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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 05, 1920
Page
8
Fire safety ad warns against imitations of storm king and unlite lamps. Promotes benzine or kerosene powered devices guaranteed safe and efficient. Claims devices use heavy press generators lasting 15 years and suited for Australia.
A mixed program features the comedy Pesey Boes Her Darndest with May Allison and a tale where Peggy fights crooked plots and wins by wit. The Palace screens His Own Home Townstarring Charles Ray, who fights grafters to restore his town, with a romantic angle and a sharp newspaper plan. Book seats early.
The Cairns repatriation quarterly committee met at the council chambers on Wednesday night with members including Prewett Griffin Barnes and others. The President’s report shows modest changes from prior months with total authorised spending around £1,215 across sustenance furniture railway warrants medical tools land sustenance and administration. Administrative costs include £35 for a typewriter.
Proceedings detail three cases from the Cairns executive on sustenance and medical payments. A soldier awaiting work received funds after delays. a Chillagoe case prompted direct Brisbane action. and a third case involved tools valued at £50 to assist reemployment, with questions raised over prior misrepresentation and wartime work.
A Babinda resident defends local hospital funding arguing mill workers mostly support charitable causes and calling for a Babinda Hospital to ease Cairns Hospital strain. The letter questions opposition motives and urges reader support for district healthcare expansion.
Fragmentary OCR text mentioning hotel names and memorial phrases. The readable portions reference prepaid rates for weddings and property notes, with scattered names and phrases. The text is incomplete and lacks coherent reportable facts or a clear event.
Theatre notice announces a Saturday show on February 7 featuring Harold Lockwood and May Allison in The Buzzard's Shadow. Described as a Lacore masterpiece the film has drawn large crowds elsewhere. patrons are advised to book seats early and wait for full details in Saturday's issue.
Sir Joseph Cook the Minister for the Navy spoke at a Parramatta social function on Saturday night noting they must face difficult questions and discuss the high cost of living and the price of things, including the cost of bringing goods.
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