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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 14, 1930
Page
8
A diverse sale list shows silk, crepe, and cotton textiles, robes, and boys and men’s clothing with marked reductions. Featured items include buffalo head fabrics, silk moire, buffs, ranger shirts, knickers, hats, and socks, plus a grocery section with tea, milk powder, cacao, puddings, and toiletries. multiple brands are named, with prices and final sale tags.
Norfolk Island described as a sunlit Pacific paradise with a dark past as a convict prison. The article tours ruined garrison walls, the coastline’s fury at Kingston, and the island’s pineapple banana trade history, noting apple trees, citrus, and abundant birds. It recalls the Hounty mutiny tale, prison ruins carved by prisoners, and lingering echoes of former warders as visitors glimpse graves, vines, and colonial relics.
Sir Charles J Martin spoke at a Dinner of the Chemical Society at the Hotel Victoria honoring four Nobel Laureates in chemistry and medicine in 1929. He traced how the discovery of vital factors or vitamins revealed conditions essential to health, recalling early investigations in Beri Beri and the role of bran in diet.
The passage describes women visitors entering a prison area escorted by a governor. In a cramped room three women are shown sewing. A superintendent explains it is their sitting room and identifies his wife and two daughters present, noting the visitors’ surprise at the scene.
A narrative journey describes sunlit days and tranquil seas as a vessel sails past shore and islanders waving farewell. Reflections on childhood scenes, shadows of a Bloody Mary badge and a tragic prison guard convicts battle fade into the night.
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