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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 08, 1920
Page
7
A Cairns endorsement letter lauds C. V. Hives for twenty years of local service and community focus. The writers urge electors to vote after reflection, praising his practicality and stance on national issues, and note a Northern platform aiming to restore sobriety and sanity. Signed by C. V. Hives' supporters.
Fragmentary notes describe passengers on a ship reaching Cairne om Thevarnes and wartime activities. It mentions Kis Denon RAE, Serer Lad, Geildierd, White and Poppe r, Guildford, Sir Raymond, and factory labor for munitions, with references to overseas tensions and postwar plans.
A lively local meeting featured strong rhetoric on prohibition and liquor laws. Speakers criticized the Liquor Trusts and contrasted public aims with sordid motives, ending with thanks to the speaker and chair.
The RSSBLA Debating Society votes to form the Table and Returned Solvers Debating Society with officers for one year. Meetings set for Tolga Atherton and Keiri on the third Sunday monthly. first class on the 24th inst. Members urged to join and support district debates.
A vintage ad touts Dr Williams Pink Pills for anaemia and pale people. It alleges liver and blood restoration, renewed vitality, and relief from tiredness, sciatica and nerve weakness. The copy promotes world renown and a long track record of curing blood deficiencies with the product.
The notice board shows the draw for play with teams listed and four scratch players highlighted. Brackets pair strong players with weaker, and rain has left the course grass partly slow while the championship board returns with past champions’ names.
Saturday event at Netsom Hall hosted by Mr F Owens drew fair attendance with music by Miss Phillips and the Norris Brothers. Eight couples competed while plans to fund a hospital and appoint a local doctor were discussed. J K Gibson elected president of the shore committee amid calls for peaceful election voting. Brisbane report notes blowfly control trials show arsenic dip barely protects lambs, suggesting a two to three year safety window.
In Rome the General Labor Confederation outlines a proposal for a nationwide minimum wage aimed at standardizing pay across workshops and industries. The plan targets living costs and aims to curb wage disparities by limiting excess charges to owners and directors.
Clumsy OCR notes discuss wool markets with references to New York Journal of Commerce and Australian auctions. Mentions American wool growers testing markets and prices near Adelaide and uncertain trade conditions affecting buyers and baleings.
An old advertisement touts Frosnt Ice as a gummy compound that dries and removes corns quickly. It promises to ease pain by attacking the corn root and claims a tiny quarter-ounce bottle from any chemist will remove the hard corn at low cost.
A garbled paragraph promotes a fat diminishing remedy and nerve fortifier claiming to extract nourishment from food. It touts an iron rich tonic for thin feeble people, notes digestive relief and nervous strength, and mentions a company selling a serum or extract as a fat and nerve remedy with unclear sources.
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