30 Oct 1915
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 30, 1915
Page
1
A fragmentary OCR shows names of individuals such as Mrs Willincan H McKn and Mrs M C Smith alongside numerous Australian place names including Cairns, Cooktown, Townsville, Port Darwin, Samarai, and Temoulin. The item resembles a catalog or society directory, listing persons and locales across Queensland and nearby territories with scattered affiliations.
Shipping movements show Burns Philp and Co vessels departing Townsville at midnight for Port Douglas and Cooktown returning Thursday. USN steamers leave Cairns for Townsville Bowen Mackay and Bribie, then south to Sydney and Melbourne with return trips via Melbourne and Sydney. Arewatta and other steamboats schedule varied, with multiple ports including Brisbane and Perth in the route chain.
Steamers depart Townsville for Sairois and Port Alma, then Matsay on Sunday morning and Ershane on Tuesday. Arrivals include Sydney and Melbourne midweek with return legs to Townsville. Ships run Monday schedules to Brishena Mourfivanarrhe and weekly Tuesday dawns to Port Douglas and Cook town.
Readable text shows A J Draper Ltd advertising house furnishings and fittings from beds to carpets. It promises best materials and quality, inviting quotes for kitchen utensils staves lines carpeting and rockers among items.
A three year old child from Burra disappeared from his grandfather's house and was traced by Pentland Torrens Creek police and a tracker. After long search into a gorge the boy was found exhausted but safe in scrub. The rescue followed a sixteen and a half hour ordeal ending at dawn.
Local bowling notes recount close bouts with Bennett edging Rixon 29 to 28 and Mayers and Manners trading leads in a neck and neck affair. Details mention Hoare and Veieewako battles and a final score near 21 for Mayers, with partial results from Atherton, Breymore, and Wilson in ensuing rounds.
The Lyons telegraph address advertises various woodworking services including flowyn and drenood fimbers joinery band-baw work and all moulding descriptions. It promises latest appliances and quotations by letter or telegraph.
Fragmentary ad text touts a cough remedy claiming quick soothing healing of throat inflammation. Mentions vague benefits and disruptive spellings, with no clear product details or verifiable facts.
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