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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 03, 1910
Page
3
Ex ship Oswestry Grange arrival brings leggings and tennis sets advertised as superior in Cairns. Items include coppered wired rope and twine, steamed tar, and EGM pattern racquets from Doherty. Prices claimed unbeatable for the region.
A German authority questions magnetic compass reliability in foggy weather, suggesting ship metal creates an electric field altering readings. The piece cites German experiments comparing compasses to an Auschatz indicator and notes minor variations. It then summarizes pension details from recent Romance accounts, listing historic Marshalsea earnings and current annual pensions to titled holders. A curious reunion occurs at Be oeulent Asylum with two brothers aged 50 and 74. The column also mentions shipwright concerns, branded sailors, and political remarks by Mr. Fisher about South Africa and imperial ties.
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