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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 14, 1912
Page
4
Page fragment lists names and places in Cairns area with brief mentions of residents visitors and businesses. References include Kellys Soda Fountain, Atherton Examiner editor William Leach, Mr F di fmiy on cattle mission, Mrs Mary at Barron Falls, and local chemist ad for Freckle cure.
A collage of quirky notices and snippets, including product mentions with Pepper and Magnesia, a rambling report of a mob of 700 bullocks near Mount Stargean, a transfer notice for Violet Oxtmont, and a mention of railway works resuming after a strike.
Mr John Mame MLA visited Atherton during a tour of local communities. He met residents and discussed regional issues noting ongoing projects and future development plans.
At the Townsville Supreme Court today acting Justice Jameson heard Percy W. Le Vaux as solicitor for Cairns seek an order on insolvency. The process aimed to protect the trustee's claims and establish priority among creditors amid the proceeding. A second item notes the Presbyterian Church in Queensland and the opening of Manuel College on its northern mission ship during a period of industrial strike activity, with shipments and political endorsements mentioned.
Brisbane reports hundreds of votes test owing to mishandled ballots. Complaints center on corporations and churches failing to list exact voter names for secretaries to record ballots, causing unregistered ballots.
In Adelaide the Wallaroo phosphate strike looms as ships wait. A boat laden with Mt Lyell phosphate has sat in port for two weeks while workers begin cargo removal after two oclock, with several vessels and the Workers' Association involved in the port activity.
A mixed set of late imperial briefs covers Arctic exploration funding, shipwrecks, prison escapes, and a new Commonwealth telegram system. Captain Amundsen is supported for a South Pole voyage. political debates in London, Capetown, and Christiania echo ongoing imperial ambitions.
A promotional piece urges readers to seek Warner's Safe Cure for ongoing pain and discomfort. It claims the remedy is manufactured by chemists and sold by storekeepers in original bottles and a cheaper non alcoholic Concentrated form.
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