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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 14, 1931
Page
5
A fragmented account critiques spiritualist claims and psychical experiments, contrasting alleged telepathy and clairvoyance with alleged frauds and supposed scientific laws. The text references frauds, lectures, and the speaker’s warnings about unreliable analysis and mind manipulation.
The garbled passage mentions legal and public matters with fragments about a general course, gloves, lectures, and a public setting. It references terms like law and reserve but line breaks and misspellings obscure concrete facts or entities.
A portrait of Nellie Mitchell later Dame Nellie Melba, born 1859 in Melbourne, rising from provincial roots to global fame. Her early struggles, marriage, and stubborn determination led to London training, Covent Garden triumphs, and royal welcomes on return to Australia. The piece notes her influence, the drought relief impact she inspired, and the era-defining arc of her career.
Richard Piers Blundell aged 63 was found guilty of conspiring to defraud T McWilliam and Co Ltd of 2183 pounds 16 shillings over four and a half years. Chief Justice Sir J W Blair sentenced Blundell to three years and Thompson to two years with hard labor, noting Blundell as prime mover. The judge left open the possibility of restitution leading to reconsideration.
A meeting led by H. Nock of the Farmers and Settlers Association urged immediate tariff revision. Sir Geo. Mason Allard moved to inform the Commonwealth Government that excess duties burden primary industries and cripple Australia’s world market effectiveness, a resolution carried amid a noisy demonstration.
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