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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 13, 1913
Page
3
London reports indicate fifteen Oltham cotton mills vow to resume work amid alleged bed working conditions. Paris records a cinema explosion injuring forty six. St Petersburg notes exile of a director over Ame affair. London also mentions emigration talks to Australia and trade alliance debates.
In Rockhampton C Thompeos sought work as a painter at 1s0 a day but refused under the painter award. The Drivers' strike continues. 30 union members faced charges at the polls court, with costs imposed. Hobart reports the death of Reverend Counge Clarke, born Parramatta and raised in Ipswich. Brisbane notes the Trinity Bay dredge contract and planned tests before Cairns with protest expected at Towser.
The Toowoomba inquiry into Range accidents resumed with six men in focus. Witnesses including Arthur P. Lloyd, Southern Division General Trade Manager, and Mr. MacLeod testified about alleged protective practices, possible blame on Carmody, and questions on guard conduct, speed, and responsibility for accident aftermath.
The coroner’s inquest relates to the death of Porter, shot by a blunt instrument or possible weapon. Evidence notes a scalp wound an inch long from a ball long, with the inquest adjourned to be continued on April 8.
Amid dense smoke and debris, an explosion rattled Glasgow area and shattered windows in Irving. Residents report shocked crowds, collapsing buildings, frightened horses, and panicked schoolchildren as investigators seek the explosion’s origin. An estimated 3800 workers were present at the factory at the time.
In Brisbane on March 12 the Full Court announced judgment in the case of Cajra and snober with Nanook and Punjab Singh. The Chief Justice criticized the Magistrate for errors, found affidavits defective, and ruled the affidavits could not advance beyond stating a sum to secure payment to the creditor. The case involved a mandamus request and transfer of the matter on further grounds.
Fragmented readable phrases reference Berlin, Ware and a cipher like note about the Army Build secrecy. The garbled lines hint at a wartime article or broadcast with scattered names and phrases but lack a clear narrative or dates.
Fragmented OCR reveals a letter alleging Williams’s complicity in the murder of Inspector Walla at Hagbourne. The note, written from Lewes Gaol and read by solicitor Mr Speed, discusses Williams’s arrest, a police interview, and a claim of writing the letter to mislead investigators.
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