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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 31, 1916
Page
3
Readable fragments list passengers and visitors arriving or departing towns by ships and rail. Mentions include Mr and Mrs Vier leaving Townsville by Morini, Mina Macalister traveling to Eabens, the Misses Elliott heading south on Mourilyan, H B Stamasa visiting Herberton, Wells leaving by Morialta for Bowen, and others visiting Cairns, Rockhampton, and Bowen area sites.
A garbled note suggests offering one of two bottles of a cure for skin blemishes. The text mentions complexion issues and seems to present a choice or remedy, but specifics and provenance are unclear.
A fragmentary 1916 document recounts Mary Moran petitioning for cane planting funds and mortgage payment. references two Chinese men On Lee and another, a judge, and a village court. The text also hints at selling a garden and paying debts through cane profits, with turmoil around the legal proceedings.
A garbled passage references the state and government, asking why the Germans gas in and who can help the state. It reads as a wartime or political musing with partial phrases about killing a goose and government power.
A damaged OCR snippet shows garbled phrases and unreadable names. It hints at a discussion or notice but provides no clear subjects, dates, or actions. The fragment references a page continuation and mentions possible names like Comataie Nella Ne and Xeinen, with content truncated.
Scant readable text hints at a local event with names or places unclear. No concrete details or clear sequence present to identify participants, date, or venue.
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