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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 23, 1922
Page
6
Disjointed clipping lists names and places including H P Miles leaving Cairns for the Hinterland and references to J P Schalert and C W Knudson. Mentions Abbott Street tailoring and Merce Establishment and assorted phone notes, with scattered remarks about staying, arriving, and back country dwellers.
A letter from a reader in sg Allerton reports heated debate over cutting railway service to Atherton. One article argues the line should not be cut, while another notes the loss would hinder same‑day return trips and hurt the Tableland centre. The author urges residents to push for what is best for the community.
An early discussion describes wireless telephony extending Atlantic conversations without wires from Ireland to Nova Scotia and predicts rapid growth. It notes aviation, fire services, and business use, with desks dialing distant contacts and distant links expanding from Croydon to London.
The article explains shipboard timekeeping using bells for watch changes. Each half hour adds a bell, with eight bells marking the end of a watch and noon and midnight similarly by bells. The sequence restarts each watch from one bell at the start of the next period, continuing through the afternoon.
A fragmented plea discusses women's focus on facial charm over hand care. It notes hands grow coarse from housework and seeks solutions like pure oils to improve appearance, reflecting era attitudes toward domestic labor and beauty norms.
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