Bicycle Workshop Ad Boasts Top BSA Materials
A local repair shop advertises bicycles built with the best BSA material at or near the lowest prices, highlighting service at small branches and repair offerings.
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 16, 1914
Page
3
A local repair shop advertises bicycles built with the best BSA material at or near the lowest prices, highlighting service at small branches and repair offerings.
Local notes include travel updates for Mr. D. M. Kyle and Mr. Parsons, and health ads for Cyld tablets and Sam Hillman tailors. Craig's Modern Pharmacy offers prescription service via phone 45, with emphasis on quality drugs and low prices. Also mentions Cairns Town Council meeting postponement and multiple notes on local trades and products.
A memorial service honors Kr Steed with a bust in the Reding Room. The work titled in the valley of Peace depicts the Titanic wreck and its sinking. The ceremony closes with a singing of Nearer My God to Thee.
The postal service aims to import Waber waving devices and other mechanized mail handling from Chicago as a solution to labor costs. Chicago’s George Gasman and Wynne report that the department faces a recurring burden called the deficit, hindering efficiency. Three years at Chicago show cost savings, faster processing of letter mail, and potential expansion of hoisting and conveying machinery to multiple floors and offices.
An advertisement fragment touts Hean's Essence as a remedy for severe colds. It claims two bottles can yield a pint of cough mixture and offers post free delivery from G. W. Hean, Box for Brisbane, arranging payment of 2 shillings.
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