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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 02, 1912
Page
4
The page contains shop notices and itineraries with names such as Mr J Brims Mareeba and Dr Savage Cairns, promoting seeds medicines costumes and tailoring. It mentions Carnival costume orders, a chemist shop at Collins Lake Street, and travellers like Mr C Speeritt Kidetes and Mrs Jeppes Manly visiting Cairns.
Disjointed reports note suspected suffragettes in various cities and a London press on health and salary disputes. Mentions of German and British political tensions, nursing of ships inquiries, labor actions, and social questions amid 1911 frontier unrest.
Rome dispatch says fighting intensified between Italy and Turkey with Italian forces reportedly capturing a Turkish vessel and killing about 200 Turks. The report also notes Italian casualties with ten killed and 78 wounded as of Sunday.
Fragmentary notice notes Finnes Cairns Neves Ebane tomorrow in Town. Details unclear but references P Melloy Yumgaberra and possible event or meeting. Further legible text needed for full summary and entities.
Our Lady demonstrator will prove the value of the new oil stove by practical use starting July 1. The stove is advertised to bake Breed and Cake while staying fresh longer than gal coke or wood stoves. Call to seek details and witness the demonstration.
Carnival visitors are advised to buy millinery from MELAOIANE pmorar Abuooh Simet, identified as the right establishment for hats for adults and children. See new sewing and fashion goods from Melyoun and call for snap selections.
In Athens on Sunday mutineers from Macedonia demanded the cabinet’s dismissal and a ban on officers meddling in politics. The move targeted the Prevention of the Union and Progress committee, with several officers refusing orders as mutinies erupted in Okbride and Jumambala. The action aimed at Mahmoud Shevket and the government rather than the constitution.
Sir asks for publication of growers and localities where vanilla is grown commercially in North Queensland. He seeks cosine comparisons to aid potential cultivators. The Kemerungs Nursery offers planting material so readers can start a small vanilla plantation if shade trees are provided.
List of competitors for the Cairns Carnival cycling events includes runners in the half mile one mile and two miles. Names feature Condron Sievers Fisher Birch Kattenburg Metcalfe Phillips Griffiths May Beasley Rogers Villiers and others from Atherton Charters Towers and nearby towns.
The last shoot in Atkinson's trophy occurred Sunday with 300 and 500 yard targets. McAloon scored well and five members reached bursting point. McAloon won after a shoot-off against Cornell by three points 23 to . The trophy victory is seen as highly valuable to McAloon and inspires congratulations from members. Next Sunday opens the gold medal competition donated by Mr. Lisha Abbott Harvet Cairns.
The Cayuniahtoh yesterday announced the start of the 1913 18 training year for the Naval Reserves at Cairns. The vessel will return to Cairns on July 25. Reserve candidates in Cairns on July 1 must report for medical examinations and a seventeen day training course beginning July 26. Cadets including new enrollees will drill with the Cairns Naval Forces this week and both branches will parade Saturday at 3 PM.
Unclear readable lines mention Bosanko's and Bosanko Bikes at a lot event. Missing concrete names, dates, or outcomes. Reading indicates a cycling sport display or sale with minimal verifiable facts.
Fragmentary ad copy touts a digestive remedy as effective for indigestion and a preventive measure. It references a ging or herb and warns to avoid substitutes, though full details are unclear.
Residents urge faster rail links and port options to boost Mourilyan Harbour and northern development. They press for railway extension toward Villas Tolgs Johnstone line, linking Innisfail region and bringing coastal climate benefits and access to northern lakes and remote districts.
Advertisement touts Dr Sheldon’s Magmetic Liniment as a reliable remedy for cuts bruises aches pains rheumatism lumbago and more available everywhere.
An anxious mother from Lutwyche Queensland reports her boy faced a severe throat chest diphtheria risk. After trying various remedies, she credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with saving him and notes it was essential during the danger. Sold by chemists and grocers.
July 1 report from Mourilyan notes a captain with mine hawe bound for Port Douglas. Passengers Mire Leure Messie HR Miller and W amere spectek of country comms observed parleying with local authorities.
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