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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 26, 1912
Page
4
Readers are informed of various sale items including linen towels bedding and apparel for men and women. The notice lists patterns colors and price changes with several items showing reductions from higher to lower prices. Buyers are urged to place orders noting the new discounted prices and stock availability.
Mrs Hughes and Mies Smith host a display at Meltoume House Abbott meet inviting ladies to inspect. A Queensland police court session remanded two men for eight days over destruction of three cel lamps. Concurrent steamship service rumors affected northern port trade and reef changes. A public sale of grey goods attracts customers with daily specials and large stock. An elderly man purged in Cairns Police Court for indecent dealing with sureties posted. Marine report notes dredging activity in the channel affecting passage and dredge distance.
A fragmented report recounts a NSW board meeting chaired by Marton with members Wears, Newell, Dillon, Bark, Armstrong and others. It covers inward correspondence, treasury queries, costs for timber handling, wharf removal, and a discussion of charges per ton amid nicknames and informal remarks.
An advertisement for Kelly Chemist promoting Mealthy hair tonic sold in a 1/6 bottle. It claims scalp cleansing and stimulation of natural beauty growth. The text emphasizes hair and scalp care without detailing ingredients.
Fragmentary report notes a duty dispute linked to the tari and a proviso about ear mate seams. It mentions the board may defy the ruling and hints at a potential maneuver by Maier Sor Cctens to none.
The Cairns Harbour Board debated refunds for tenders, reported on cost estimates for the cop wall and shed at wharf No 5, and discussed repairs to deck sheathing and channel works. They adopted a £4 weekly wage for a timekeeper, reviewed revenue and expenditure for 1911, and thanked retiring members while acknowledging ongoing criticism and the need for borrowing to fund deepening and new wharves.
Fragmentary OCR describes a selection from Albourne House Mes Hughes and M Surtn Miss offering camisoles with melted 2 deep embroidery flounce. unclear details.
In Sydney on Thursday Labour announces three candidates for the next Senate election. J Grant noted as General Secretary Political Labour League of N. Wales joins Ike Smith Secretary Central branch Australian Workers Union and David Watson President of the Western Colliery Employees Federation Newcastle as Labour nominees. In London the Carmarthen poll results show Williams Liberal 3835, Hop Uploniet 2555, Vivien Labour 3149. A rapid healer claim urges a science based cure for pimples sores and wounds sold in triangular pots.
A fire at a teamster camp in Walgett New South Wales left a mother injured beyond hope of recovery and her child badly burned. The wagon and all possessions were destroyed, while the driver lost his wagon and post in the blaze.
Filmer James Leopold Barnes aged 28 faced theft charges at the Water Police Court for stealing jewellery from Mary Hulk between January and the 13th. Constable Coombes testified to his suspected marriage ploy and the accused admitted writing a fake slip claiming £500 in the bank. He received six months' hard labour amid strong magistrate rebuke for the case's cruelty.
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