29 Nov 1918
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 29, 1918
Page
1
A vague ad-promises wealth from using Kent's Liver Pills described as a patent remedy for headaches foul breath loss of appetite and other ailments. The message hints at a box price but provides no clear cost or purchase details.
Fragmentary OCR mentions Ravenshos Grigg and associates within Hinterland Merning Paper. No clear event, date, or outcome is readable. Entities present include Ravenshos Grigg and the Hinterland newspaper name, but content is too incomplete to determine a concrete item.
Share brokers A McCallum & Co Bow Street and CH Towers Now report quotations across gas and mining stocks, bonds and local Australian floats. Listed items include Vulcan, Northern, Kitchener, Tyrconnell, Mt Morgan, Mt Cuthbert, and War Bonds with varied prices and cummulative dividends noted.
Local notes recount preparations for a community celebration with officials including ONeill Dowie and J. Smith. Events feature refreshments, mugs for attendees, a soft drink booth, and a showground excursion train. Citizens anticipate a lively procession, screen show, and the King Carnival expected back on Thursday.
The report notes nurses leaving the district to join a Cairns medical practitioner and one nurse planning marriage to Mr. Joe Pye of Mowbray. A Christmas wedding is anticipated for Mossman residents. The piece also mentions altered trading hours and a two hour lunch break, with expected continuation through the slack season.
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