y separately published work icon The Cairns Post newspaper issue  
Issue Details: First known date: 1886... 18 November 1886 of The Cairns Post est. 1883 The Cairns Post
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1886 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Local Items, single work column
  • A concert will take place next Tuesday at the Divisional Hall, Esplanade, in aid of the Cairns District Hospital. Performers will be the Cairns vocal amateurs.
  • A vocal entertainment will be held tonight at the Oddfellows Hall, Lake Street. The entertainment is under the auspices of the Independent Order of Good Templars and will consist of songs, readings, and recitations. Admission is free.
  • The Cairns Dramatic Club provided excellent performances of 'The Toodles' and 'Who is Who' in aid of the hospital and the School of Arts.
  • Mr J. R. Ashton, president of the Art Society of New South Wales, was in Cairns last week representing the Picturesque Atlas Company of Australasia. He has been sketching the Barron Falls and other district views for a new Picturesque Atlas. The Town and Country Journal describes the work as artistic and historical and of great signficance, 'accurately drawn and beautifully engraved'.
 (p. 2)
Latest by Wire, single work column
Brisbane, 13 November: The libel action brought against Mr Rochfort, proprietor of the Townsville Daily Standard by Dr Ridgley has been concluded in the Supreme Court in favour of the defendant.
 (p. 2)
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