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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 13, 1915
Page
1
A garbled OCR sample lists numerous place names and surnames across Australian towns including Mareeba Cooktown Edmonton and Parry with scattered personal names and business references. The text appears as a collage of agents newspapers and locations without coherent events or dates.
Korenda arrives here every to es the team Townsville and departs at midnight for Fort Douglas and Caoatows returning on Thursday. The LTSN steamers then Cairns on Saturday reach Townsville and Maccay on Tuesday and Brisbane on Thursday. They move south the next Saturday reaching Sedney and Melbourne on Thursday, on the return trip leave Melbourne on Saturday arriving in Brisbane on Saturday and then depart for southern ports on Thursday.
A fragmented note records departures and returns for a group traveling from Cairne or Melbourne. It mentions a departure on Welw day and seeks timetable details for returns midweek. The legible portions indicate departures on Thursday and Friday with rescheduled movements and a planned Melbourne return trip.
The S S SOWARD SMITH COMPANY mails schedules show steamers sailing from Melbourne and Brisbane to Port Alma and Townsville with arrivals in Sydney Mackay and Cairns, and return sailings to Melbourne and Brisbane, noting weekly departures and connections to Toone and Toe Thelelas.
Feahnley and Co. announce Chungsha Ad. Kney will arrive from Hong Kong via Porto on January 27, 1915.
A fragment describes Franies Traders worldwide and Enelieh MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS grouped by goods. It mentions steamship routes under the Porte, provincial trade prices, and a current edition of the London Directory offering trade cards and agent adverts with post orders and fees.
The meeting reported higher attendance than recent years and praised President C. Hi. O Brien and Secretary J. James. The balance sheet for the year ending December 1914 shows the institution’s strongest year yet with developments including a new verandah, library expansion, a concert fund, a Tennis Club, and a Debating Society. Receipts totaled £190 5s 2d.
A mixed read with medical testimonials for Cuticura remedies curing eczema and burns, and local civic notices. Includes church resignation of Rev Fixter, a fundraising concert at Federal Theatre, and Gordonvale ambulance volunteers plus financial reports and officer elections.
A charity event next Saturday week will raise proceeds for Red Cross purposes. Many men connected with the sugar industry have left Gordonvale to join the expeditionary forces, including Bert Larsen a former Gordonvale ambulance bearer. The period has seen sultry weather giving way to cooler conditions with signs of the wet season.
In these days of arduous competition it is the healthy man who wins. Chamberlain's Tablets cleanse undigested food from the stomach and promote a flow of gastric juices, aiding digestion and aiding against constipation. Sold by all chemists and storekeepers.
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