Narrow Escape and Warship Photo Case Across Two Cities
A motorcyclist misread a signal causing a crash at Rosana Road Heidelberg injuring Wm. Henry Ber and James B. Leith with Thomas Morris and Edward Morris in the side car. In Brisbane a youth photographer Frederick John Williams pleaded guilty for taking photographs of a warship without permission at naval stores, court imposing a fine and camera seizure.
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Melbourne
James Tsrkinson
Fairheld
Henry Berfell
Abbotsford
Rosana Road
Heidelberg
James B. Leith
Church of Christ At
Eltham
Thomas Morrs
Edward Morris
Berfeld
Leah
Melbourne Hospital
Eca
Queensland
Brisbane
Frederick John Williams
Hrisbame
Naral
Henderson
Botanic Gardens
Betish Empire
Sunday Services at St John’s Cairns and Freshwater
Sunday church times list St John’s Cairns services at 7 30 am 9 30 am and 7 pm plus Freshwater afternoon service at 1 pm with an afternoon offering
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St. John's
Cairns
Freshwater
Peaceful Paseo as war cast a shadow on Spain
Filson Young writes from London about San Sebastian’s Paseo de la Concha, where three years of war seem distant. The scene blends sunset light, moon silvered water, and a lively crowd including Germans, all under a sea voice that drowns other sounds. The piece reflects on war, progress, and shared memory.
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Paseo de la Concha
San Sebastian
England
Filson Young
London
Daily Mail
Ernst
Goethe
Monte Iguelce
Santa Clara Island
Bond Street
Rue de la Paix
Enghee Nalian
Passiaz
Aye
Viel
Spain as a Neutral Ground in War’s Uncertain Whirl
The piece notes Spain as a neutral theater for powerful wartime agencies and diverse factions. San Sebastian stands as a key hub where neutral sentiment shifts echo Madrid’s influence, offering a lens to gauge Spain’s stance amid global conflict.
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Spain
Magis
San Sebastian
Madrid
DIED IN VAIN AUSTRIAN ATTACKS NEAR CASTAGNEVIZZA
A Rome dispatch to the Evening News describes a mass Austrian assault from Castagnevizza to the sea. Wum sent thousands from trenches at five in the morning, routed by rifle and machine gun fire and concentrated artillery. Italian Arditi waited in trenches and repelled the wave with deadly fire.
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Castagneviata
Rome
London “Evening News
Wum
Castagnevizza
Korite
Selo
Mews of the Week in Book Form Reed the Northern Herald
A compact note from the Northern Herald presents a weekly round up of local happenings. It highlights notable events, community updates, and brief items of interest drawn from the newspaper’s pages.
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Reed
Northern Herald
Alien "Dossers" In the Tube Amid London War Night
A stark account of alien evacuees sheltering in London tube stations during wartime. Families squat on platforms with bags and mattresses as bombs loom, while locals react with a mix of fear and uneasy humor. The description notes terror, spitting, strangers’ cries, and a disturbing spectacle at crowded stations.
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Dosser
Whitechapel
Tennyson
Altho
Mery
Bly
Tommy
Germans Celebrate Riga Victory Echoes of German Panache
The article cites German jubilation over Riga’s capture, citing the Deutsche Zeitung and Kaiser Wilhelm as praising the army’s will to victory. It notes German hopes to keep overrun lands, with calls for peace on terms dictated by Germany and potential redrawn borders in Europe.
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Riga
Germany
Russia
Moraht
Deutsche Zeitung
Hansa League
Cortenay
Baltic
Komische Zeitung
Riting
Entente
London
Count Reventlow
von Tirpitz
Inermany
Flanders
Walloon
Miliee
East Prussia
Courland
France
Loyola-Carney Company Ends Season With Coast Tour
The Loyola Carney Company capped a successful season at the capital house last night and plans a coast tour with repeat triumphs. Tonight at the Palace a final repeat program offers a prize balloon for every child and 6d admission for all seats. Tomorrow features the Metro production A Slave of Fashion with Emmy Weblen, plus other fine films.
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Loyola-Carney
Metro
Emmy Weblen
Final screening of A Fair Rebel at the Austral Pictures
The Austral Pictures shows its KE production A Fair Rebel, a sensational drama starring Mary returning to the screen. Viewers are invited for the last time tonight with a topical budget of war items and other attractions to follow.
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Austral
Mary
Programme Changes Advised For Holiday Weekends
Fragmentary notes indicate prices for canvas chairs and stalls, with a plan for a full programme change on Saturday night and details to be advertised in tomorrow's issue. The text suggests holiday timing and upcoming notices.
The Spy at the Cairns Theatre in Cairns
A film titled The Spy screens at the Cairns Theatre. Dustin Farnum as Mark Quaintance, a wealthy socialite recruited by the New York Patriotic Club to uncover spies in America. He undertakes a dangerous mission with Greta Glau amid war tensions, facing interrogation by Wittschaell while Greta delivers a crucial list to the American Ambassador.
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Cairns
United States
Mark Quaintance
Dustin Farnum
the Patriotic Club of
New York
Rman
America
Mark
Greta Glau Iwifred
Greta
Wittschaell
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Lake Street
Atherton, Cairns, Herberton
Mount Garnet
Irvinebane & Peeramon
Archdall
N.o.ra
Villiers
Sagamer
Doncaster
Mareeba
Woila
Street
Sydney
P.O. Box
Underworld
Boa’ful
A. P. Greenfield & Co., Ltd
George Street
Townsville
Ides
Mareera
Keating's
Atherton
Wedneday
Barron Valley
Kherberton
Post Office Ht
G. Lisha’s
G. Lisha
Shields Street
Opp
Crown Hotel
RE Young
Ted Holland Bienes
BORA
Macleay Duff
Ee Duff
North
Burns, Philp & Co., Ltd
Cairne
Cairns Pictures Limited
William Fox
Bustin Farnum
Wilhelmstrasse
Whittick’s
Gordonvale
Russell River
Wm. Lennon
Sugar Land
Tery
Prussia
Berlin
East Sala
Her
Vienna
Lower Austria
Bohemia
Entertainments
Palace Theatre
The
Austral Pictures
Cairns Theatre
Julian
Cairns Post
Abbott St
Cairns North
St Ir General
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