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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 24, 1943
Page
4
An OCR fragment from Smuns Baytist Church outlines Sunday service details and a sequence of church activities. It mentions a nevers and dates, a rehearsal, and a sermon plan with unclear names. The text shows scattered references to emigration service, Bibles, and a scheduled event at Laneatoest with community notes.
Market notes show varied demand and price shifts for citrus, grapes, and apples. Grapefruit and peaches moved slowly with carryover quantities, while eating apples and certain grapes sold better, amid fluctuating wholesale prices and supply conditions.
Cairns Patriotic Fund notice appears with fragmented text. It seems to reference a date and location related to a fundraising or civic appeal. The readable parts include the phrase Cairns Patriotic Fund and a dated marker, but complete details are obscured by OCR gaps.
A fragmentary notice describes memorial and condolence messages for the late Srolhe, with relatives and friends sending remembrances through restrained tributes and notices. The text references family members and the bereaved, noting a solemn tone surrounding the death and funeral observances.
A damaged notice references Marjorie Bans and her mother Prue Dayer with surviving relatives. It mentions a date in April and suggests a memorial context, though many words are garbled. The readable names indicate a family obituary fragment from a local page.
An assessment discusses Soviet wartime mobilization and equipment, noting millions of men of fighting age, rapid industrialization near the Volga, and sustained aid from Britain and the United States. It covers tank and plane estimates, frontline shortages, and the Ready for Labour on Defence badge program as mass participation grows.
The text describes Soviet wartime programs including air and chemical defense leagues, village defense training, maps and instructors, and mass mobilization. It notes towers for parachutists, compulsory national training after 1939, and women serving in medical and auxiliary corps, totaling a vast reserve. It contrasts Soviet soldiers with Allied troops, praising sacrifice while lamenting losses.
The Supreme Court at Townville grants probate in the will of Wils Narn and approves a £9000 Treasury loan to Cairns City Council for an incinerator project. In a separate Townville hearing Judge Gougies awards Elisabeth Fenicke permanent alimony of £? per week and orders Frederice Werncke to pay legal costs and associated judgments.
A motor car owned by Digger Tees caught fire in a Seheu Street garage in Eastnaistail shortly before midnight on Thursday. CF Wing, the driver, heard the horn and authorities reported the fire damaged upholstery and a spare wheel. Police are investigating the incident as part of the ongoing inquiry into property damage and safety practices.
The conference urged full time chairman support for district Agricultural Committees amid war memorial plans for Anzac Day. Dawn service at Delgek, church observances, and a tropical theatre program follow the dawn parade from Esplanade to the monument. Wreaths, national anthem, and parade actions feature senior civic and military groups.
Mareeba tobacco growers discuss revised BMS and TEL green leaf price levels. penalties fixed per pound, graders sent to Brisbane for evaluations, approvals delayed until April 28. observers report export and grading concerns, with protest notes from Mareeba growers about circulars and leaf shipments to Brisbane.
A public meeting at the Tropical Theatre will open with National Anthem and a programme by Cairns Citizens Band and Cairns Combined School Band. The event includes hymns, recitations, and addresses by local officials, with performances by Mr E O Sullivan and Mrs J W Donnelly, ending with God Save the King.
Fractured text notes a slight rise in tobacco allocation for civilians and a provisional base ending December 31, 1942. Mentions a 24 percent reduction and references varied supply concerns and pay, with unclear phrasing regarding endurance and timing.
An Allied pageant planned for Easter features the Merchant Navy leading a procession with armed services contingents, bands, and decorated boats. The event includes a variety of displays from troops, ambulances, and civilian groups, timed from midday with arrangements for car parking by RACQ and a programme of music, dancing, and guest performers.
The briefing reports intensified Allied air activity against Japanese targets across New Guinea, New Ireland, and surrounding islands. Medium and heavy bombers struck airfields, fuel dumps, and villages while escorting fighters repelled enemy aircraft, with several bombardments aimed at key supply points along the south shore and near Buna and Madang.
The Australian War Graves Directorate sets up several centers for war graves in New Guinea and New Britain. The text mentions sites near Kaketa and other cemeteries along river banks, with plans for annual pilgrimages and memorial efforts across multiple locations including Greece Crete and Germany. The piece notes ongoing efforts to preserve graves and maintain memorials while detailing logistical and regional concerns.
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