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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 04, 1950
Page
10
A garbled OCR fragment lists items such as rooms, appliances, pumps, and fencing with references to prices and auctions. Mentions like refrigerators and concrete fences imply a property sale or catalog. readable entities include names and generic terms, but specifics are unclear due to corruption.
The Choral Society will hold its annual meeting on Friday. Tenders are invited for repairs to the hall and grounds. Applicants should submit proposals to the committee at the society hall by the posted deadline. Meetings and further particulars will be announced in local notices.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions tennis and athletes with scattered terms like hockey sticks and four balls. Readable names are scarce. the piece reads as a fragmented local sports brief with incomplete details and many garbled words.
July weather notes record rainfall and slippery roads causing one accident. Mareeba Shire Council sent a team to repair Rex Yard drains. Molloy Tennis Club held a successful euchre night at Julatten hall with Mrs Poulsen Cairns winning the ladies. Social visits note many residents traveling between Julatten Cairns Charters Towers Ravenshaw Towneville and other towns, with several local families, clubs, and committees mentioned.
A jumble of social items from Cairns and Port Douglas notes include Mr and Mrs Cummings, Mr Andreassen, and Mrs Mindentsil supplying music. Port Sous San blue team lost to Mowbray, while Port Eugies Green leat were defeated by Central. Many locals from Atherton, Mareeba, and Hawker holidaying in the area. visits to Hillview, Court House Hotel, and Central Hotel, with Captain Cummings hosting a barbecue and several relatives and friends listed among guests.
An Australian court award of damages emerges from a case involving Kenneth Marshall and a motor accident on Princes Highway near Melbourne. The proceedings relate to alleged negligent driving and a threatened appeal, with testimony about injuries and the impact on Christine's ear and party safety. The hearing, held on June 12, 1048, is linked to a trade hall and brewery context amid a palace district environment.
Healy promotes peace Congress and urges Cairns residents to note meeting details. The text references EM leadership, Rotary contact, and local allotment cleaning notices, with address for further information at McMahon Street Edge Hill.
A new English language daily in Shanghai is reported by AP as satirical in tone and linked to official Chinese outlets. The piece traces attributions to Hainhua and mentions sources from Soviet agencies, signaling a tangled press history during a period of Reds control in Shanghai.
The Progrese Theater hosts a slate of entertainment tonight including a comedy pie show called Gimb Johns with Googie Willie Griffin and Janet and John McCalums Trouble Brewing. A supporting romance tie Women stars Altynon Taylor O'Brien and Lawford, plus variety shorts. An old-time dance with Merry Makers band is planned Saturday at the Aqualie Dance Palais along with novelties and community singing.
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