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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 13, 1914
Page
2
Electrical engineers and agents list 16 light and toward electric plants including engine and dynamo switchboard accumulators and all fittings required. Also notes symchromome electrical clocks electric motor car lighting telephomes single and enterphomes electric cycle lampes. Accumulators supplied repairer or charged Abbost Street Cairns.
The family mourns the loss of a young child who died at St Manmparet's Hospital. The obituary notes the child's brief life and the sorrow of the wife and relatives. The piece mentions the Winters, Predk, and Yormon Le Ror families as next of kin.
The Cairns reception highlighted contrasts between Minister for Agriculture Mr White who downplayed mining yet praised its yields and welcomed US meat firms, and Home Secretary Mr Appel who urged mining optimism and urged trusts regulation. Appel praised Queensland mining wealth and noted cabinet support for mining, while warning against meat price risks and trust abuses.
Exceedingly smart and becoming eve ning wear and dance frocks offered by the Cos. feature brine scarves chic hair and attractive novelties. Bead fringes ornaments fancy ribbons and gloves advertised at Lake Street Catons.
B D S C F Scott and C D Logan with A Goodall visit hinterland and coastal towns as notified.
First Quarter on May 9 then Full Moon May 2. Last Quarter May 16, New Moon May 24. Pericentre on May 5 and 20. An unclear note lists dates May 13 814 1 am and a London line. Copper forward.
The notice extols Star's Peroxide Cream as a dainty greaseless preparation that soothes sun exposure leaving a soft velvety finish. It claims to remove roughness and reduce freckles among other benefits.
The Mulgrave Mill will start crushing on a June date of 96 000 tons and Cairns naval forces under Commander Curtin receive praise for appearance behaviour and shooting. Local court fines and a cattle shipment to Malanda are noted along with a Cairns Pictures bill and plot synopsis for The Cry of the Blood.
The Tabquan agency will send three fine Clydesdale stallions from Cairns to Sydney via Townsville and Brisbane after a Banquet morning. Inducements offered for buyers. Also notes about military cruelties trials in Germany and a Cairns Methodist Church meeting with speeches by church leaders.
At the Palace tonight the programme features The Kerry Catholic Advocates, praised for the moving picture value and Vatican approval. Patrick’s festival draws attention from producers with an Irish life portrayal, while the rest of last night’s fine programme will be repeated.
Eyewitness accounts recount tremors and a catastrophic eruption near Etna. Survivors and rescuers describe collapsed homes, entombed residents, and displaced families en route to Catania. Troops aided prisoners while trains halted and a town faced extensive damage and injuries.
At Covent Garden during a gala honoring Danish royalty two women in the balcony shouted insults at King George and were roughly handled by audience members as shouts and splinters flew from the gallery amid the Suffragists protests.
In Vienna and Tunis dated May 12, reports say M Batt, a Norwegian canal worker, died after an accident aboard a railway carriage between Biserta and Tent. Police questioned two youths as investigators probed the scene while bystanders described the chaotic events and distress among witnesses.
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