y separately published work icon The Cairns Post newspaper issue  
Issue Details: First known date: 1887... 7 May 1887 of The Cairns Post est. 1883 The Cairns Post
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1887 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Cleanliness Is Next to Godliness, single work column
Discusses the difficulties of obtaining a bath in Cairns, including maintaining cleanliness by bathing in the sea, and suggests some solutions.
 (p. 2)
Local Items, single work column
  • There was no meeting of the Cairns Dramatic Club on Thursday night as the members seemed disinterested.
  • Cairns has had a surfeit of entertainment recently, so much so that the youth of the town is at risk of becoming debauched. Matthews' Circus is due in town and will no doubt have the boys imitating their tricks. None the less, it is good to see so many companies visiting and the writer wishes the circus well.
 (p. 2)
[Untitled]i"He never more will swimming go,", single work poetry (p. 3)
Note: In Column: Echoes
Our Neighbours, single work column
An evening daily, The Charters Towers Times, has commenced publication. The paper should be supported as the other two papers do not provide elevating reading and are far from respectable.
 (p. 3)
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