y separately published work icon The Cairns Post newspaper issue  
Issue Details: First known date: 1887... 6 August 1887 of The Cairns Post est. 1883 The Cairns Post
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* Contents derived from the , 1887 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Bath Question, single work column
The writer calls on the residents of Cairns to overcome their apathy and establish a bathing area safe from crocodiles and sharks. He points out that hotel and store keepers should realise that swimming baths would make Cairns more popular amongst visitors and urges them to establish baths before the 'perspiring season'.
 (p. 2)
Local Items, single work column
The joint proprietorship of The Cairns Post between Messrs Wimble and Wall will end when Mr Wall leaves for the South tonight. Mr Wall has also been an active participant in the Cricket and the Dramatic Clubs. The Dramatic Club will present him with a memento of their gratitude this afternoon.
 (p. 2)
[Untitled]i"As dead-beats washed their socks by night,", single work poetry (p. 3)
Echoes, single work column
'A Bill is to be brought in for the relief of newspaper proprietors, which is distinctly wrong. What is required is a Bill for the relief of editors, reporters, and sich. They want it a lot more thant proprietors.'
 (p. 3)
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