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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 06, 1916
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a directory related to manufacturers and dealers. It mentions export search and colonial markets and a catalog of goods. The passage is garbled but indicates a formal cataloging of suppliers and commodities.
The Weels and Ex ccatne Commuter held a morning meeting presided by Mr EC Earl with Mesers Pease Wilks Griffin and secretary. Tenders were read and the lowest accepted. A memo from foreman J H Pennett requested consideration of July machinery. Debates touched on dredge output repairs and engineering appointments with Anzac Day noted.
A letter from H E Bedden, commissioner for the Australian Comforts Fund, describes two days of active service with troops on the Suez Canal. He notes timber requisitions for huts, details the depot at Sweet Water Canal, and images of work creating ferries, roads, and a reservoir amid busy camps. He highlights pay for native labor, the varied presence of British, Australians, Indians, and Greeks, and the energetic scene as engineers, canteens, and builders move supplies and structures along the canal.
A reflective wartime diary fragment contrasts engineers and soldiers with scenes from Ismailia and Tel-el-Kebir. The author describes a hand injury judged escapeable by officers, describes imports of 500 cases arriving by railway, and praises Australians for resilience and readiness to endure recoil of guns and future service for peace.
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