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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 24, 1913
Page
2
Notes on artist materials and pieces dated 2/1 and 3/3 reference new solos and reveries to hand. Includes oils resins and newspapers and asks not to throw away.
Agnes Remilt on holder of no license applies to transfer the Kuranda Hotel license at Kuranda to George Alexander Remilton of Cairns. George Alexander Remilton reports intention to apply at next Licensing Authority meeting. Married with wife and one child. Dated February 23 1913.
Public of Cairna notified by Victoria House Miss E J Harris offers best bread from March 1. Trust by strict order ensures quality and service as advertised.
A euchre party and dance will be held at Oddfellows Hall on Saturday March 1 at 8 p.m. Admission 3 shillings 6 pence for double and 1 shilling 6 pence for single games. Light refreshments. Organized by the P.A.F.S.0.Ai.A. with Weaven as W M.
An infant daughter Wirtle Winifred Barty of Mr and Mrs J Barty of McLeod Street Cairns passed away on February 1913 in a Cairns suburb. The notice appears placed by relatives in the local paper.
A fragment reflects on sacrifice by a lone miner or explorer facing danger with no witness or praise. It recalls the Roman soldier at Pompeii as an enduring example of courage, while acknowledging the ordinary person’s reluctance to face testing times alone. The text ends with a chaotic note about a boat launch by the Pax of the Sweats.
An old clipping contrasts a romantic praise of Queensland with a critical remark from the annual Caires School of Arts meeting. It states ninety percent of subscribers favored fiction and some classical works remained unopened, citing a preference for light reading over action or adventure in the new countries.
The passage notes the Anglo Saxon stock has not firmly taken root in new lands and faces delayed development with an older generation producing exile songs. It compares intellectual views of Britons in the Domiatona era and mentions cultural displacement and unformed birth of a national identity.
The Palace Theatres were crowded last evening for a special Sunday programme of selected pictures with many turned away. The program featured fine menic views and other films to please all, and it was announced that Kentucky Girl, hailed as a great racing drama, along with Saturday night’s star drama The Incriminating Card, would be shown again tonight and tomorrow night.
Dull unsettled weather with occasional showers prevailed at Cairns. Rainfall up to Saturday morning measured one inch. Weekly totals include Cairns 197 points, Kuranda 138, Mareeba 3, Atherton 235, Herberton 34, Yungaburra 278, Aloomba 218, Binda 471, Cardwell 135, Malanda 445, Tinaroo 282, Harvey’s Creek 411.
A fragment from a local page references Cairks Theatre on Sheridan Street, with unclear details about an event at Fry Co. The readable text mentions Brean Geir and an ore related note, but specifics are missing.
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