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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 07, 1913
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate a recertification or retooling event connected to Northern NFR ALN. The readable text suggests a focus on printing, generation, and piping steps, but lacks clear dates or named entities beyond the abbreviations aligned with the organization.
The Gailiages District faces ore shortages as mines halt production and smelters close. Chieftain and Chillagor works idle, transport costs rise, new shops rise on site, and reopening timing varies. Lead furance and copper shaft work loom as miners seek profits. Weather hot with scarce rain.
The article outlines cane production costs per ton including cultivation 90,000 tons at 50 cents, loading 68,000 dollars, hauling 34,000, railroad 27,000, and total 578,780 dollars. It then discusses soil bacteria and fungi transforming organic matter into humus, improving nitrogen availability with tillage and nitrogen fixation in plants. It notes atmospheric nitrogen is used indirectly via bacterial action and mentions ongoing studies of bacteria related to nitrogen assimilation.
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