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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 05, 1912
Page
3
At the Congregational Union of New South Wales annual session in Sydney, Rev F W Dowling and others discussed the church position toward the Labour party industrial movement. Speakers urged a united church approach to end strife between labour and capital and to promote religion in practical forms without partisan political fighting.
Rev W L Pauson condemns Labour caucus as tyranny while urging support for Christian values against capital and labor excesses. Rev Jacob Williams warns Christianity must absorb or be absorbed by labor, and a later female speaker calls for more Christian spirit in politics.
A humorous meditation on how small letter errors and misplaced punctuation twist famous lines and names. Examples include Chamberlain, Gladstone, and Lord Hartington misquoted and misrendered, turning solemn phrases into risible phrases and altering historic events and titles.
The text notes the banana’s wide geographic spread from the earth’s meridian to tropical America. It describes the plant under a special name, its universal role as staple food for many tropical peoples, and its commercial cultivation along Atlantic coasts from Southern Mexico to Colombia with production from Jamaica Cuba San Domingo and the Bahamas. It also mentions supply from Hawaii and Mexico.
Ned May won the Mile handicap while Dah and Mrewl oe took the FMile event at Crele Sports in September.
The article discusses legends among East Christian inhabitants linking bananas to souls and temptation. It notes uncertainty about early banana spread from Spain to the Americas, with a 16th century planting in Santo Domingo and rapid spread, while some scholars debate precolonial cultivation by Indigenous peoples.
J G Hoare will explain all about the Cairns Starr Bowkett Society. A limited number of shares is available.
Brief note indicates that all requests and orders are being attended to promptly by the AML office, with assurances of priority handling and reliable follow up for customers.
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