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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
3
Local residents travel between Cairns Babinda Ravenshoe and Cooktown with movements noted. Visitors from Edmonton and Mount Morgan arrive or depart as trains and ships carry passengers. Hospital admissions and a death are reported alongside business notices and local errands.
A dated verse memorial from the Post and Herald recalling the fallen from Austral land and the shore of St George Society. The poem laments lips that shall greet them no more and urges mourning colored by remembrance of their sacrifice. The piece names Marston Mayers and reflects on duty and memory.
The Aloomtea Aid Crose Society held a meeting in Hall on March 4 with 14 attendees including Mrs Moller and Miss D L Nielsen. Correspondence from headquarters noted funds sent to May 5 and two new members joined. Members donated food and cloth items to Red Cross and headquarter drives, with a large list of gifts including socks, pillowslips, cigarettes, soap, and food tins. the article ends with an advice note on Cham berlain's Tablets for liver health.
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