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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 26, 1918
Page
3
Notices of travelers by the Wodonga on Saturday night report names and destinations for the south. Dispatches advise casualties and missing soldiers, with family messages from Cairns to Mount Morgan and Rockhampton. A general commentary condemns German imperial aims and past colonial conduct.
Captain J V is admitted to the 8th General Hospital Rouen France suffering from gas effects. Dr Duhig son of Mr Edward Duhig of Knowsley Coxoe and nephew of Archbishop. After duty at Enoggera camp and Kangaroo Point Military Hospital he went to the front 15 months ago and has been on active service in France for several months.
A critical piece contrasts Germany's colonial record with other powers, citing Evans Lewin and M Montgomery on German methods. It cites von Trotha's 1904 proclamation in German SouthWest Africa and notes mass killings of Herero people, highlighting a harsh, criticized episode in imperial expansion and the role of a so called Christian civilised power.
An old health notice touts NUJOL as a safe lubricating product for the body. It claims to prevent and relieve constipation better than laxatives, is non absorbed, non irritating, pleasant to take, and manufactured by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, USA. It is sold in chemists.
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