23 Nov 1914
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 23, 1914
Page
1
A mixture of bold claims by A M Waddell about opening a store in Babirda, with a Pan-German and religious undertones, along with local notices from the Starr-Bowkett Society about a £200 prize and a commission for a Mrs M Olesen. The report mentions health product ads, a Cairns steamer visit, and an opening for an Ambulance superintendent with district notices.
Dr C T Murray of the firm L C O offers daily consultation across all branches of dentistry. Located in the Emery A M P Building Abbetistrest with telephone line and P O Box for contact.
St Johns Garden Club schedules a gymnastic display for December 10. The Cairne Shire Council invites tenders by December 15 for sawn hardwood Cypress fence posts and split fencing posts. The text mentions a health tonic with a dubious claim about digestion and life enhancement.
The Cairns Red Cross branch opened at the Council Chambers with strong attendance. Funds were discussed to support payments to President Mrs A B Gibson, and the branch sent £50 to Brisbane Red Cross Society, leaving a credit balance of £114. Monthly meetings were decided.
The text contrasts German and Turkish ethics with a blunt moral charge, then shifts to a noir scene where detective Stuart Webb investigates noises in an empty boat area and uncovers a cellar trap door leading to a national spy mystery that ends in a triumphant resolution.
In the Licensing Court the Strand Hotel fire damage was discussed on Saturday. Mr H E K W n and Mr Abi Murray Lilley Sears represented the applicant, while Murray urged credit for the remainder of the license. the magistrate said the court could not decide that point.
An prewar article in a southern labor paper recounts the experiences of an Australian Socialist observing Germany. He finds German Socialism disappoints beyond its professed ideals, amid European turmoil he finds disdain for other races. The piece critiques German politics and the era’s party dynamics.
A fragmentary note describes AUSTRAL PICTURES presenting a story titled Winch Dog of the Deep. Terms suggest a lighthouse setting and a deadly confrontation between a father and two con opponents. The piece references themes and the project as part of The Mothers Morald book or work.
The Palace Theatre celebrated a lively Saturday program with vaudeville stars Frank and Alice drawing applause and praised juggling by Frank as the finest seen in Australia. A novelty mix of comedy routines accompanied a large audience as war pictures featuring Helgian regiments and British forces entertained the crowd. The feature film shown was Feud at Beaver Creek.
London dispatch reports continued Allied concerns as Austria seeks to extend defences with new pilotage rules at Humber Tyne Forth Moray Firth and Scarpa Flow while Canada Australia New Zealand and South Africa approve war loan funding. Government bans tea exports to Europe amid outbreaks of arson and destruction in Belgian Luxembourg areas with thousands harmed or killed.
The Attorney General outlines the Amending Trading with Enemy Act enabling seizure of all alien enemy property including dividends and interest. Mr Lloyd George in the Commons supports Henderson's wage tax but warns of vast machinery. he proposed a scheme abandoned for its complexity. The Admiralty provides officers with dedication discs.
A Paris dispatch reports weather in the north hot with snow. Infantry reserves were scarce as Wednesday saw little fighting. Artillery activity shifted south of Ypres while Allied forces repelled two German attacks near the Argonne. The Germans reoccupied destroyed Chauvonfourt on the Meuse.
The Glasgow and Otanto engaged the German squadron under Admiral Craddock. Glasgow absorbed heavy German fire and four of its sailors were wounded. A Good Hope nine inch gun was disabled and its magazine exploded after a brief duel. Canopus could not reach the scene due to slower speed.
The Admiralty commends Captain Kinnear for a bold action in late September. He ferried volunteers to aid the Ortega, reached Smyth's Channel, and saved 300 French servants aboard after a Dresden class German cruiser failed to recapture the ship in treacherous, uncharted waters.
A fragmented report notes a London dispatch claiming British democracy will rely on Belfast rulers for defense as Prussian forces threaten. It mentions railway bridge repairs and contracts tied to military operations in France, with figures and groups like the Irish Brigade referenced in a call to unity.
Paris dispatch reports ongoing Allied activity in northern France with artillery duels near Mollebee and near the Aisne and Champagne fronts. Infantry engagements occurred at Mollbeee as guns destroyed a German trench at Arvonne and progress was seen near Verdun as Allied reserves gain holiday leave after weeks of service.
Beilishar3 Saks Prussian Guards withdraw from the fighting line in Dunbkink as British gunners report fierce bombardment in Flanders. In the air war Wednesday French and British planes trapped German forces, with officers and pilots killed after hidden French batteries opened fire.
Dunkirk dispatch reports Gurkha units under pressure in Laberse as artillery and machine guns thin enemy lines. One Gurkha company endured German fire from hundreds of yards, with a night raid followed by dawn screams and a brief melee ending in multiple German casualties.
Ottawa reports Premier memorandum states Canada will raise naval craft manpower to about 100,500, including 44,000 in England and 60 on garrison duty in Canada and Bermuda. Government cites British accommodation limits as reason for expansion. Contingents despatched after each wave.
The Tribera notes Radicals Constitutionals Democrats reformers and Socialists unite to oppose neutrality and push policy to recover lost Austrian districts by aiding the Patente.
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