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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 02, 1912
Page
3
Mellicks announces an early shipment of woollen goods including coats, blankets, and traveling frocks. The notice markets low prices on items from Sydney and Melbourne, with specific prices listed for blankets and rug fabrics, urging quick purchase before cold season.
A Munro's Corner sale listing details various fabrics and garments. Items include SPERO striped flannel, fancy flanellette, Iadtes' osbtow singlets, grey blankets, ladies lace hose, black cashmere hose, striped lisle hose, floral cotton flane, coloured tights, honeycomb quilts, white Australian blankets, and men’s garment suits with prices and sizes represented in old currency formats.
A mixed page of notices and ads outlines upcoming events, medicinal offerings, and business promotions. Items include open air concerts, port town gatherings, a citrus of magnesia products, patent cough syrups, and a noted Port Aubern amateur meeting scheduled for May 11.
A battered ad copy proclaims low prices and customer care though garbled text obscures details. The message promises consistent fair pricing and attentive service aimed at small customers, asserting long term profitable cooperation.
A fragmented CAIRNS column reports Armstrong Ledlie and Stillman’s busy house while local maritime notes mention vessels held up and a Dardanelles reference. It records shifts in local activity, including hotel movements, a Georgetown trip, and a hospital fire with prompt response and patient safety.
Telegraph items describe Yuan Shikai’s government seeking reforms and foreign help, plus negotiations with powers on customs and currency. Mentions of Hastings era, exports, and economic measures. Also notes London and other places reporting financial and political events and a robbery in Folkestone.
A terse wire reports a seafarers conference planned for May to discuss the current crisis and industry concerns. The note mentions a Paris venue and aims to address present conditions affecting crews and voyages.
An OCR fragment hints at a grim diary style note with mentions of eight years, love, a daughter, and deaths among children. The text shifts through garbled names and phrases referencing relief, the sea, and a Peppermint Cure in a poetic, unresolved mood.
Perth reports the Sporting Price Honey Intra raises season prize money to exceed 225400 with 120 percent Cup added and 500 for three year olds. Milwa ukee notes Ace Cohneon rejects 6060 offer to fight Sam Longford in Australia under Hough Mclntosh. plans retirement after September.
A ship arrival notice lists passengers in steerage including Jopnsos Irogn Umitawn and others bound for Suva under Captain Jopnsos and Captain Mclntosh. The document names numerous travelers such as Brown Moody Evans Jones Clondell Abrahams Repeliter Kitty Vonnaford Raeburn Sims and Philpader with agents Led Philp and Co.
The article records Dr Kelly and colleagues praising American surgeons and hospitals after a nine month tour across England Europe and America. They emphasize rigorous training, scientific knowledge, and public hospitals in the United States, noting top facilities and advances while cautioning about private wealth shaping some medical care.
The fragment references matches in London with Wilding, Douwst, Cobert, and Hitchie as players. It notes bowlers praised and upcoming fixtures, but the text is fragmented and lacks full context or clear outcomes.
Reported injuries from mid day Friday near Willa Willan sparked a rapid medical response. A party of helpers, including Paterson and O'Neil, carried Hubke to Malanda Abstoite Meaers after a 13 mile trek, reaching Atherton Hospital by morning. Another incident injured Leighton near Millaa Milias as a tree collapse trapped him, prompting makeshift bandages and a ride to care via Tolga and Knowlsom.
An early stage diabetes remedy is touted as a prompt treatment with Dr Shel don's gin pills. The ad claims easy obtainability and lists two prices 1/6 and 2/6.
Shipping movements include PHILS and Oh routes to Townsville with weekly arrivals Palmer sails on Tuesdays, Port Deuces calls and Wea departures for Townsville. ALSN steamers from Cairne reach Townsville Bowen and Yok midweek Keppel Bay Brisbane then south to Sydney and Melbourne. Return trips show Melbourne Saturday Sydney Tuesday and Minuet arriving Thursday with May 7 tentative notes and Townsville service every Monday night.
ADELAIDE COMPANY LIMITED announces a sequence of departures and arrivals with stops at Townsville and Melbourne. The timetable lists Wednesdays Sundays and Tuesdays for travel through Bristene Melbourne and Sydney with return trip planning and fares or notices to be observed by passengers and staff.
Fragmented text lists arrivals and departures with references to places such as Melbourne Sydney Townsville Port Peagles and Botey. Dates like May 4 May 11 and May 18 appear and several towns are mentioned in a scattered schedule style.
Fragmentary notes show shipments with May dates and routes involving Wing Kong and Hamburg. The legible items reference May 2 and May 14, mentioning Changsha and Waves Town with scattered vessel names and consignments. Details are incomplete and names unclear.
Hronechial Cougha travels to Qerire to discuss peppermint cate and a life protection scheme. The event highlights a national life insurance effort and the push to reduce costs for families by paying premiums to prevent loss of life.
Mrs Hughes and Miss Smith offer millinery at Mabewene House Torsmort Street with stylish shapes and good trims. They advertise hosiery underwear and gloves alongside hats and related items in a concise local catalog note.
Hartill Law, a Jamaican engineer and manufacter's agent and valuer, is noted in relation to the dissolution of a partner and issues surrounding state, new and second-hand Mack.
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