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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 31, 1912
Page
4
Twenty five members of the Paris Teachers Union were fined two francs for trying to disband their organization amid government tension. The dispute stemmed from teachers passing a resolution opposing military service.
News digest from Roosen-dale to Cairo and Peking covering Britain’s stance in the Mediterranean Roosevelt campaign security measures in Washington and Cuba responses. It notes legal hearings on Turkish payments in the Russo Turkish War and calls in Alexandria for Syrian Roman Catholics to unite with Orthodox and Turks. Officials deny massacres in Eastern Mongolia and Tibetans face restored ranks and titles.
Mothers take advantage of a three day sale offering boy sizes to fit children aged three to Hi o years. Boots for boys and girls available plus children's boots and ladies shoes. Glace kid walking shoes with felted soles and long wearers advertised plus oxford styles and pumps with patent caps and neat toes at sale prices.
Readable text highlights Special Exhibitions and price cuts across fabrics and linens. The ad promotes consistent factual deals with everyday goods and urges customers to compare quality and prices, claiming reliable advertised values and ongoing store-wide offers. It notes a wide range of items from toweling to silk remnants and dress remnants.
Bargain sale listing numerous household items priced in old currency. Items include lamps, tea trays, enamelware, saucepans, stew pots, and glassware with low under cost clearance notes. Spelling and formatting are irregular, typical of an OCRed classifieds page.
Trimmed lece and embroidery items including skirts and lime cotton vests advertised with discounted prices. Items feature listed values such as worth 1/6 now 3/11 and 1/2 on various garments. Names and some prices suggest a mid 19th century catalog style.
A garbled ad lists various old time sale items including men’s socks capes boots and canvas shoes with special prices. The snippet mentions half price deals and quantities like 3/8 10/8 pairs but remains largely unclear.
Fragmentary notice notes urgency for orders on receipt of bare details. Mentions prices and instruction to act immediately. No clear names or places provided.
At a special Synod sitting to elect a successor to Dr. Frodsham, the Rev. John Oliver Feetham, leader of the Bush Brotherhood at Lubbo, won on the second ballot. Clergy votes were unanimous in the second ballot and the laity were almost unanimous.
In Townsville on Wednesday the Supreme Court ordered liquidation of Patric Francia Hanran a local merchant liabilities list shows Bank of New South Wales as chief creditor. November 4 creditors meeting set at Cannelly and Suthers solicitors. Also Brisbane wool sale continues with strong greasy prices and notable catalogues. In Melbourne question time on Sugar Bounty. poisoning case reports two deaths from chocolates involving Mrs Peterson and Miss Margaret Dorothy Zillman with suspected strychnine poisoning.
The Historic Memorials Committee of the Federal Parliament met in Melbourne on Wednesday to discuss uniting with ten Australian entities. It was decided to invite all members to submit sketches of Australian memorials for consideration.
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