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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 07, 1911
Page
4
A crowded item list covers a sale of Christmas cards, fundraising for a port and tramway, a town meeting on a Shire project, a theatre program with serious melodrama, and maritime safety notes. It also notes a street rescue in Mossman and a discussion about banana industry protection and Chinese labour replacement schemes.
A report from Bombay describes a rehearsal fire causing casualties at a shed nearby. It also covers England and Australia cricket scores, including Fisher and Fitzgerald figures, and a separate Sydney State match update with New South Wales and South Australia.
The Maree ba Police Court session featured cross examination of Piggott linked to Abe Parnell Commission matters. Piggott wrote a word “hesitancr” during testimony, a point noted as Waterloo by his critics. The scene was described as a sharp, influential moment in legal history. A separate Port Doug ion Record item mentions renewed club activity and trophy gifts amid yardage competitions. An explosion near Hansaford's studio drew bystanders to the scene, tied to carbide pistol experiments by EC Bermborough, prompting public interest.
The Mackay district reports sugar season winding down with workers leaving for the south. Steamer Cowra carried a large crowd Tuesday. The Arewatta had sixty arrivals. A Sydney-based union member criticized policies withholding work from boilmers and urged improved employment access.
The article notes the second reading of the Electoral Bill and Naval Defence Act, with amendments and debates. It mentions the Port Auguste Railway Bill and verbal amendments, and discusses year by year control by Parliament during railroad work and approvals.
Fragm entary OCR reads as a title about Melourse and Webaceian in the domain of Regrowematives with unclear context and missing details for a full report.
Sydney reports Vicgor Grumper will captain AM Peat against the Hegishmen on Friday after a decision by the Telegraph.
Melbourne House at Abbott Street Cairns advertises millinery business profits and tarnished text mentions Queensland National Bank and government contracts. An agreement extends to 40th June 1921 with an audit showing financial figures not fully legible.
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