Fisher Government Electoral Act Criticized in The Post
The Post denounces key clauses of the Fisher Government Commonwealth Electoral Act as hostile to press freedom and political debate. It accuses the act of humiliating newspapers, intimidating pressmen, and aiming to suppress public meetings with vague provisions and penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisher
Ted
Ukase
Cecetine
Huces
Regain
Mr. Hughes
Tabor
Commonwealth
Hughes
Copper and metal prices in Don area markets
Fragmentary OCR lists copper pricing 67 pounds 15 pence to 68 pounds for ward 67 12 0 to 67 17 6 plus trolytic copper items 215 10 to 216, pig iron 318, lead 79 15, silver per ounce quoted. Names and places sparse. hard to confirm full details.
Cairns News in Brief from Townsville Cairns
MacDonnell Henchman Hannam and partners feature in court matters for the Commonwealth. Skating advances are touted with plans for a nightly rink and the Eight-Hour movement linked to a Cairns Trades and Labor Council benefit at Cairns Pictures. An Enermann bioscope debuts at the Cairns Pictures with safety and efficiency as themes. Australian Natives Association discusses Harbor Board matters, while a Palace Theatre benefit aims to fund prizes for state school children at year-end festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernermann
Association of Queensland
West's Limited
Nick Winter
Ace of Clubs
Bobby
PATHE
English Gazette
Howe Life
ST. Moritz
Mg. Curtis
Garden of Roses
Cairns
Fundy
Crairns
The
Australian Natives Association
Notes and News Paragraphs From a Dated Gazette
A fragmentary notes page mentions a fake tonic Nyala Cod Liver Of Compotum with cherry flavor and unverified claims. It notes future prepaid domestic advertisements for marriages births and deaths in the Spot and Herald. It also references a compulsory parade of B and I companies and a dull Croydon visit with talk of mining development as a potential booster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly
Herald
Wick Winter and the Ace of Cluba at Cairns Theatre
A sparsely attended Cairns Theatre program on Saturday featured Wick Winter and the Ace of Clubs. The tale follows Nick capturing a criminal gang known as the Ace, hydrophobia germs sprayed in his rooms, a foaming dash through streets, a months later escape and pursuit of the gang, and a captive informing of a future meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairns
Wick Winter
Nick
Rane
Tia
Evening at the party showcases vocalists and dancers
The event features Miss Elton Walther with a lullaby number, Miss Linda Bradford in a contralto piece, and Miss McQuoin delivering patter, song, and dance. Mr G Taylor shines as a violinist amid a chorus of favorites while Walter Whyte’s solos receive strong applause. the piece hints at celestial praise and sacred imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bo Dowht
Elton Walther
Linda Bradford
McQuoin
Majo
G. Taylor
Meeers
Carlvon, Webster
Roland Henry
Walter Whyte
Cairns
Omy
Bargain Linen and Haberdashery Sale Listing
A dense OCR list of textiles and garments with mixed yardage and month-end sale prices. Items include calico, flannelette, damask, towels, serges, satin cloth, voiles, various longcloths, ladies and men's wear, hosiery, gowns, and shoes with fluctuating end-of-month prices and multiple named fabrics and colors. Continuous shop catalog tone from a department store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marin
Brown
Wetville
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Palace
Urnitia
Sutcese
Beauty
Deatt
C. Whale
Bennetts Electric Dental Parlors
Painless Dentistry
Pural
Bennett & Bennett
R.D.S. Ablott
Cairns Picture Co
Telephone
Queen Street
Brisbane
Victoria-street
M. Abdullah
Lake Street
Stor
People’s Cash Store
Abbott Street
Merton
England
Socometeliy Post
Heaslop & Co
Orly
T. P. Kelly
P.M
J. & P. Pease
Merchant Grocers
Cairns Pictures Ltd
AT & P.M
Sebeurhan
Edge Hill Road
New Zealand
E. J. Harris
Victoria House
the Post
North Queensland
Middlewt
Mit
Het
Craig
Nox
Robert Craig
Spence Street
Charles Lilley
Abijah Murray
Joseph Bennett
Townsville
Hobbs, Wilson & Ryan
A. Anthony’s
Shields Street
AXC High Court of Australia
Supreme Court of the
Whole of the
Commonwealth and
A. J. P. MacDonnell
H. J. Henchman
H. V. Hannam
H. K. N. Macdonnell
W. J. Montgomery
Hou
Queens
Njuhut
Smtives Association
Palace Theatre
the Gulf
Gulf Country
Croydon
Cairns Theatre
Tre Danp
Mayers
Dess Department
Mariapalain
Ledie Aimerican Vegix
Uotlong
Wie
Gol
Irenees
Howe
Dinek Cashmere
Ballarat
Eine Cerys
Ben
Clare Kid
Glen Kia Connae
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