y separately published work icon The Cairns Post newspaper issue  
Issue Details: First known date: 1886... 11 November 1886 of The Cairns Post est. 1883 The Cairns Post
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* Contents derived from the , 1886 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Untitled, B. (fl. 1886 - 1890) , single work correspondence
B. likens the leader in the previous Saturday's Cairns Chronicle to an altercation between two of Smollet's characters, and describes the fate of another character who acquired a printing press and 'squirted his filth at some respectable characters'.
 (p. 2)
Who Is It?i"He looks with beery eyes around,", B. (fl. 1886 - 1890) , single work poetry (p. 2)
Local Items, single work column
Readers are reminded of the dramatic entertainment to be held tonight to raise funds for the Cairns District Hospital and the School of Arts. A crowded and appreciative audience is expected.
 (p. 2)
In the Coombah Shed, David G. Falk , single work short story
Riding towards the South Australian border, the narrator meets an Irishman who tells him the tale of a shearer, Jimmy Brown, who kept away from the other shearers and refused to fight.
 (p. 4)
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