12 Dec 1911
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 12, 1911
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text shows disjointed names and terms likely from a ledger or legal notice. Readable entities include WES, ALL RART, robs Werle, and "Lew nel Chim arits" inferred as garbled proper nouns. No clear event or outcome can be established from the excerpt.
Shipping movements show BSS PULP CoO routes with weekly departures each Tuesday from Townsville to Towmssethe, returning on Fridays. Other services include Perth to Townsville Thursdays and Sundays, Lestesruers to Melburne on Saturdays, and Brisbane to Townsville with Friday departures and Monday returns.
Steamers rent Caimps on 8 Wed Nedday Townsville Thursday Owen and Mackay on Friday Teacher im Firisbene on Sunday Connitmg south the following Tuesday reach ing Sydney on Thursday apt Mel pourm on Sunday Leace Met eoline for retar tip on Wednesday yournney Saturday Writhene th fob lewis Tuesday arfrisusg ete OB ut ay Ienamurekha Waves on Wednesday at 7 pm for Melbourne. Ste. cs teave Townsville Saturday etc.
The article describes the association as the first in the world to apply the surrender value of life policies to meet emergency needs. It notes members should consider these offerings before leveraging policy values, with mention of local agents and regional context.
The Queensland National Bank Limited is incorporated under the Companies Act of 1883. An agreement extends to 20 June 1921 with the Government of Queensland.
An essay recalls a voyage with a Sports Committee later called The Arguing Club and a Ladies team, concert nights, and a hot voyage from Fremantle to Colombo. Passengers included MPs and Sir Wan Lype. nights on deck, a bath stay, and daily church services contrasted with storms and heat while docking at Colombo amid Gelding natives and shore curiosities.
The excerpt recounts wandering main streets near shops in Colombo with fruit, silk, and jewellery outlets. It mentions a Grand Oriental Hotel lunch served by native staff, a lake near the sea, and locals washing European clothes in the water. The narrative notes trams, peculiar footpath behavior, and late-night shipboard activities as natives bid high prices and sailors prepare to sail.
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