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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 23, 1915
Page
2
A fragmented list details leather boots including Cossacks and Oxford shows, lace boots, and heel styles with prices. It also mentions men’s summer weight negligees, cambrics, and white washing hats, plus a few women’s and children’s items and a small stock note on patterns and sales.
An old advertisement claims the product relieves soreness, soothes irritated lungs, and quickly cures coughs. It touts stronger, better results and mentions postage paid.
A fragmented notice lists moon phase events with dates February 7 11 pm February 11 first quarter February 2 8 pm apogee February 11 00 am February 21 1 58 am and times such as 45 pm. The text references "THE POST" and a pane labeled Fakir with unclear context.
A collage of brief items notes January Cairns imports and exports, local police yard landscaping, and a popular vaudeville theatre program featuring Miss Frums Hardy and comedian Wil E Grow. It sketches a busy cultural scene with film, war items, and upcoming acts in a single era paper style.
A letter to the editor advises readers to write to the paper about complaints. A. M. Waddell announces the opening of a General Store at Be'irda offering standard goods at reduced prices. Royal Insurance notes Cairns banana exports last month with 10 million bunches, up from the prior year.
At Cairns Police Court on Monday before justices, Frederick Hraun James Brennan and James McBeean forfeited bail for drunkenness. The Cairns School of Arts committee will meet Thursday night to elect President Treasurer Secretary and sub committees.
The Cairns Shire Council will hold its monthly meeting next Friday night. A special meeting will be held in connection with the Babinda sanitary room. Anderson's Seeds have the best reputation for seed quality and high grade, with Craig's Popular Pharmacy likely to have the largest seed stock.
German Hartlepool Labourites attack Mr Blatchford in a bitter letter citing fears under a Rainier Bill. Townsville reports a grasshopper plague boosting fowl feed in lagoons and on plains. A Minchan Ayr farmer notes wild geese lured by hopping insects while Hyde Park resident watches a hungry Indian minsk eat hoppers. The bird dashes away weighed down by hunger.
Brief notes report recent light rainfall at Babinda satisfying cane growing needs. An auction is planned next Saturday at 11 am by J Hoare featuring a pony and sulky with pre sale inspection. Dentists chart Murray offers daily consultations plus Cairns Harbor Board may appoint a new chairman tonight.
The Herbert Hiver Express will open the Armidale line from Townsville in about six weeks, adding a twice weekly service from Ingham to Armidale. A no service option would cost the same as the existing weekly Townsville service. Barron Shire election results list division outcomes with several candidates declared unaffiliated. An ad in this issue promotes a Belgium mothers fundraiser concert at the Oddfellows Hall with W C T C backing.
The Cairns district reports shifts in local government. On Cairns Shire Council Dr Reed is replaced by Mr Simmonds. Barron Shire Council sees W W Mason and Ro Hampe fail to regain seats. Cairns Town Council adds two new members as voters shape new leadership.
The ASPA council in Mossman Cairns and other districts discussed appointing a senior entomologist to tackle the cane grub pest. Candidates included J. C. Bridwell and Kershaw, with salary and funding debated and support to raise pay if needed to secure a first class expert. The meeting also examined the Industrial Peace Act award and cane industry prospects amid drought.
The Hugs of Hugo and Olga perform with Austral Pictures presenting a singer with a fine voice a skilled reciter and a versatile actor and a juggler delivering three notable dramas in a showcase of Staxe figurants and stage presence.
SEW PALACE THEATRE presents a new vaudeville act Frank Sydney and Co with acrobatic jumping. The group promises a world class performance in Sportsman's Garden opening the season tonight. The act features three artists and invites competition in jumping.
A Kasama era text fragment reports Constable King escorting a prisoner Demetros Kat elopulou to Townsville where the defendant was charged with absconding. The court appearance followed after authorities questioned a witness and the man was arrested.
Correspondence laments drought and misgovernance hindering rainfall and afforestation. It cites timber exports, electoral focus, and calls for reforestation to secure climate and water, warning of ongoing forest depletion harming the nation. It also mentions Chamberlain's Tablets to combat bad breath.
Reports from Sydney and Melbourne give early results from by elections. In New South Wales Premier Treloar’s vacancy shows Labor candidate J. Ke. D Arkins leading Liberal rival H. E. Mincket with partial tallies. Grampians by election totals list Liberal Dr Salmon ahead of Labor candidate W. K. McDougall with incomplete absentee votes.
Brisbane dispatch reports a cabinet minister named Appel resigning, causing heavy speculation in political circles. The Premier declined to comment, and a Courier correspondent learned Appel had transferred his restation and that the resignation would reach its destination the following day.
President Wilson dispatched a wire message from Washington signaling ceremonies for the Panama Exhibition in San Francisco. Machinery started, flags broke, artillery salutes rang out as steam whistles, bells, and crowd noise marked opening day. Seventy-one foreign nations participated with Australia among the exhibitors joining the ceremonies.
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