagoe
Colville Currie
Andrew. Muir
Ipswich
Ah A .Diace
Caimay
W. G. Sherman
Willowvale
A.C Skerman
A. H. Skerman
Mary Woods
Bunlock-street
Belgian Gardens
Bonnin
Post
Herald
Ok View Sa
Commonwealth
H. J. Bulcoce
Hardwarr
Smellie & CO. Ltd
Hardware and Machinery Merchants
Leslie Salt Licks
Ayr
Clark & Co
A. Villiers
Iron and Brass Founders
Vulcan Foundry & Engineering Works
People’s Cash Store
Spence Street
People's Cash Store
Geo. Williams
P.O. Box
Spence
ST. Cairns
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