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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 25, 1912
Page
3
A Grocery Association deputation pressed for a Toupoon like coupon law while ministers weighed monopoly risks and merchant costs. Victorian data show high unredeemed coupons earning profits, prompting calls for similar regulation.
A seasoned settler from the Tweed banks, recently via Sydney, advocates banana cultivation as a major rural venture. He notes strong returns from initial plantings and stresses branched capital, aiming for large scale production in the Tweed district. Jamaica currently leads global banana output with growing demand in the U S and Europe, while Australian opportunities depend on expanding acreage and efficiency.
An OCR readout shows Cairns based firms and agents including auctioneers and stock exchange members. It lists offices on Abbott Street and Lake Street, Cairns, with Queensland branch notes and local Cairns agent, Norman Chambers in Brisbane.
An annual London directory serves as a comprehensive commercial guide linking exporters with English manufacturers and dealers, listing steamship lines by ports, provincial trade notices, and colonial markets. It offers agency adverts and trade card applications, freight paid on order.
The notice promotes The Central Clothing Emporium with men’s clothing and ward’s goods, urging visitors to inspect before buying elsewhere. It claims no old stock, features flannel underskirts, and locates in front of Cairns Railway on Sheridan Street near Smellie’s Corner.
R. P. Andrew of Lake Street Cairns promotes direct import of curios, fancy goods, Ceylon precious stones, tortoiseshell and ivory work, handmade Ceylon lace, and a large assortment of pearlshell work. Customers urged to request lace samples by width edging or insertion.
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