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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 07, 1913
Page
2
A concise notice highlights smart and stylish reverse wrappers, gowns, dresses, jackets, and related ladies fashion. The ad emphasizes modern and up-to-date options, promising a wide selection and fashionable finishes for female attire.
Pose has urged Cairns to establish a fully organised Tourists’ Bureau to guide visitors. He notes visitors are rushed to trains on arrival and directed elsewhere, with no reliable information source for Cairns and the Hinterland during the winter influx and the Wyretma’s Cairns stop. He argues a central bureau would improve access to up-to-date tourism information.
The author laments Cairns town facilities and roads, noting a dingy council chamber and lack of a proper Town Hall. He cites the need for improved tourist information, urges Chamber of Commerce action, and suggests repurposing the Instructor in Tropical Agriculture's office during tourist season as a makeshift bureau to aid visitors.
London report lists copper at £60 2s 8d to £69 7s per hundredweight, sword at £69 5s, electrolytic copper 231/10 to £933 forward, tay 10 shillings, lead at £18 6s 4d with tin quoted at 231/10 to £933 forward range.
Short items note tonic media amid fever, advertising plans for marriages births and deaths in Harald, chamber and council meetings scheduled, miners union pay motion, letters of admin granted in Supreme Court Cairns for Joseph Ralph Emerson with executors Mary Exneron and solicitors Marcpennell Henchman Hannam.
The Cairns Theatre shifts its program to attract a larger audience headlined by The Fleckast a thriller about two powerful trusts. Six o Clock is another drama. Mr Cameron faces ruin and a race to raise funds by six. His son Jimmy alters the clock leading to suspense and a life saved at the last moment.
A notice states debts in John Isaac's estate are payable at the shop on Lake Street. All accounts outstanding on April 3rd, 19, will be tested for collection. Cairns Weekly Penny Savings Bank reports deposits totaling £290 4 4 and withdrawals £4 2 3. Directors AH Manners and J Burrows will attend the meeting on Saturday afternoon next the 10th.
Rothwells and Berliners Ltd representatives present with fashion novelties by Finney Isles & Co at Hides Hotel sample room. Cairns Cairns and the Strand Hotel hosts, while the Palace Theatre offers a full program headlined by Hin Redemption and The Legend of King Cophetua with other films and songs to please audiences tonight.
Storekeeper Alex J. Cresswell of Hirregurra Victoria praises Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for instant relief during attacks. He would not be without a bottle at home and has recommended it to friends and customers, who report the same quick benefits. Sold by all chemists and stores.
A letter correcting an April 30 Post report states no Walsh Peterson marriage occurred at Sunnymount on March 10. The signer, F. A. A., denies the claimed ceremony and asks that the record be amended accordingly. The missive clarifies the error and seeks a public correction.
At the Cairns Summons Court, Harristt Maitlin Hussey sued Joby Scanlon for maternity expenses. By consent, defendant pays 10 pounds for confinement costs and 8 pounds 3 shillings 10 pence in costs. If the child is not born before September, 10 pounds is to be returned. A maintenance order sets 5 shillings per week from birth.
Burns Philpam Co and Cairns Harbour Board advise no lighterage charge on cargo bound for Trinity Bay vessels at town wharves. Merchants and port users welcome the ruling and call for similar action from the A.O. Company to curb practices at the port. Agricultural notes report rice varieties Oiran Waken Kinzo and Keneka showing good yields despite heavy rains and harvest progress in 1913.
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