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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 25, 1925
Page
11
A detailed Ravenshoe Ravenshoe event section describes a community musical evening with performances by soloists and choruses. Attendees include local residents and visiting guests. outfits, stage roles, and program notes are recounted with emphasis on singing, recitation, and dress.
The report records social visits to Atherton including Mr Moore and Mrs White with infant from Townsville, and others from Cloneury and Grenfell, plus remarks on the Atherton Butter Factory directors and a weekly swim, with football and cricket scores and local club notes. It notes favorable climate, wet weather delays, and upcoming Southern championship visit.
The article details safety lamps and meteor-like detectors amid colliery illumination research. It discusses development of portable lamps, pillarless mining concepts, reflector arrangements, and methods to eliminate shadows for improved miner eye safety.
An advertisement or promotional snippet touts Hexodin as a skin whitening remedy promising removal of freckles and tan. It claims quick effects making skin very lovely and directs readers to obtain from chemists or mail direct from Elisabeth Howler, aka Finuler Hates.
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