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Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

Feb 23, 1916

Page

3

Cairns Aboard Officers and Notables Arrive or Depart

Subinspector Wyer is expected in Cairns next Sunday. Several police and civic figures arrive or depart by railway and sea routes including Lieutenant Dunbar and Constable Murray visiting Cairns yesterday. Miss Rhoda Sharpe announces engagement to Mr. S H Bateman. Nora Fletcher receives Red Cross honor for services in England. George Lyeus named acting manager of Bundaberg Butter Factory as staff changes occur.

Wyer Cairms Nora Fletcher Mra Fletcher Neutral Bay Sydney Bag Red Cross England

Forfeiture Threat Tied to Land Rights in New South Wales

The text notes that any step taken would entail the loss of the right to hold land and other property in New South Wales, a point tied to existing secured rights. The fragment mentions a German connection and indicates broader legal consequences for property ownership.

Natura Maga Empire New South Wales

Military Despatch Rider Harold Smith Prepares for England

Harold Smith of Macias near Clarence River passes the military test as a motor despatch rider and departs immediately for England to join the Imperial Force. Premier Byam sent tribute to a noble woman, part of a memorial for the late Mrs Walter Hall of Sydney.

Harold Smith Macias Clarence River England Imperial Byam Coumed Queensland Lnte Walter Hall Hydney

German diet noted for heaviness among women as well as men

A neutral Times summary notes the long lasting trend of heavy eating in Germany. The typical German woman starts with coffee and milk in the morning, followed by a substantial breakfast and a heavy meal later, with tea and sweets later in the day. A dinner at three in the afternoon mirrors the heft of the mid day meal from twenty five years ago and the piece views the pattern as an unpleasant reflection on German life.

Lim London “Times

Grumbling Women Carry War Duties in Berlin

An observer notes that German women perform heavy wartime labor, including nursing and underground railway work, with strong restraint and confidence before strangers. The account contrasts German and English nursing while detailing persistent underground activity by female laborers amid wartime strain.

Nord Und Sad Berlin

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