29 Nov 1916
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 29, 1916
Page
1
L. A. Miller dentist located at School of Arts Buildings Shields Street and Spence Street Cairns. Newmarket Hotel Abe at Tole. Actnt Bibeetira Meat Export Co. FO Bowwit telephone at.
A J Draper Ltd lists numerous Cairns properties for sale including allotments on Sachs Street, Mulgrave Road frontage, and corner blocks at Minnie and Severin streets. Subdivisions detail Lumley Street residences, Scott Street dwellings, and Erected structures like the Strand Hotel and Queen's Hotel with terms, deposits, and weekly balances.
Scrub fires and a dry season forecast dominate but community efforts rise. Dairyman W Brook expands with over two acres planted in paspalum, while the Millaa Millaa Progress Association funds two beds for Atherton District Hospital. The School Inspector visits to plan local schooling amid scattered homesteads and cross-country travel, with next Progress meeting and cream service planned.
Percy Warnes writes from Kingstone hospital to his brother in Cairns describing convalescence and expected furlough. He explains drafts back to France from base, notes Australians on the Ypres salient, and contrasts winter hardship with small comforts like clean sheets and bed warmth amid muddy trenches.
A WWI correspondent recalls seeing wounded comrades and a driverless hospital visit in France. He contrasts the harsh losses with memories of England’s scenery and smooth roads, noting the comfort of a luxury car and the longing for fallen friends to share peaceful days. He urges a future homecoming to ease grief.
Mrs A Barker of Cairns shares a kidney pain tale claiming loss of tired energy after long suffering. She attributes her relief to Doan's Backache Kidney Pills, noting renewed strength and no backache for fourteen years. The advertisement urges readers to buy Doan's from local chemists or stores.
The text lists three forms: Acute Rheumatism Chronic Rheumatism and Muscular Rheumatism. It states Acute Rheumatism is an inflammation of a membrane and recommends Cometock's Liniment used as directed. It claims high success for these remedies in all kinds of rheumatism.
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