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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 18, 1913
Page
4
A large orderly demonstration outside Paris ends with rioting as two groups clash with police over a red flag. Several injured and property damage reported as demonstrators return to the northern suburbs amid unrest.
In London on March 17 reports describe an aviator killed and a 15 year old girl in a severe nervous breakdown treated by the Bishop at Legdon. A London strike threat seeks a three half pence increase for a forty four hour week. In Christiana a Bergen train derailment has passengers being aided by ski runners with food supplies.
London reports include the sudden death of the Bishop of Lichfield and a strong earthquake hypothesis near Sundra Islands. Cooks strikes spread to West End hotels with Criterion hiring new stars. Trevanion case leads to hypnotics added to the Poisons list as Charcot lectures for Scott. Civil Service estimates rise by 5 million pounds with allocations for pensions printing labor exchanges and tuberculosis cattle compensation.
Sydney March 17 report on the cruiser Melbourne describes her as a new class of protected and armoured cruiser with belt armour, four funnels, two masts, and high speed. Captain Mortimer O. Silver commands the ship, which will serve in the Commonwealth and Royal Australian Navy, praised for accommodations and fighting capacity.
This afternoon Gordon entered the city with his driver to retrieve clothing and furniture. A confrontation with his sister-in-law led to a violent incident using a soap remod and a weapon, inflicting a fatal wound. Gordon collapsed in the garden and died at Balmain Hospital. Annie Stephen Gordon was arrested on a charge of causing his death.
A damaged clipping describes a 10 000 crowd at Hyde Park where a suffragette rally ended in disruption. Reportedly several individuals were injured or restrained, scattered clothing torn, and a nearby house at Cheam reportedly set ablaze amid the disturbance.
The Primetime confirmed Princess Mary in the Chapel of Buckingham Palace in the presence of their Majesties of Wales and royal officials. The event featured a veil worn at the Queen's own confirmation.
A Japanese budget measure cleared the Diet by a slim majority after a tight vote. Lawmakers from ruling coalition and opposition factions traded arguments over spending priorities and fiscal targets.
A fragment describes a modern burglar with oxyacetylene gas facing the Franco German war indemnity, storming the Julius Tower of Spandau near Berlin, noted by Ger- in a historical fortification context.
Partial OCR reads were silos on a site in St. Petersburg with unclear details. The text references Maren but lacks context or date. Further readable lines are needed to identify involved parties or actions.
The piece warns the university about escalating conditions and the risk of strikes. It urges peaceful prevention of strikes but notes that prevention may fail and the system could break down if costs rise. The public may see the price as too high, fearing a worse outcome.
Insufficient readable detail shows scattered phrases about empires and attention but contains no coherent reportable event. The fragment lacks identifiable people, places, dates, or outcomes to form a proper news item.
A fragmented note lists several clubs and matches including Markinlay Amateur Dressfed RC and Helyande Picnic T.C. with scattered figures like 13 and 1 and mentions Richmond Downs J.C. in connection with Bore BC. The item reads as a bulletin of amateur clubs and events with unclear details.
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