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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 04, 1909
Page
1
The house has been thoroughly renovated and the proprietor will be pleased to welcome other friends and new arrivals to view the improvements and meet the new guests.
Mr Pritchard spoke at the Herbert Wiver Farmers League meeting in Mackay about sugar policy. He urged maintaining the current excise and duty levels to protect Australian sugar producers and warned that coloured labour in sugar production must be safeguarded from competition.
Shipping notices list crews and passengers for three ships with many named individuals. Oct 2 sailings include Wyreemes from Cooktown via Port and passengers like JX Irv and several families. Yongala with Knight and numerous others. and Mourilyan from Townsville carrying Duffin Bulcock Borchard and 25 more in the second cabin, with agents Howard Smith Co. Ltd.
An odd historical ad fragment from Gowaxg Arif South markets a “Dr Sheldon's Wagaetic Limmest Poles” remedy. It claims quick cures for various ailments, cites a price of 1/6 and a per bottle, and lists Chemixta Storekeepen as seller.
J P Freeston of Chillagoe offers for sale a set of thriving adjacent concerns. The package includes a hairdressing saloon fully stocked, a refreshment room, an aerated water and cordial factory with gasometer and engine, a Morse dray, and stationery business. Walk in walk out options exist with prices listed separately, with the sale arranged to suit the owner.
An old promotional note touts Laxo-Tonic pills as a quick fill remedy to avoid hefty doctor bills. It claims the medicine costs little and can be taken whenever needed, advertising 1014 and 1 as identifiers.
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