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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 11, 1910
Page
4
An advertisement lists felt hats from several makers with prices and post free. Included are Australian felt hats with 4 inch brims in multiple colors, Panama hats in several brim sizes, and fur felt hats with 34 crown. Also notes post free shipping and sizes from small to large.
A brief catalog blurb describes a dull drab cube and fawn cap marked SIMS with a six inch label. It lists a price of 10 shillings 8 pence each and offers post free delivery.
A jumble of notices reports travel arrivals and local commerce. Immigrants reach Tolga Dimbulah Double Island Urbinebank Stennary Hills and Henbioteg while Cairns Bank records show deposits and withdrawals. Construction efforts progress on a bridge site and a new Adelaithe Co building. local figures and businesses are named amid community updates.
An array of local items from Cairns includes plans for a wedding decree nisi and comments on social topics. Bishop Murray departs for Mareeba to celebrate mass then Chillagoe to administer confirmations before returning to Cairns. Captain Jobs Mackenzie, a senior shipping figure, dies at over 70 from apoplexy, noted as influential in training many mercantile officers.
Edward G. Fox, a Malian born sailor from Harwich, is honored with a Norwegian government silver medal and diploma for gallantry. During a perilous Archangel voyage in a Norwegian barque bound for Australia, he rescued a captain’s daughter and valiantly attempted to save a crewmate after the midship section struck rocks.
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