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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 22, 1921
Page
3
A Cairns report details a severe unemployment crisis with many men living in tents and begging for food. Police provide limited relief while the Labor Bureau notes continued mining work loss. officials estimate costs of relief at least one hundred pounds for the month.
An incomplete report describes a meeting about a parliamentary candidate seeking signatures from the unemployed for a petition to the director of the Moons Mining. The text mentions Justice and a person named Jon. Other readable fragments reference a Betty and a day with outside work, and a government coverage.
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