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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 09, 1911
Page
1
General cable snippets from multiple cities report political, social, and crime notes. Mentions include Hamburg ostrich farm plans, European tensions, South Africa symbolism, Cairo police notes, Lloyd George and social insurance debate, New Zealand royalty tributes, and London theatre arrivals.
The fragment outlines sailing times and routes between Cowmsville Wyreema Brisbane Towne and Sydney with shipping movements from WowRsille and Melbourne. It mentions steamers leaving Fridays and returns through Sunday and Tuesday, with several port calls and return trips indicating a developing timetable.
Fragmented travel schedule shows movement between Sydney Melbourne and a return. The timetable mentions departures on Tuesday and Thursday with multiple city legs and a final Melbourne arrival. Specific dates and traveler names are unclear due to garbled OCR.
The notice lists WUWA MLD Smith Co Limited departures with vague dates May 13 and May 15 for Towanville and Towmavilla. Polo arrives Sunday from Toemsville and Eevee on Monday for Port Douglas, with return of the names and later departure for Townsville.
An irregular maritime notice lists several ships and routes with departures in late May. Fearnley Anil Cu with CN Lame sails to Southampton from Sydney on May 1 via the Scharnhorst route. The Costipeot departs Townsville on May 29 bound for Marseille Hamburg and other ports, indicating mixed Mediterranean and Northern European voyage patterns.
Tasmanian Ideal Jams from Mads ty F. W. Lord and Co Hobart are advertised as guaranteed pure and of the first quality. The ad urges customers to try them and claims wide geographical use.
Mrs Croty of Little Denison Street Carrington New South Wales reports her baby daughter Rita burned both hands when she picked up a red hot iron. She says Healing Ointment eased the pain and helped the healing process, and the ointment is sold everywhere.
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