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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 02, 1914
Page
2
In Brisbane on November 1 Waverley Geib of Reishame won a regatta described with windy conditions and tight competition. The event featured launches including Model T and other craft, with speeches and a noted finish after a taxing round of heats and an audience-rousing final.
A garbled letter to the Federal Attorney General references the power to rectify issues, the imperial or Commonwealth context, and the role of employers. It discusses decisions by bishops and court actions, with unclear claims about workers and press conditions and a request for government action.
An obscure report notes Juden Powers arguing in a Federal Artieration Court Sacerany hearing about compensation and work duties. The piece mentions shipyard employment at Mackay and references a shift from 3/1 0a to Christmas and Good Friday holidays, with an eight hour day at a rate of 5/7.
Fragmentary advertorial text describes a wreck event and a testimonial for Doan's Kidney Pills. It references a ship, a mast or top, and a claim of kidney relief by a Mrs. J. Maree of Bundu Street Cairns, later Mulgrave, alongside a later endorsement claiming Doan's Kidney Pills cured her headaches and kidney pain.
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