17 Jun 1914
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 17, 1914
Page
1
The Cairns posting lists staff and contributors including Wilkinson, Myer, Atherton, and Corbett among others. It notes telephone contact and a 900 visit window with a listed time frame from 1 to 70 pm. The text preserves the era’s newsroom attribution and local reporting roster.
Shipping lines ACESS PHILP and Co. announce weekly sailings from Townville with departures to Tort Donglog Cook fee and Towasvilla. Details include port calls at River ports, schedules through May and June, and return legs to Townsville.
A notice lists daily access details for the School of Arts premises. It mentions commitments by G. 1B and a schedule with Jod Alan on Mondays and Westuenday and Frulage between hours of 4.
A damaged notice for a sale by Woot Feowish and Co announces a public auction of grease and related goods on the 16th, inviting central and northern buyers to attend. The document promises a large attendance and lists catalogues and timing details in uncertain terms.
A jumble of figures and notes describes prices for tides, tallow, and ship supplies. The text lists rates, wages, and costs in a chaotic ledger style with references to markets, shells of ships, and various traders. Details mix currency, quantities, and dates, with scattered names and long strings of numbers.
A distorted June report shows mixed demand with strong sales of Petum shoes and prime lacibe, while overall trade is weak. Prices for various goods rise and fall, with substantial attendance and some high value lots, including sports items and cattle, noted amid broad market fluctuations.
The sale notes strong demand with calves commanding the highest prices yet and forward sales well supported. Purchases include P J Lynach Ha Bell and others at 2001 FT Benton Fy Neurson seated lambs to 5. A total of 173 sheep and 206 calves were sold with good results overall.
A dated report notes prices and conditions for livestock and produce. It lists unwashed and best unwashed wool, cattle, and hens with varying values, and mentions May offerings with total quantities and monetary totals. The jargon implies a catalog or auction tally with fluctuating rates and lots.
An Australian reader recounts relief from kidney pain and backache after using Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. She and Mrs Mares describe long struggles with kidney troubles ending in rapid improvement after taking the medicine, recommending it to others with similar symptoms. The ad promotes availability at chemists and retailers for 21 shillings per bottle at Foster Meargraphics Co, Sydney.
A dubious home remedy touts cough and throat relief as a powerful savings on every pint. The ad touts a self made medicine with claims of quick acton, urging readers to follow the label and trust the brand behind the nostrum.
The text discusses persistent dull weather with rain and cold affecting progress. It notes railway construction, stationing and out-building work, and a new branch of a bank opening under Mrs Morton Tigrlor with local officials involved.
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