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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 06, 1918
Page
3
Several residents and visitors left Cairns by the Kuranda for ports north and south yesterday. Notables include Mr. P Emanuel, Mr. W Lapraik, Acting Sergt Hennessy, and Rev Father Phelan heading north. Others returned from Mackay and Gordonvale while Miss Ella Campbell planned Kuranda travel after a south holiday.
In a crowded tent amid war haze eight men share uneasy fellowship. The narrator reveals a mysterious figure known as the man, a khaki private famed for quiet resolve as he vows to seek Alan Rawcliffe, a comrade from war’s edge who once ran from fear but now embodies a rediscovered will to live and belonging.
An ad warns readers that lingering colds indicate improper care and recommends Chamberlain's Cough Remedy sold everywhere as a solution.
Auctioneer J Hanrahan presided as Fred Plath sold his Malanda farm herd with average 15 guineas per head. Top price cow Petey reached £35 0s 3d, while several Ayrshire stock and a high quality bull from James H Harris attracted attention. Shipment plans for heifers were cancelled due to coastal weather.
Historical notes describe sudden abdominal illness with colic diarrhoea and dysentery and advise prompt relief measures though wording is fragmentary and uncertain about specific remedies or context.
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