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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 26, 1916
Page
3
The issue mentions new cold tablets described as truly wonderful for colds. Advertisements urge using ceream and freckle lotion for complexion blemishes. Multiple short notices list travels and appointments, including Mr A H Clarke, Mr W H Buchanan, Mr E C Earl, Mr A J P MacDonnell, and others boarding Wyreema or visiting towns such as Irvinebank and Herberton. A Cairns Masonic meeting is announced for tomorrow morning.
London reports detail an in Dublin inquiry into Skeffington's shooting as crowds surged. Witnesses describe Colthurst firing into the air and ordering execution of seven men, with Skeffington's body left until arrival of an ambulance.
Immense incredulity marks farmer reaction to the sugar award. Farmers reject the Saturday meeting and plan a monster gathering at Mackay. Branch meetings are organized to protest the award, with United Campgrowers branches notified across Queensland and similar meetings to be held next Saturday.
Fragmentary OCR shows a claim about Chamberlain's Pain Balm promising fast relief with one third the time of other applications. It mentions chemists, state officials, and a romantic scene with a character named Serdam and a bell of doubt in love. The readable text is garbled and unclear.
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