07 Mar 1914
Page 1
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 07, 1914
Page
1
The speaker questions the value of establishing a School of Arts arguing the ground would be better used for a public space. He notes costs, cheap reading materials, and compares it to buying printers and reading rooms, criticizing the institution as a model.
The community endures variable weather with heavy rain and some flooding. A new buyer opens a shop, tin parcels sell slowly, and a recent incident injures T Whelan, sending him to hospital. The Show Association met on the 27th, with judges named. Shire Council nominations announced for divisions led by Bonar, White, Dent, and others. polling is on the 25th by postal ballot. Detective Meldon travels from Cairns to Tamoulin to probe robberies.
An advertisement notes Doan's Pain Pills sold at 3/9 per bottle by Foster McLean Co. at 76 Pitt Street Sydney. It mentions six bottles cost 15/3 and urges customers to pay on receipt of price.
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