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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 26, 1913
Page
2
Fragmentary notice advertises tickets from Cairns Victories Ltd for a Friday event. It promises first come, first served sales and a bargain price. Names and specifics are unclear due to damaged text but indicates an organized sale at a location labeled Nora Flood.
The Australian Disinfectant Peni bnoy promotes their Auto mete Safeguard Disinfector with specially prepared plaids for North confand. Government councils and hotels adopt it to prevent sickness. The device aims to sterilize and neutralize disease vectors, with Samuel Allen & Sons Ltd named in the notice.
Advert reads cheap white and striped shirts and braces for men with multiple price points. Includes ladies blouses skirts undergarments and silk nightwear. Also notes a dentist visiting Chillagor and a Cairns football league social and auctions with property sales and a naval club social evening.
At St. Margaret's Private Hospital on June 2 the wife of G H Petersen Einas Leigh had a son Londox Jans 3. Copper costs listed 12/6 to 170, ward 63/15, electrolytic 0, tin 1, forward E14 to clomyiey, Wolfram 3/9.
At the Cairns Theatre a large audience enjoyed the film Aurora Floyd based on Miss Braddon’s story about a wealthy girl and a problematic match. The crowd reacted with laughter to Three Black Hage and Buck Fingered Kate plot turns. The program included Views on the Rite Sumey and other reels, with repeats planned for tonight and tomorrow.
Citizens in Cairns form a Queenstown style committee after local authorities refuse funding. The crowd raises over £90 in a day with broad support from ratepayers and donors, while critics urge accountability. The committee plans entertaining events to honor visitors as Cairns authorities face scrutiny.
An ordinary note from Cairns describes Burns Philppie’s first of its kind display with views from the series showing lines and a special train. Mourilyan wharf is noted with crowds viewing swing effects and a scene at the wharf, highlighting a crowded sight at the event.
A public legal notice lists A. J. P. MacDonnell H. J. Henchman H. V. Mannan J. RK N. Macionnell and W. PF Montgomery as solicitors and notary publics commissioners for affidavits for the High Court of Australia and for the Supreme Court across Australia and New Zealand.
An old notice lists Charles G T Murray as a daily consulting dentist at the A M P Building in Abbottstown. The Wandilla steamer shifts departure to 4 340 p m from Coirnn on Wednesday. Thomas McVeigh faces a sobriety charge with fines or seven days, plus two others bail forfeited. The Mayor’s fund for the Australian fleet gains ten guineas from the Town Council, while Cairns societies plan no participation in entertainments. Port Douglas Record reports shipping firms declining to carry a boiler for Mozaman mill, prompting supply concerns and plans to install two more boilers with transport questions.
The Palace Theatre showcased a midweek program headlined by The Girl Reporter's Big Senop, a drama set in rugged Western hills. Also shown was Misappropriated Turkey, a 1000 foot American Biography Co. film about a strike incident resolved amicably, plus At Bear Track Gulch offering sensational cowboy adventures.
The new Adclaide steamer Wandilia sails to Cairns next Sunday for afarewell inspection and a public collection from 2:50 to 5 p.m. for Cairns Hospital. The Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine Towns' Hospital wealth opens June 28 with Gov and Colonial Officer support. Sir William MacGregor to open the event. institute schemes tied to Sydney and the Bishop of Port Queensland converge under a committee of university representatives.
A Cairns Citizents Committee meeting in the Council Chambers discussed funding and arrangements for welcoming an Australian guest. The group praised local merchants for support, noted potential donations from the Cairns Town Council and Harbour Board, and planned social entertainments led by young volunteers to accompany football matches and film showings.
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