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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 14, 1920
Page
1
An incomplete Melbourne era classified page lists a Bay Gelding for reward or return to Cairns Post TM Lea with notes on farm services and several help-wanted ads. The fragment mentions arse farm to let suitable combined dairy pig poultry water fats and Victorian farmer terms, plus timber wagon and waitress and blacksmith adverts.
The program features D W Griffiths team with Lillian Gish in a romance titled A Romance of Happy Valley. The event promises an all star cast and a special screening at the Gordonvale theater tonight.
Out-p-year Wednesday sale on Sherman Street features the entire home contents including dining tables chairs beds sewing machine and crockery. Auction by McMahon & Co follows house sale with a right-out sale after the purchase.
Advertisements detail multiple farm properties offered by A J Draper Ltd. Each listing shows area sizes from 1 to 160 acres, under cane or plough, with stables, cottages, tram access, proximity to schools and railway, and varied payment terms from cash to long terms. Some entries park specific prices and conditions.
Public auction notices list allotments in Mareeba and farm blocks near Barrren River and Mareeba with details on size, frontage, and improvements. Includes allotments in Cairns at Shields and Sheridan Streets, a Mount Woolloy hotel sale with license and fittings, and general property listings, building lots, sugar farms, and hotel leases with terms and contact details.
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