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Newspaper

Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

Nov 16, 1909

Page

7

Modern butter making factory opens for negotiations

Public notice announces a factory with new butter making machinery now in operation and ready to negotiate with storekeepers. It mentions ice supply pricing and an auction house under J. F. Ainsch management. ABBOTT AUCTION MART invites farmers and others to contact for cattle, produce, and lands sales with top prices offered by Wolseley Petteren Separator and Yorkshire Insurance Company.

Atheston Uaier ME. J. F. Ainsch Abbott Auction Mart Wolseley Petteren Yorkshire Insurance Company

Labour gains and losses in various districts noted

The article reports that Labour swept aside in most rural and some urban seats except two farming districts and certain towns. A Sydney raid on a Chinese opium den by Sub-Inspector Spence and No.3 police found only a small amount of opium and a humorous mishap ended with authorities noting the specimen’s lack of contraband value despite its potential.

Lam Valley Vee Ench Ipewich Bundaberg Townsville Labour Spence No.3 Francis Street Sydney Bret Harte Fred

Bean Based Milk Promises Cheaper Tropical Dairy

A Java Times report notes Japan has found a cheap bean based substitute for cow milk. The soya bean extract, produced through soaking and boiling, yields a vegetable milk akin in appearance to cow's milk but with a different composition, touted for use in tropical regions and by poorer Chinese and Japanese communities.

Java Times Chinese Japan

Snakebite Cure Myth Spreads From Old English Paper

A London correspondent notes Dr Peck of Chetoworth was bitten by a viper and seriously ill. The piece discusses a supposed snakebite cure using common malt vinegar, claims the English viper or adder as the only poison, and warns readers to treat such cures with caution while mentioning the cobra bite and a prior belief in vinegar as remedy.

Peck Chetaworth

Editor killed in desperate fight with General Jeffries

In Trromea on August 28 General Herbert Jeffries, a Panamanian revolutionary figure, killed editor William Chambier of the Omega Press after a heated confrontation over a defamatory article about Mrs. Claude Guyent. The struggle led to a pistol and a brutal blow with a weapon, leaving Chambier fatally wounded. Jeffries was jailed. no capital punishment exists in Panama, and observers warn of possible retaliation by American Panama society.

Trromea Herbert Jeffries Panama Wil-lian Chemiler I Gnome Pree Claude Guyent United States Ot Pome Guyent General Jeffries Jeffries de Sma American Panama Society Chambier

The Unit of Nig GUNs in New York Harbour Fort

A 126 ton gun mounted at Romer Fort near New York Harbour is claimed as the largest piece of ordnance yet. It compares unfavorably with British 12 inch breech loaders on battleships, and trials show massive guns often fail from discharge stress. Earlier 100 ton and 310 ton fort guns were discarded after short use due to strain, with a Gibraltar battle illustrating errant projectiles.

Romer Fort New York Harbour Cromtadt Flagland Gibraltar Carse Africa

The Peephograph and the Future of Theaters

The piece describes a new device called the Peephograph intended to record audience reactions during a show. An Italian invention, it uses three slots to tally votes from different audience sections, replacing active applause with a silent verdict. London theatres plan to install it, raising questions about trust in the mechanism and implications for dramatic craft.

London Impressirios

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Golden Grove W. C. Abbott The Alleeton Butter and the Factory H. J. Bulcock Cairns Acme Tea Rooms Abbott Street Calkis Mest R. J. Overland Aml Watchmaker ASEEN Quees Esf Chillagoe George Blessas & Co Promt Brisbane Queensland Finney, Isles & CO Farmers and the Labour, Party Wolfe Buess, Philp, & CO Smellie & Co., Ltd EAD Real Value Catens Winstone le Hed Beecham Lewerd James Inglis & Co Lec Adelaide Street Grisbane A. Hoossain ElInasleigh and Kidston Etheridge Yorkshire Pce Australia Exsce Einasleigh and Kidston
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