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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 22, 1912
Page
4
Community snippets reveal product plugs for face creams and hair tonics, dentist and chemist ads, and travel updates. Mentions Kelly Chemist Townsville W.M. Pruillings Abboot Streit and W.H. Hartley. Also notes Bodkin family, Capris Mrs Wiss Jack and Cairns visits, plus school holidays and local shopping patterns.
Mrs Ransom, a gifted theosophical lecturer, spoke last night at the Theosophical Book depot to a good attendance. She explained Theosophy as the ancient wisdom guiding form and consciousness through the solar system, uniting religion and science in a structured, patient ascent of the soul toward divine knowledge. Tomorrow afternoon in Shire Hall she will deliver again, with Alderman McKeneie presiding.
The Queensland Minister for Highways left Townsville by special train to Cloncurry with Mr Bell and Teares. In Brisbane a Kelwin Grove tram collision damaged two cars with several injuries reported. the through car carried passengers who faced shock while the section car had rear wheels displaced. Williams Wylie the exciton car driver was only slightly hurt.
Brisbane reports detail a grant from His Majesty's Treaty authorities and the Historical Manuscripts Commission for distribution of volumes and reports from 1970. The gift includes copies of CANUACEPt documents and historical summaries across multiple fields.
Friday at Peders Parliament House Mr Foster, chair, said it was unlikely inquiries by the Fruit Commission would be finished before the general elections next year. In Manila, Thomas Bilelba Colostrom and Aman Bin Amet were found guilty of murder in a trial tied to Constable Fletcher’s death. Eyjup Win’Taha Malay and another were acquitted.
Reports from Chicago describe chaotic convention scenes as Roosevelt supporters push for his nomination while Taft forces seek order. Delegates paraded roosevelt banners, Mrs Davies displayed a presidential portrait, and calls for Hadley or Hughes as leaders arose amid protests.
At the Trocadero Lestrelian Dinner in London there were over twenty attendees including Chambers of Commerce delegates. Sir H Weiss praised Mr Joseph Chater for fostering Dominion relations with Britain. Australia urged preferential trade within the Empire and argued Britain should boost immigration and production to retain economic supremacy.
London market brief reports German beer at 88 percent purity and 11 shillings 9 pence per cwt. Hamburg price given as 15 shillings 4 pence per cwt. Item appears as a fragmented cable summary with currency units and commodity weights.
The Hainbows junior team will represent at the Conquerora in Gay for an 3 pm sharp event. Names listed include Fullnes, J Pear, Leonean, Morthage, Ryan, Springer, Prichard, Price, Read, Lane, Whittaker, Lyons, Quigsey, and Emergency rep Grin Ithe.
Through passengers and agents list names J Anderson W Todd McGuinness Lee Emanuel Stevenson Artvuckle Valmer LeHars with a captain trade for Port Morsby. Paper notes June 21 deferments and voyage details including crew members and arrivals.
June 27 vessel crew and passenger names appear in a damaged ship notice listing Captain W Thompson and numerous individuals including J. Hoard J.ransome M. A. Watson and N. J. Neat. The fragment cites a voyage from Satiney via Ports War with agents and officers named, outlining arrivals and connections.
A fragment reflecting on knights and illness. The speaker notes decreases in catarrh and coughs compared with past times and muses on how to obtain medicine. The tone recalls old lore and rustic remedies as winter nights bring microbes and cold season woes.
Mrs Burnham of William Street Latwyechel Q reports her fretful child was attacked with a chest and throat cold nearing diphtheria. After trying remedies, she used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and saved the boy from a severe illness. Sold by chemists and grocers.
Fragmented OCR notes show a discussion on disestablishment and Welsh affairs, with references to church wealth and potential government action. The text hints at estimates, religious influence, and political attention surrounding church status and establishment limits.
The fragmentary OCR sample contains garbled names and phrases, mentioning a Tarlist and various entities. It appears to be a corrupted news snippet with no clear event, date, or verifiable subjects to summarize into a proper headline and summary.
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