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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 05, 1922
Page
6
Readable ad text shows fresh canned goods such as SPLIT PEAS GREEN PEAS CHICKEN TAMA and vegetables like CAULIFLOWER BRUSSELS SPROUTS PARSNIPS BEETROOT with pricing hints. Mentions DESICCATED GOODS and sweets alongside stock lines.
Cettle text discusses football team selection with debate on fit and fairness. Names Cairns and CMG appear as local context, while notes reference steady players and a correspondent's questions about standings and future lineup. The piece reads like a letter to the editor outlining opinions on who should be chosen and why.
A call to support a memorial to victims of the Mount Mulligan colliery disaster sparks a movement in Mungana. A strong committee forms to fund a monument with local appeals and requests for public backing.
The War Memorial Committee outlines fundraising ideas including a grand Memorial Ball with massed bands, assistance from aquatic clubs and hotel supplies, and collection efforts by stewards and officers. Townspeople in the North region are noted as primary contributors to the drive.
A fragmented plea from W. Brush asks editors of all district papers to advertise the Memorial event in homes, shops, and private houses. He proposes a grand fair with prizes, determinable by a totalizator, and urges local merchants to join and promote the memorial in every paper.
Local football chatter centers on the draw process for rounds leading to a premier title. Executive meetings and observer notes describe teams Mallwrays Magpies Town and others facing scheduling questions and potential replays amid debates on fairness and notice.
In a challenging track event, Atherton and Wray competed over a distance near 1500 metres. The report notes grueling pace, fatigue, and final efforts as runners pressed toward the finish, with incomplete details and several garbled phrases.
The Calne Racing Club held its annual meeting on a Friday afternoon with officers elected including Patron, President Swallow, Vice-President Walsh, Neil Mclean, and others. A finance committee approved funding for race-related expenses and music, with details on staff and jockey payments discussed.
Prom Our Own Correspondent reports a settler suffered a likely broken shoulder when a work accident occurred while tending a farm near Atherton. The injury required ambulance transport and medical assessment at Atherton hospital.
An advertisement promotes Gauss jeath Salts claiming to cure a wide range of ailments from stomach and liver issues to digestion and pain. It asserts the product clears toxins, improves bowel function, and restores health, priced at 3 shillings per bottle and sold by chemists and shops.
Weekend sale at Kellys offers broad savings on ladies and men footwear. Readable items include shoes, boots, sandals and slippers in multiple styles with reduced weekend prices. Purchases by mail order encouraged for distant customers.
Fragmentary advertisement page lists tweed coats sweat ers and knickerbockers in varied sizes with prices like 24 6 and aims at boys clothes. Mentions unlined dark cotton and tweed items plus shoulder style notes, but OCR obscures full details and proper names.
Fragmented OCR lists various clothing items including tweed trousers in different colors and fabrics, belts, socks, and suspenders with price notes such as 2/0 and 7/4. Mentions wool tweed and gray tweed styles, with references to market timing like week-end sales and sale terms.
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