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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 05, 1916
Page
4
The readable fragments describe a person named Moe in a legal or social context with references to a meeting at 5 pm, a committee or photographs, and a manuscript about presents. It mentions editors, servers, and a biography style section, but the text is garbled and lacks clear outcomes or dates.
A list of notable attendees and officers including Donel, Moses F. Lemme, GR Mayers, A. J. Draper, Dr. Clark, and Dr. Stevens is noted for an upcoming gathering. Key organizers and a broad circle of supporters are invited, with seats reserved and a formal program planned. The event aims to showcase leadership and future participation.
A silver carved model canoe and stand are presented to Captain Kate and New Zealand Expeditionary Force officers and men for their service during the shore period. The gift, carved from solid silver and displaying inscriptions, honors General Sir Alexander Godley and the expedition from Wellington in 1914. The presentation will be made by Sir Thomas Mackenzie through the Japanese ambassador, with King George expressing approval.
An incoherent OCR fragment references Kale gat Se Crome Prise and a newspaper item about a talk or presentation. It mentions a titled person, a German copy, and various garbled names, with questions about who authored the feature and details of a presentation, but the text is largely unreadable.
A garbled OCR fragment describes wartime scarcity, housing, water access, and civic orders. It mentions 18 000 people affected, ration-like controls, and references to regents, ordinances, and shelter needs amid a siege or conflict. Strong entities include locations and numbers, though names are unclear.
Public sale announced by J G Hoare and Woodward Auctioneer on Lake Street. Thursday at 2 pm at the Mart, Lake Street, items include beds, dressers, tables, seating, kitchenware, and a large collection of household furnishings in excellent condition. Herbert Manners, Esq. to provide instructions. No reserve.
A sale offers the entire Mrs J Jennings household goods including chairs tables piano sewing machine violin wardrobe chests washstands lace curtains blinds dining and kitchen tables and more. No reserve. Inspection invited. Auctioneers Worces and Cattle Co. set for a date in April.
The fragment catalogs numerous names and movements including Kelly, Mien J. Ramage, Coaknowrs, Dickeon, Julce Shand, FG Hamilton, A Seuth, A Ogden, and Dr J S C Eikington. It mentions departures to Cooktown, Sydney, Mossman, Harvey's Creek, and Townsville, plus references to the Federal Council meeting and a quarantine chief arriving by ships Wodonga and Bombats.
Inventory lists sugar farm items including 7 to 12 acres under cultivation with cane and vegetables, live stock two draught horses and fowls, tools, harness, and a near-new diesel engine. Properties for lease near Redlynch and Edge Hill with orchard, water, and 20 acres of soil suitable for market garden. terms offered with gifts and inspections invited.
Various portions of rich scrub and alluvial lands offered near Bellenden Ker and Sophia. Terms include prices per acre from 5 to 45 with parcels fronting Fitzroy and Russell Rivers, some Crown liabilities and trams lines. Several lots described by acreage 100 to 320 with conditions on application and land felling status.
Two cows from a herd, one with calf, are cited in a brief commercial note. The fragment references Merton's Diferencial Minsk and a person named Cora Crasher, with unclear product or service details and a local address on Lake Street. The text is garbled and lacks a clear event or outcome.
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