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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 01, 1924
Page
3
A cluttered 19th century notice from Gordonvale announces an auction sale with furniture and clothing items, listing vendors Woodward Caldr and others. The ad promises forthcoming details, noting sale starts Wednesday and December 2, with various auctioneer instructions and lots of goods to be offered.
A damaged notice offers a ring musical instrument described as Ansonite wargsin a ax Mone wood finial highly polished. Includes 18 bay Edwar and Paine Records Set attachments. The seller calls the item a penuiful netrument and urges immediate sale.
Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations bulletin details cane disease observations in Bundaberg, Barcaldine? Wait. The report covers Bundaborg Palcy trad Wingere Bucca Gin Avondale Yeppoon with leaf stripe and leaf wight symptoms. Describes irregular yellow markings, possible Moauie resemblance, spores, and infection spread. Recommends uprooting infected plants and burning when possible, review of varieties like BiV86 and No. 18 for resistance.
Field notes describe black beetle outbreaks and wireworms attacking cane shoots in Jamaica. Observations detail aphid damage, planters using dusting methods, and proposed controls including dodgy insecticide effectiveness, paritic observations on stalk health, and regional impact across Veppoad, Gin Gin, and Tiuda.
Fragmentary report outlines declines in passenger and freight tonnage for the Australian railways and shipping lines since 1913. Claims wartime disruption and new competition reduced service to quarterly departures, with reduced tonnage and altered routes affecting Sydney Melbourne Adelaide Fremantle and Mackay Cairns services. Shipping lines faced fewer sailings, higher costs, and altered ports, while government intervention and market pressures weighed on prices and rates.
The report notes reduced passenger numbers aboard Australian steamers and a sale of four vessels including Ai AArawaris and Woden. It cites reallocation of tonnage, changes in freight and cargo movements between Australia and New Zealand, and ongoing wartime pressures affecting shipping capacity and intercontinental commerce.
Fragmentary AP style notice from Brisbane cites Nays at MM Avett and Chief Maiee Masiate with uncertain details. Names include Ca, Pereira, Beene, Sane and Crs. text appears garbled amid court or mete references and a possible meeting update.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions dates, people, and places with garbled names. Core details are not recoverable. no coherent event or outcome emerges from the readable parts.
Fragmented reader message mixes garbled phrases with warnings about kidneys and health. It references unclear remedies and names, suggesting a misleading health claim while urging caution about dangerous substances.
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