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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 19, 1916
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR indicates telegraph lines and naval military priority work focused on Cairns. The piece mentions isolation relief and the establishment of a service, with unclear completion timing and related stations.
The readable text describes a WWII era plan to use a temporary base for destroyers and marines near a coast. It notes proximity concerns and a potential problem with open berths and safety, with unclear dates and names due to OCR errors.
A garbled old ad copy claims springing relief for colic and diarrhoea with Chamberlain’s remedy. It suggests quick at home treatment for common stomach ailments and asserts reliability across families without professional care.
Witnesses describe a fire started by Malimoff that spread to trash near a cane field. Be and Chitty remained at the scene overnight as flames broke out repeatedly. authorities prepared fire-breaks to protect planted cane. Proceedings adjourned with testimony continuing.
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