How Four Pounds Vanished in a Queensland Shipping Scam
Frederick Wilson and Vere Johnson, visitors from Sydney, paid £14 after meeting two strangers who posed as mill owners from north of Queensland seeking machinery and workers. The conmen lured them with promises of £4 2s a week and a site job, then vanished with the money as the victims waited for a ship, later reporting the loss to police.
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Frederick Wilson
Vere Johnson
Sydney
Queensland
Aonration
Moresson
Queere
Sedney
Parthes
Queen Victorian Market
West Pine Lion
Johnson
Wilson
Wilton
Cairns Column Notes Local Visits and Commercial Promos
Cairns column lists various visits including Mr A Smith and Mrs Smith from Hervey's Creek staying with friends in Cairns, and Sir A H Prince and G Saint visiting from Townsville. It highlights chemist ads, hair lotions, headache cures, tailoring, hat dye, and promotions for local products. Also notes Townsville and Mourilyan arrivals, and notices on emergency chemist kits and health remedies.
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A. Smith
Hervey's Creek
Cairns
Mies Tra Smith
Weather Turns Wet as City Sighs at Rainy Season End
The Post Herald note dreary weather with continued rain and fog, predicting lingering drizzle and a cool spell. Many residents miss planned outings as rain disrupts store hours and public offices closings mark a holiday while trains resume service along the Wakanda line and other routes.
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Millawsers
Nonthers Herald
Honk Finfon
Gray Motor Engines
W. Aumuler
Spence-Street
Tie Family Hotel
Nelson
Mulgrave Central
Flanagen
Mulgrave Mill
George Flanagan
Caia
Fred Taylor
Anthony Horderas
A.M. & S&s. Briar
S. Bear
Beily Waleasi
Siedieg
S. Grace
Aroe
Anthony Hordern and Sons, Ltd
Omenrele
Syere
Robert Roward Caldiner
Cairre “Post Newspaper Company
Cemera
Abbott Street
Cayrne
North Oueeland
R. J. Overland
Glark & Co., A. Villiers Vulcan Foundry & Engineering Works
TRON
BRASS
Blacksmites Apu Hollermarkers
Elrass
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Vulcan Foundry and Engineering Works
Mtv
Te MY
T Mescy
YO Patri
Mr. C. Ewams
Aniram
Mabinda
Coljice
Lakewtreet
Cairea
Mr. T. Holland
Clinton
Hos Sine Sheaahrted Seuipanety Siarsom
Fineeting
Stherdin
Cairne
Hillman
Kelly
A. H. Prince
Townsville
G. Saint Oerived
Mourilyan
Robert Craig
Macnaughton
F. G. Hamilton
Markwell
Tunisfail
Bisa Cairos
Collies
Lakestreet
Collins
Craig
Reston
Kerwin
Brisbane
Efa
Kingsbury
Chillagoe
Amnual
Grow
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Zratana Insurance Co
Ile
Sia
Wet
Poole
Charers Towers
Seate
Woodford Island
E. C. Earl
W. H. Barton
Ravenwood
New Guinea
Woods
R. Woss
Irvinebank
Caras
J. A. Brownlee
Joneuvre
Charles G. Z. Murray
J. G. Anderson
Warreo Tea Co., Ltd
Forsayth
Munroe
North Quesnland
Warrego
Thyhegra
Post
Herald
Winning Exchange Hotel
P. J. Joyce
Wagre
Queen's Hotel
L. Coates
Brande
Smellie & CO. Ltd
Smellie&co
Wurebeus
Sherwin-Wiilinwe
ALD
Alfred Taylor, Cod Yic
WJ. Munro,& CO
J. Munro &Co
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Aloumbal Granch
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