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Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

May 20, 1913

Page

2

Arbor Day Picnic Set at Yungeburra State School

The annual Arbor Day event will be held at Yungeburra State School on Friday June 1 with a social to follow. Local efforts aim to form a rowing club leveraging Cairns sheltered location. a meeting is called for Thursday evening in the Council Chambers with good attendance expected. The T.S.S Mourilyan departs at 11 tonight for Johnstone Bur, Mourilyan Marhor, Cardwell, Hinchinbrook Channel, and Towneville. calls at southern ports and daylight negotiating Hinchinbrook Channel, reaching Townsville about a.m. Wednesday.

Yungeburra State School Cairns West Thoreday Mourilyan Johnstone Ber Mourilyan Imarhor Cardwell Hinchinbrook Chanal Emcinete Towneville Townsville Ss. Cooma Ainchinbrook

Mt Mulligan coal field discussed with official support

The article conveys forward momentum for Mt Mulligan coal field ventures, noting strong official sympathy and personal interest from His Excellency. It argues the project could ignite broad industrial activity from Cairns to the Gulf, delivering a major stimulus to the district’s economy and workforce.

Mt. Mulligan William Peter Cairns Gulf

Treatment for a Cough Featured in Remedies

A concise note discusses a cough dangerous to the system due to weakening effects and mentions an alternative treatment designed for such a cough. The text shows early medical guidance and advice on choosing appropriate remedies.

Gratitude to Hospital Staff and Mt Mulligan Rail Plan

A reader thanks Dr Tyrie Matron and Nurse Richardson for care of Prank at St Margaret's Hospital. The letter praises Rechabites and Charters' Towers activity, discusses Mt Mulligan coal supply and its potential to rejuvenate the Hinterland, railways, and navy, urging stable, lasting progress and calm in the face of dispute.

Tyrie Richardson St. Margaret's Hospital Mt. Mulligan Cairns Farmone Fae Ee

Community event preparations and admission details

The notice outlines gate entry for Radics by the side gate with matting to be laid on the ground between them and the fence. Family seating forms before marching into the hall, positions drawn, and hall area marked. Spectator space provided with 2 shillings admission. Collectors begin at 8.20 am Wednesday, with fancy dress participants due by 6 pm for a possible Mashlight group photo.

Dimbulah ceremony photos and railway act noted at Cairns event

The Cairne Btarr Bowkett Society reports £16 1s 6d receipt and notes directors Mears Jeppesen Warren to attend. A special Dimbulah ceremony wetting at Tattersall's announces trustees. Governor to perform sod turning for the Mt Mulligan railway amid 1609 people.

Cairne Btarr-Bowkett Society Mears, Jeppesen l Warren Dimbujah Mu Mulligan Northern Herald Dimboloh Mt. Mulligan Dimbulah Hut

Palace Theatre Show Repeats Long Programme With Star Pictures

The Palace Theatre hosts a large audience for a repeated programme headlined by The Power of a Hymn from Kalem Co. Also screen For Mother's Sake and It Don't Pay, plus The Heart of a Man and comedies including Giuseppe's Good Fortune. Mr Syd Johnson sings Love Me and more acts follow tonight.

Palace Flore Sa Kalem Company Palace Theatre The Kalem Co Rex Film Guiseppe Mr. Syd Johnson

Cairns Theatre Hosts Football Benefit Night

Tonight at the Cairns Theatre a grand football benefit will feature Mr. John Curtis performing two football songs Now Altogether and Mary Went Round. The program includes a Napoleons Retreat scene and other drama, comics, and scenes from Pothe’s Gazette series.

PATHE English Gazette Curtis Mery Cairns John Curtis Mostow Pothe

Perthshire Cleagues In Cairns Port With 360 General Cargo

The Perthshire arrives at Cairns at 6 am Monday with 360 tons of general cargo for Cairos and 395 on board of whom 2 disembark here. No saloon passengers travel this trip. Captain and crew report good health and provide entertainments for the day. Passengers and public enjoyed views as the ship docked in the cold snap.

Cairns Gosia Sentinel J. ©. Thompson Cairos

Northern Democratic League Meeting at Stock Exchange

The Northern Democratic League will meet at the Stock Exchange tomorrow at 1 p.m. to transact important business.

Northern Democratic League The Stock Exchange

New Titles Join Cairns School of Arts Library

The Cairns School of Arts adds a long list of new books including Vagabond City by Winifred Boys The Favor of Kings by Mary Hastings Bradley The Long Patrol by H A Cody The Golden Woman by Ridgwell Cullum Panama by John Foster Fraser The Amateur Gentleman by Jeffery Farnell The Terrible Choice by Stephen Foreman Every Man's Desire by Mary Gaunt Guinea Gold by Beatrice Grimshaw Adams Orchard by Sarah Grand Less than the Dust by Mary Agnes Hamilton The Pearl of Crooning Water by Marion Mill The Cottage in the Chine by Headon Hill Attractions by Jawiss Muck The Grange Lord Masars by L T Meade The Miles of Kingdoms by Wridget Maclegan Four Chimney by S Macnaughton The Mer y All Alone by John Oxenham Widecombe Fair by Eden Pupotts The Cahusse Mystery by Kand H V W Pritchard The Call of the Siren by Harold Spender He Comes Up Smiling by Charles Sherman The Two Gun Man by Charles Alden Seltner The Mind the Paint Girl by Louis Treaty Their Yesterdays by Harold Ball Wright.

Cairns Charles Sherman Charles Alden Seltner Louis Treaty Harold Ball Wright

Dandies Touring Queensland In New Musical Comedy

The Dandies and Mr. Edeard Branscombe announce a second annual Queensland tour under Mr. Sidney Cook. They open at Hib rnian Hall Cairns tonight after a successful run at Cremorne Gardens Brabane. The troupe is praised for versatility vim and originality with broad appeal to all ages.

Edeard Branscombe Queenland Sidney Cook Hibrnian Hall Cairns

Ohio mine disaster details reported amid confusion

A preliminary notice from May 19 reports buried miners in the Ohio mine disaster while rival reports mention rescue attempts. In Doncaster a railway strike prompt raises transport concerns as Great Northern drivers face a renewal of labor action.

Jondos St Doncaster Great Northern

Drastic methods reported in Shen Chew-ting turmoil

A Shanghai paper says local gentry and farmers in Shen Chew-ting and Weetere Hemen resisted troops. Troops reportedly fired on the crowd, with some said to have perished in the burning. The fragmentary dispatch outlines violent clashes and deadly outcomes amid mounting unrest.

Peking Shanghai Shen Chew-ting

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