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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 22, 1911
Page
3
An advertisement lists rifles and shells with prices, plus other sporting requisites such as knives, watch fobs, tents, and bush bugs. It markets a wide range of gun accessories and outdoor items with various figures, emphasizing low-cost options and postal delivery.
Report describes the Lusitania’s departure for a revival meeting with Salvation Army members among the crowd on the pier. Evangelists address from the deck as the ship sails, while observers note the bustling crowd and scattered international interest.
A fragmentary account describes pygmy residents of a camp with women and children hidden. Men average about eight inches taller, and wedding rites and ceremony details are described with rough, sensational imagery. The piece ends with an ad for Tasmanian ideal jams and a tailor offering a date suit.
The fragment describes the Post Printery offering Frankel's Freckle soap products including Perfect Sits Soap priced at 1 shilling per cake or 2 shillings per box. It mentions capital, premiums, and reserves figures, claiming larger protection and promptness for policy holders.
Messrs Andrew and Jayaweera inform the Testaents of Cairns mnd Wistrict of a relocated business opposite J. Isaac, General Draper, Lake Street. They advertise as agents for Ceylon Wares including handmade lace, ebony and ivory items, tortoise shell work, and a wide range of canons. They also promote the Famous Lanka Brand Tea made from pure non leaf tea. A visit to their establishment is urged as instructive and interesting.
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