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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 28, 1911
Page
1
A terse exchange explores tensions between AIHSS institutions and global actors. The piece frames tension between inward institutional aims and outward global engagement, noting competing priorities and potential impacts on policy and perception.
Shipping lines Ko kNS PHILP &O LIMITED and Aldenham discuss weekly sailings from Cairns Townsville Bowen Mackay to Sydney Melbourne and back. Services depart Townsville Tuesday or Wednesday, with arrivals in Cairns and Melbourne and connections to Port Douglas and Port Moresby. Mariners note varying schedules to Port Arthur and Singapore routes with seasonal adjustments.
The vessel Frarsle y and Co Vhangste, believed to be a trading ship, is due to depart the anchorage for the estuary south on April 10. Crew details are unavailable and the port authority issued navigation notices.
A vintage advertisement touts De Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment claiming to relieve pain and stiffness. It promotes a price of 1 shilling 6 pence and notes availability “everywhere.”
Workers at Overland T and Munzer move stone from old workings and a 9 ton load travels to Perseverance mill. In Kidston Warden's Court the Rip and Teer vs Lawrence Otto and Shoyer case ends with judgments of £25 against Lawrence Otto and £15 against Shoyer, with both descendants ordered to keep their claims bailed.
Reports describe activity at Volgarra and Serpall including ore transport from Queen mine Mosquito Creek and improvements on the Daimler road toward Moe Quito. Work continues at Pinnacles shaft St reef patterns and Winter extraction at Dey Haak No 1 to No 2, with fourteen men driving at Flavelock and new outbuildings and poppet systems under construction at Nil Desperandum No 1.
Cablegrams report Sunday that the Senate failed to adopt a motion to stop all work on Santiages in the Rand batteries. In St Petersburgh, Russia pressed China with harsh terms, while evidence from 100 witnesses, 60 victims of thrashings, described tortures using knouts of ox tendon.
Reported turmoil in Russia during a crisis period with pushes for resignation of the presidency of the Duma. Octobrists threaten to reconsider support as political tensions rise across the chamber.
Prime Westernian Premier Col N J Moore told London readers that many Western men will be urged to take land to clear and cultivate it. He forecast a substantial decline of immigration as a result.
Sir Henry Lucy writes in Punch noting opposition to the veto bill and predicting Lords will scrutinize the measure. He suggests the bill will be used to restrain Premier action and open debate on its future.
An article discusses immigrant women from Britain arriving in Australia and facing stigma. It praises a captain who supervised two hundred women on the Oswestry Grange voyage from London, ensuring strict discipline and respectful handling, contrasting harsher conduct on other ships.
Residents protest the removal of Clement Wragge from the Weather Bureau claiming his warnings saved lives and wealth along Australia’s coast. They urge his reinstatement, arguing forewarning prevents disasters and benefits mariners and all coastal communities.
Advertises a throat remedy by Dr. Sheldon claiming to stop tickling and throat troubles. Priced at 1 shilling 8 pence and 2 shillings per bottle, available widely.
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