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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 14, 1917
Page
3
A collection of local arrivals departures and social updates from Ingham and surrounding towns. Gourley and Moorilyan steamship movements are noted with residents visiting Kuranda Babinda Townsville Cairns Ingham and Brisbane. Messages include letters to families and a Red Cross parcel for Private Charlie Harvey.
The triennial meeting of Gordonvale State School parents was held to elect a new three year committee. Eleven of seventeen members were reappointed or elected, with incumbents Muir Irvin Wordsworth and others chosen. the adequacy of accommodation and staff was debated alongside praise for past leadership and the windmill library project.
Anzac Day commemorations spur a Far North effort to raise 55 men for a forward camp on the 28th April with an enlistment window extending to that date. The Enlisting Officer seeks public bodies and friendly societies to assist while the Recruiting Depot offers hours for information and signups.
The article advises treating sprains and lameness with Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It explains the balm's liniment reduces swelling and pain and helps restore mobility.
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