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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 06, 1918
Page
2
An unreadable OCR fragment lists various entities and codes such as Rich & Co, Fresh Food & Ice Co, Australian Drag Co, and War Bonds from 1925 to 1927. The text appears to be a garbled ledger or financial note without coherent narrative or clear dates, places, or events.
Mining news notes activity at several mines including Braddleugh and Grant. Ore bodies are being re drilled and shafts re opened with tonnes of high grade material reported but some operations paused due to disappointing samples at Day fawn Amalgamated. Local crews report ore across the shaft and preparations for further extraction.
A reader letter criticizes Mareeba Water Authority as a new body lacking constitutional basis and alleges it wields powers beyond the Legislative Council. It mocks the authority’s secrecy, questions its elections, and advocates abolishing the authority in favor of established parliamentary oversight. The piece laments apparent democracy erosion and praises constitutional legitimacy.
A Cairns page lists multiple auctions and sales including Mr J H Benett furniture auction on Garston Street, and Messrs R Sturt and Co furniture sale near Hodel's Ltd Lake Street. Community notices cover mining disputes, hospital carnival planning, and local moral advertising. Two Cairns tradings note land collections and July figures, plus a memorial salute to fallen servicemen and local business promotions.
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