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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 26, 1921
Page
6
A jumbled list of names and places including Tow er Court Towers Cairns and Abbott Street features. mentions people such as W. Clay, Heath, Misa Viol Fownayille, and M. Absel Victoria with scattered notes on visits, chamber notices, and dock or customs references.
Fragmented lines describe returning calm after turmoil. The speaker reflects on youth, happiness, and lost days. Nostalgia and sorrow mingle as memories of old times surface amid present restraint and longing. The poem in old voice traces inner change.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a stomach tonic that rebuilds blood, strengthens nerves, boosts appetite, and improves digestion. It claims the remedy cures indigestion by aiding food conversion and reducing fermentation and gas, with a price noted as a dollar per item.
The article discusses Papua Territory relations with Australia, noting local knowledge gaps and political pressures. It cites E Whitten and Connell on governance, calls for subsidies, roads, and ports, and mentions copra and sisal hemp exports, export tax proposals, and the Territory's growing production and defense considerations.
The clipping lists mining quotations and broker entries led by A H Clarke with Calime items, Hampden and Howard Smith notes, Edna Gilmore and Ed Itcher numbers, plus National Bank references. It includes prices in pounds and shillings for sardine tins, bon, and various trade codes, ending with 1930 figures.
Fragmentary ad text touts a beauty product promising to restore youthfulness by reviving natural hair color. Mentions large bottle, 6 postage, and a sales pitch from a seller in Caton.
THOR Merchandise Broker and Manufacturer's Agent, NOWniey tH CHAMBERS Bog 83. "Phones 380, 317. Telegraphic Address: "Ropeth.
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