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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 23, 1921
Page
3
The article surveys early marine propulsion and safety tech, detailing signaling for home stations, steam and petroleum engines, and fire floats. It discusses power outputs, machinery arrangements, and methods to prevent derailment or fuel mishaps aboard vessels and in factories, noting experimental petrol engines and safety fittings.
The article reports a British firm perfecting an electric vane for brass-nelting gear with low maintenance and no oxidation. It notes government postwar demand, renewed con tracting, and plans to apply the innovation in large forest or iron and steel operations, with exploration of deep seam deposits and commercial value in mind.
The article outlines education and training support for children of deceased or permanently incapacitated soldiers in Queensland. It lists committee members such as Canon Garland and Professor Parnell, notes eligibility rules, grant amounts, and fortnightly rents administered by the Department of Repatriation via local committees.
An advertisement promotes Sheldon’s New Disc for the family noting benefits for all ages from mother to children. Claims include easier access to health and wellbeing, stressing affordable, universal usefulness. The tone targets households seeking practical, everyday health improvements.
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