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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 18, 1910
Page
3
The notice outlines allotments and sales on various streets including Auburn, South Street, and Lake Terrace. It lists sections, perches, and prices, with terms such as cash balance and quarterly payments referenced. location descriptions mention nearby streets and projected parcels across multiple divisions.
An old style ad touts Revona as a remedy for a range of ailments including pimples sores chilblains piles and varicose issues. It promotes selling triangular pots at prices 1 shilling 6 pence and 3 shillings.
A report details extensive land leases to Pensa and widespread plantation work with crops including rubber, coffee, cacao, cotton, vanilla, and cinnamon. Timber and other forest products abound, ports connected to Queensland and New South Wales, and a central court at Port Westesths. A local magistrate recounts a prisoner test of a rifle ball's power to illustrate perceived beliefs.
An old advertisement touts Rapid Healing Ointment as curing pores ulcers burns catarrh eczema chilblains and all skin diseases. Sold in triangular pots for 1/6 of a penny or similar price in a period style notice.
Fragmentary text discusses land certification within a year and a speculative link to coinage. References to British New Guinea and an unnamed year or acre figures appear garbled. No clear events, persons, or organizations are identifiable from the readable fragments.
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