23 Dec 1912
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 23, 1912
Page
1
Arewetta is due next Thursday from Melbourne. Wodonga leaves De Friday for Townsvillie and departs on the mum every Monday night. Empire is due from the East Op December 31.
Schedule fragment shows Setheee Seton and Wg Sydney trips with return route details to Melbourne Sydney Brisbane and Grantala. Mentions departure times and days including Thursday Sunday Tuesday with Melbourne and Brisbane legs in sequence.
Meeinderry arrives Sunday from Townsville and departs Monday at 1 pm for Port Douglas returning the same day then leaves at 9 pm Monday to Townsville via porte and Hinchinbrook. Coomm leaves Townsville on December a. Peregrine leaves Townsville for Sydney on January and ee in mts 6 Townville of.
The column records multiple local notes as visitors travel through Cairns. Mentions Mr. oot and F. Stewart from Katlara visiting Cairns with other names like Meyer of Charters Towers referenced. Also notes trips by Glycerine and Benscin Cream and Mir J ML Watt.
Local notices record multiple departures this Saturday as residents from Cairns Cairn Mount Carbine Nelson and Charters Towers head for Townsville and Charters Towers. Individuals named include J Nott J Marquis Groves Jennen Stack Doriede Davie Girault Hartley Quad Terry Morrow Barker and L Barker with plans to visit friends and family during vacation period.
Damaged text describes a ship struck by a storm with flooding and a breached hull. Hand steering gear prepared as the vessel buckles under fierce waves. The fragment hints at extensive damage and peril at sea.
A rough woodman marries a girl who longs for home and civility. An empathetic suitor offers to take her back and write, but she refuses and wanders alone. Her husband accuses her of plans with another man, and she leaves. A terrible storm follows as the husband finds the girl alone and acts.
Fragmentary report describes a drama where a young man accuses another, steals a girl's bag during dialogue, then returns it claiming he found it. Authorities or witnesses names are unclear in the garbled text. The scene hints at a plot device and mistaken identifications within the program.
Saturday night saw a favorable reception for the Lyric Theatre change of programs. The main feature was the film Earl William CV of Holland, presented to an attentive audience with positive remarks from attendees.
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