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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 03, 1921
Page
4
In fond memory of Vungaburra Birch and Victor Birch, with family tributes. Obits and mourners listed. social and church events noted. A police court reference, and local sale items plus charity event details appear amid community notices and a hospital social.
Local notice advertises a boxing event at Atherton with Prny Wettaroret and Samy in a Saturday December 3 program. Three preliminaries listed, referee Abel, popular prices, and a sales pitch urging readers to buy tickets.
Auction notice details the sale of land including 64 acres freehold near Kuranda portion of approximately 320 acres total with 110 acres cleared and 210 fenced. Cottage tank and water padlocks described. Terms and further particulars available from K Hontee Myola. December tender closing data appears.
Legacy supplies including lucerne hall wheat maize and potash dominated the sale. Vendors reported limited business with some clearances and high prices for wheat and barley while offers for oats and pollard were declined. Prices per ton for steel and other goods were not specified.
The readable text blends assorted items from a 1920 issue, including travel schedules for Wyandra and Sydney ships, hotel notices, and a long fragment on social and political matters. It also includes war graves commission correspondence and terse references to local commerce and rainfall.
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