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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 06, 1923
Page
4
In loving memory of our dear friend Andy Macken who departed this life and was dearly missed by family and sorrowing friends. Also gratitude to Matron, Sisters and Nurses of the Dains District Hospital for kindness and attention while inmate. R. Hacken.
An agenda item lists the Tennis Club annual general meeting for Friday April 1. Members are urged to attend. The text includes references to sugar farms, cane cultivation, and farm improvements, with seemingly unrelated notes on mill works, housing, and land acreage.
The Cairns Post reports on a forthcoming conversion loan of £38 million to extend Commonwealth War Loans redeemable next September. The move, key for Australia’s finance, aims to secure long-term credit and mirrors similar federal and state efforts, with Queensland due to pay over thirty million in five years.
The fragment outlines figures and references to electra and American electrogue markets with varied percentages and dates. It mentions prices like 17.375 and 450/8/0, and notes months and tests but the readable text is fragmentary and lacks a coherent narrative or clear entities beyond generic market terms.
Fragmented OCR style notice mentions Brisbane Produce Market Bristene and a Sugar Mill event, plus aquatic club regatta deemed a success. References to Wall boat owners and Saturday sales of furniture and sundries appear, with vague dates and scattered names like Allan and Murphy.
A fragmented OCR item outlines unclear details about a June to February period, mentioning beverages and arrangements. The readable fragments reference at least one organization and place but provide no coherent event or outcome to restate with certainty.
A Brisbane message reports Mrs Hughes and Miss Sanlin opening a new autumn millinery shop with bright shades and straw shapes. Abbott Street displays promote winter apparel, with Crusty Deayere and Drapers offering discounts and a Studebaker five seat car for sale at the auction, while local weather notes indicate a cooler pattern returning after a brief warm spell.
Premier seeks best to search Gulf amid overdue ship Douglas Mawan and crew. Brisbane dispatch confirms vessel details and delay explanations from Carl Gray and Burke agents. Authorities discuss rescue options, cyclone impact, and planned search for missing crew aboard the Gulf coast voyage.
A damaged OCR fragment describes chaotic conditions at a camp and main operations as torrential rain disrupts duties. It mentions attempts to prevent further issues, references to factory personnel changes, pests in cotton fields, and unspecified personnel and dates amid a struggling response.
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