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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 22, 1913
Page
2
Miss Marnorie Crater prepares to receive pupils for the above of the rooms at the Gordon Club on Wednesdays 4 38 to 5 30 and Saturdays from 1 6 to 1 5 o clock a m Terms on application. Contact W Pearce Jr Cairo, Mississippi by mail or telegram.
H. and B. Pennicott express sincere thanks to Dr Knowles and the Matrons and Nursing Star of Cairns District Hospital for their kind attendance upon their late daughter.
The Mount Garnet District Hospital committee launches a drive to establish a sanatorium in North Queensland. They plan to petition the Government and circulate appeals to Far Northern residents tired of Cairns Brisbane distance. Cairns Hospital Committee and Cairns Shire Council pledge support at their meetings.
The piece discusses selecting a northern Queensland sanatorium site above the Cairns Range on the Atherton tableland. Medical authorities praise the climate, noting it as ideal for a sanatorium. While no definite location is named yet, the issue is considered important and merits future attention.
Advert of remaining Turkish towel stock with white and brown varieties listed by yard pricing and dates. Includes fabric items such as dress materials, linings, silk, and lawn in chatty sale language. Depicts markdowns on British Cantyre lawn and other fabrics with several displaced characters and garbled pricing.
A general meeting of all interested members will be held at the Skating Rink tomorrow July 23rd at pm to receive particulars of the work change. Attendance at Cairns will be announced in Wednesday's Post.
Notices list a tender invitation to deepen a road drain near Hed Lynch returnable Monday 11 August at noon. See the Council Office Freshgar Hotel for specifications. Also reports on Cairns Agricultural Society invitations and Port Douglas dredging issues and Mourilyan sailing on full tide timing.
A long varied programme at the Palace Theatre drew a large audience last evening with artful films and a changing lineup tonight and tomorrow. Advertisers note prepaid patrons, and a Water the Palace ad appears. Maritime cargo news lists exports by the Wandra and several ships, with sails to Townsville Brisbane Sydney Melbourne and Adelaide ports. The Adelaide Co coaster Graniala lies in dock at Sydney. Melbourne to Cairns service continues via Wandilla Grantaia Wollowra Innamincka. Personnel announce tenders for a nine room residence. Tonight a football program under Cairns Rugby Union precedes star pictures. The Wentworth Reef is back in its position. the Wentworth Reef hoer telegram update arrives. The Leoni fans circus bid farewell in Cairns with “Comical Gustave” drawing hearty laughter. the show opens tonight in Merbeeba.
Mr. McLain, cattle buyer for Bibophra meat works, visits the district negotiating mobs with owners as water scarcity at Porsayth pushes drives to Mt. Surprise eighty miles away. The piece urges railway extension to Georgetown to aid cattle trade and mining, while noting a Georgetown celebration with a toast to “The Ladies.”
In Brisbane on Saturday James Harrington was found drowned near Tambourine after heavy drinking. Officials report ongoing pension and maternity payments in Queensland with several cases under consideration. In Sydney the Whitlam by election results show Badgery leading with a sizable majority. Melbourne reports a City Court hearing on selling intoxicants without license with fines against Cafe France and related defendants.
Fragmentary report describes mischievous theft leading to destruction of bowls and clothing. A girl entering the kitchen triggered a fatal explosion, with moralizing remarks about pride and consequences. Context suggests a chaotic domestic incident with unspecified location and dates.
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