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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 01, 1913
Page
3
Fragmented column from the Modern Jeweller page includes notes from Cairns and Port Moresby, advertisements for fly paper and tonics, travel updates on ships Kanowna Morinda and Marloo, and remarks on tailoring and local commerce. Names like Abbott Street Cairns, J. Pesley, Mr. Kingsbury, and G. Goodman appear among travel and shipping notices.
The piece relays Sir Victor Hotent and Sir Frederick Trevee’s views on opium and alcohol. Both are called narcotics and poisons with similar community harm. They warn against treating either as food and urge temperance and stricter prohibition.
Cairns Saw Mill offers assortments of hardwood and dressing timbers including joists and mouldings. Free by mail quotations provided upon request via telegram and letter.
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