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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 05, 1942
Page
6
A dubious advertorial touts a topical remedy named Moser's Emersid Oil as a powerful prescription that allegedly clears eczema in seven days with a money back guarantee. It claims rapid drying of skin troubles, offering step by step instructions and urging readers to try the product for skin ailments.
Ere wins Third Division Handicap at Albion Park after a long layoff. Cashman dominates First Division and sets a track record in seven furlongs. Newcastle and Moonee Valley meetings produce multiple winners including Mornington and Lord Jevington. Royal Decree and rivals feature in Flemington and Caulfield showdowns with notable performances and placements.
In Melbourne a boxer named Cecil Overall died from a fractured skull suffered after being knocked out by Youne Fraco in a cruiserweight title defense. Overall did not regain consciousness and died a short time later. He was survived by a widow and a six week old baby. Authorities prepared for inquest proceedings as part of the coroner's inquiry into the death.
Weekend action on the misted greens yields mixed results with several teams posting wins. Notable performances include Smith’s group defeating Ivane 13 1SL-122, Campbell 130 beating Farwell, and players like Gilmore, Stewart, and Reed contributing across various matches. Local sports chatter highlights pending women’s games and upcoming afternoon events.
Fragmented OCR text lacks clear facts. The readable portions mention Albion and a Park, with garbled references to times and names. No coherent event or outcome can be determined from the source material.
Fragmented notes describe a Carmel golf event held Saturday with pairs, foursomes, and four-ball play. Mentions include players like Ben and Chas Gethin, near the pin efforts, and a focus on keeping leads and partnerships, with references to course layout and a tregetive atmosphere.
A fragmented OCR reads like a chaotic sports blurb with numerous garbled names and stray phrases. It mentions teams, players, and referees in a slow paced, dreamlike sequence. No clear result or definitive context emerges from the decipherable text.
A dated advertising snippet promotes New Improved Ointment. It claims faster healing, infection relief, and pain reduction. The text emphasizes a “DOUBLE B” Ointment option and urges readers to inquire today.
An analysis of Germany's wartime mobilization shows a shrinking pool of available manpower while armament needs grow. It notes the drop in under arms Germans to about 3.5 to 4 million by 1942, the impact of front-line losses on labor, and pressure to shift workers from civilians to weapons production. It discusses policy centralization, manpower constraints, and the use of prisoners and foreign workers to sustain industry, with casualty figures and production tensions shaping Germany's war economy.
A compact report notes a stubborn cough yielding to a newly branded Canadian misty remedy. The short column mentions diminishing symptoms and a local preference for the Canadian product amid rising interest in patent medicines.
A long wartime era column discusses Sugar Board debates in Australia about mill production and refining during a rise of Brazzaville influence. references Archibald and Brew J. Short highman and various sugar districts, pricing fears, and White Australia policy themes. The piece blends economic policy with imperial context including mentions of North Queensland, Newcastle, and Bermuda as trade routes.
At a Demtulah Marsete Teusice Growers meeting held August 1 in Marecha, brokers Bris Bate faced calls for protest to the Australian Tobacco Board after increasing evoding leaf charges from 4d to 5d per pound. Officials warned fertiliser shortages and transport delays threaten season delivery, with the Rural Development Bureau arranging advances and urging early applications to the board by August 15.
The Atherton Hospital Board invites applications for two double ceremicated winter. The Tully Co-operative Swear Mil tog Association Ltd tenders for the supply of 000 hewn Steger. Attention of growers directed to an advertisement to the Dimbulab Maresixe Tract Growers Executive regarding advances for purchase of fertilizer and new requiresments.
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