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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 12, 1912
Page
4
A list of discounted clothing items including Ladies Black Salveen Blouses Linen Aprons and Floral Prints with reduced prices. Also features Turkish towels White Tewali shoes and Mens Cotton Singlets and French Braces with marked down pair prices.
A hectic jumble of notices, sales promises, and local items. Mentions Kelly's sale with thrift appeals, a Paris cafe story excerpt, and various Brisbane and Cairns updates. Includes obituaries, births, chemist ads, and a cliff of local commerce notes with prices and times.
A garbled page of town notices and ads includes mentions of antiseptic toothpaste in a 1/ tube offer, Dr Stead n Throat Pastilies in a promotional line, a hotel chemist, and various unclear market items. It cites vacation chatter and fragmentary items like Lino remnants and acting pens.
The Mourilyan sails to Port, Taiyuan arrives Saturday then heads east. Townsville reports on the ALW A Conference discussing worker protections eight hour days, overtime rules, Sunday pay, wage scales, and reforms for Masters and Servants Act, railways, and miners living conditions.
Adelaide reports indicate Labour seeks a minority or slim majority as Liberal gains appear in rural districts. Voter shifts show Liberals winning several seats, while Labour faces losses in Victoria and Albert electorates and projections suggest a hung parliament or narrow Labour hold in some regions. Major figures warn of broader implications for policy and international stance as debates on Germany and Britain’s naval power continue.
St Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, declared Britain’s navy would be superior with the latest 13.5 gun and warned the rumours of unpreparedness for war were baseless. He argued Britain must maintain naval supremacy despite rising costs and European shipbuilding pressures.
Reported incidents include a Constable slipping on Penders Street in Townsville and minor injuries. In Toowoomba upsets and race meeting notes list several entries with varying results and a washout intervention on the Mary Valley track. Melbourne racing news mentions a stable dispute and a high stakes claim tied to a prominent racing stable.
Melbourne Sunday report shows stewards held an inquiry into Glendock in the Hurtites race. They were not fully satisfied with the owner McGregor and the jockey’s explanations and hinted at possible action to deny the benefit of the doubt.
A pedestrian farewell gathering was held at the Exhibition to honor World Champion sprinter Donaldson. The event featured two qualifying matches and praised the athlete’s contributions to sprinting.
The Cairne Club event at Amiens saw Thelma 22 take first, with Thelme leading early before Detopher 48 and Fearlees 11 following. The Defender, recently returned to commission, trailed on the reach as the race unfolded.
The Defender led most of the race with a strong prerace move and held the line to the finish. The Thelma finished second and Awallau claimed third as boats hoisted sails but produced no clear winner in the final stretch.
A note shows FIQ0T postponed with the seat between Langton Ant Thur moved to Monday February 11. Melbourne via porte includes Marlon Capt Kerr and a list of aboard names alongside Aile laide Co Ltd as agents.
An advertisement touts Dr Shelden's Magnetic Liniment as curing more rheumatism each year than ten Spee products. It promises relief after the first application, a permanent cure with continued use, and a money back guarantee. Available at price 1 shilling 6 pence or 3 shillings, Adept no substitute.
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