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  • 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'.

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    y separately published work icon The Cairns Post 18 November 1886 Z1807714 1886 newspaper issue 1886 pg. 2
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2 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39428405 Local Itemssmall AustLit logo The Cairns Post
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  • Barron Falls, Cairns area, Ingham - Cairns area, Queensland,
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