13 Jun 1918
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 13, 1918
Page
1
Mareeba to Atherton and Herberton schedule outlines Dr Mei inviting residents with chronic ailments to consult during a traveling office tour. The notices list Mareeba Dunlop's June Hotel on specific train dates and Barron Valley Hotel in Atherton with arrival and departure details and post office in Herberton as stop.
A letter from Queensland advertising official Mr Sleed praises Elliot's Malted Wine tonic as boosting health and energy for outdoor sales work. The unsolicited note claims the tonic helps banish fatigue, insomnia and anemia, and even suggests it is safe for children.
An advertisement touts white Vathini and Thermas as skin preparations. It claims Vathini softens rough skin, reduces redness, freckles, and sun damage, and restores youth. Thermas removes blemishes for a clear look. Sold by Craig's Pharmacy, Cairns, and retailers, big jar 2/9 and price 3/9 respectively.
The Eacham Red Cross convened at the hall on Saturday afternoon with many ladies present including Mesdames Williamson and Wensley. Two Victoria visitors spoke on the work, the balance sheet and annual report were read, officers elected for the year, and a tea followed.
The report records earnings of £110 6s 5d and £13 8s 8d, acknowledges wool purity issues, praises school children and local ladies for help, and thanks Miss Leighton and the committee. It expresses hope for further effort to assist the sick and wounded in the coming year.
A loom ba Red Cross notes indicate a monthly meeting led by Mrs. pe to collect on a crown reed ty tan. The fragment mentions gifts from Mira, Moller, and team Rew. Items include two songs, bandkerchieis, and thanks. The text is garbled and incomplete.
In the House of Representatives Acting Minister for the Navy Mr Poynton outlined shipyard progress in Australia and America. Work is underway at Williamstown yards recently taken from Victoria's government. Two standardised steel ships are under construction at these and six other yards, with some delays but faster progress anticipated as more ships are completed.
The document details construction of steamers at Paterson ipbuild ing Co in Seattle with stated tonnages and speeds. It notes capacities for ships to Australia, lists dead weight figures across steel and wooden sections, and mentions Commonwealth model ships with tonnages and builders, while a parliamentary figure discusses ongoing contracts and future control but offers no definite information on a composite ship proposal.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a comet and celestial imagery alongside references to foes and suffering. It notes a price and a location identifier, with stray words such as Eden, Core, Dest, and Logga appearing amid incomplete phrases.
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