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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 25, 1912
Page
3
Passengers from the east recount experiences in the Chinese revolution including bitter displays by Manchus and various forces. One American, P. Comts, has spent two years in China and notes commercial houses affected by the fighting.
Fragmentary wartime style note reports Marshall family losses and shipping firm Cornes and Co taking control at a port after a pensioner named Hutchison and Co faced issues. Mentions Yokohama dispatch and a fatal incident affecting crew or passengers with vague reference to Japan and Asahi Haikan.
The article explores government options to recoup revenues from tonal railways and the need for additional funds beyond selling Exchequer Bills and Railway Bonds. It suggests that excessive use of such instruments would push money markets and may prompt the Bank of Japan to issue currency.
Early September hours in Rawlins saw a man brought to the state penitentiary to escape a mob murdered by white convicts inside the stone prison. Guards moved him from the county jail to a secured cell as tensions rose and a high gallery scene ended in a noose.
The passage notes over 300 men involved in the ar fir and mentions authorities facing difficulty and high moral feeling. It warns that punishing the lynchers could trigger sympathetic demonstrations and likely disorders.
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