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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 19, 1912
Page
4
An advertisement notes floral patterns and various garments with prices in a sale. Items include nursing lace trim, plain and colored tennis shirts, white shirts, belts, and trousers priced per item. The device markets multiple men’s and women’s garments with markdowns.
Readable fragments document hospitalizations travel notes and advertisements. Mentions Mr Duchimirn Gobkien Hors Charters Towers inspector Alf Franke and local venues Olympia Rink Valece Hotel and Manchester Oxidielions. Includes mosquito protection product Craigs Steeto-Rase and Watt et Thera Usi Tonic.
A fragmented ad copy promises great savings in 1912 with claims of time saving quality and money deals. The readable text touts low prices and trustworthy service across town, urging readers not to miss value and reliability.
In Brisbane on Thursday the chief surveyor appointed Deputy Surveyor and prosecutions over breaches of the Immigration Restriction Act were heard. The Sumatra and other ship owners faced fines for allowing prohibited Chinese immigrants to enter Australia. Earthquake theories and railway duplication work were also noted in the day’s reports.
A conference between the Licensed Virtual lens Association and the Liquor Trades Employe rs resolved hours and Sunday cleaning disputes. Wages will be sent to a board of four representatives per side with a chairman within a month. Also noted is a new oath administration under the Oaths Act of 1711 allowing kissing the book or saying So Swear.
The sermon and services at Sanday Peeh church feature Rev A E Saxon and preacher Tes. The factor will also announce a part of the CELMLS at 8 490 pm on Saturday evening.
A fierce blaze swept Webster's Royal Hotel between midnight and 1 am. High winds worsened the inferno, collapsing the building and leaving little salvage. The structures are said to have been insured for a substantial amount.
Profit figures are given as 4,020,000 pounds against 1,690,000 the previous year. The company will increase capital from 1.25 million to 7.5 million in anticipation of Panama Canal opening. In Berlin burglars attacked a jeweller and his wife, wounding them and looting the shop. A gang then fled. A separate report notes a gang breaking into a house injuring a family and abducting a wood-keeper before escaping.
Constable Smith reports from Cooktown via tin fields and Minefield lines that food is scarce especially ice and rain is poor. Farmers on Wloomiekl note no beneficial rain yet and past storms depress furrowed lands while preparations for the new season proceed with grants and track improvements carried out by Mr Coch rames of Toolkoora with limited funds.
A fragmentary notice records Melbourne House on Abbott Street with Mrs Hughes and Miss Smith, noting a choice selection of endershiits and a neat finish. The readable text is limited and unclear.
The King praised Gor don and Tewiri Bey for defending Simkat as hundreds traveled long distances. He said the present administration aimed to bring the Soudan closer to civilization. The royals trained for Sinkat, reviewed Soudanese forces including 8500 camelry, and held emulative dances before returning to the Medima.
Nearly every summer Mrs E Vinall of Dublin Street Wan Ganui reports relief after using Chamberlains Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. She credits the remedy with restoring her health after a short trial and says it is worth pounds. Sold by chemists and storekeepers.
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