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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 14, 1913
Page
2
Lease note identifies Brisbane address as 169-1 George Street near the Bank of New South Wales. It states no connection with a firm on Queen Street that trades under a similar name and that sometimes visits the district.
G R Rydcr Lid reports their representative Br G R Boyce is in town at the Imperial Hotel from the ninth to the fifteenth imet period. Rye 9.
A July piece discusses journalists' fallibility and the push to verify speeches against context. It notes lawyers and editors spar over accuracy, cartoons the press, and the public's hunger to see behind political theater while reporters admit human error.
Agnes Jane Hennig aged eldest daughter of George Hennig Ast died at Townsville Hospital after a long illness. Rennie Om Jume Wivh 1913 obituary notice records a family bereavement and celebration of her life.
Copper price listed at 85 pounds 1 shilling 6 pence per unit with a 7/1 spread. Tin quoted at 588 pounds 10 shillings, from 4 pounds 10 pence. Lewd price shown at 90 pounds 5 shillings.
An OCR fragment markets throat pastilles from London Hospital formulae to treat hacking hoarseness and voice loss. It advertises a box price and lists sellers and contact details. The text also contains scattered notices about travel schedules and a final reminder for an excursion, with garbled names and times.
The page blends a tender sale advertisement for mining and processing plants with community notices. It reports Nelson at All Hallows Brisbane, Keating’s achievement, a Loval Trinity Ladies meeting, charity fund balances, officer elections, and a Cairns cinema lineup including Billy’s Burglar and Love Hath Wrought a Miracle amid various dramatic vignettes.
Meets A P Creenfald and others, well known Brisbane opticians, are visiting Cairns and may be consulted at Lifes Hotel until Wednesday. The cabinet and Greenfield firms are famed Queensland experts in optical work. A cold front sweeps the Eastern States with Cairns seeing its share. temperatures fall below freezing in several centers. The Getting warmer is forecast as the LNG Satden ILE Company tours. A vaudeville programme featuring Gus Strathan and a cast of popular performers will appear, with patrons urged to secure seats early for the only touring act in Australia.
Mr A Barnhem of Sydney travels the north to promote a new stone gathering machine. A triangular frame supports a ramlike steel prow with three braided shafts and adjustable cress gears for quick stone and stump gathering. Tests show speeds over a dozen stones per hour. demonstrated at Tweed River plantation.
The record notes a college gathering with sparse attendance and no clear action taken. Several candidates are listed as hopefuls, while communications indicate a calm atmosphere and tentative expectations for future decisions.
A Weroan of Impulse tops the bill at the popular picture theatre tonight. The program includes a Selig production The Freight Team with notable human-interest scenes, The Banchorner's Love making a rural man in the big city, and a top Pathe Gazette topical. New comedy Sermade fe Froxy runs long, along with piano numbers by Mr Whale.
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