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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 09, 1922
Page
7
Local ads advertise lower prices on chinaware and glassware at the Great Xmas Fair. Items include porcelain and earthenware dishes, goblets, lamps, and teteras with prices noted in the listing. quantities and specific pieces vary across vendors.
A brief public notice announces a four day event offering notable discounts on goods. Specific items and exact dates are unclear in the readable text but the emphasis is on a limited time sale with promotional pricing. The notice mentions the sale period and participating store or organization.
Fragmented OCR text references Mayers Ltd. WMERE Quality Counter, MELL & HARES solicitors and notaries in Cairns and Townsville, plus mentions of Australasian entities and the Commonwealth in New Zealand. Source text is garbled with unclear roles, dates, and actions.
A historical notice cites Smallwood Beor in North Queensland with a reference to Co Teleerative Bacon Company Ltd. The fragment notes corporate naming and regional location, suggesting a business listing or legal notice related to company registration in the area.
Adan trent to extraordinary election nominations for board vacancies and resignations. poll of the share for billing notices. returning officer and secretary dates. Certificate of application for gold mining lease listing names and locations. public objection period and hearing date. public notice prohibiting admission to the board’s wharves except by order.
Notice to creditors and others having claims against late Port Dengage Bootmaer of Queensland deceased. Creditors must lodge claims by August 21, 1888, with Towneville executors at the underwritten address. Public notice recalls probate procedures and deadlines for settlement of the estate.
Cairns Harbour Board announces a resolution and details on painting, insurances, and construction specifications. Open Monday December 1 for Ladies fashion and knitting goods. Wyreema arrival and related notices included. multiple postings reference openings, equipment, and events at the board and associated buildings.
The notice lists church services including Morning Service at 11 and Evening Service at 7.40 with a prayer meeting at 7.10. It also details Garden Vale and Gordonvale Presbyterian activities, a December carpenters’ meeting, and a Commonwealth Electoral notice listing polling places and times for divisions in Chilago and Georgetown with multiple school and court-house polling venues.
Open page fragment shows business names like Raper Ltd Ruse Purnishers and mixed local notices. It includes a memorial note for James Charles Euno aged 11, various political excerpts, sale ads, church gifts, clothing displays, a concert, and retail promotions with references to Atherton Kennedy division and local stores. The text mixes oblique memorial lines with election remarks, sales, and event notices from a regional newspaper.
The Cairns Post presents a Saturday dictation page featuring daily prompts and word games. Readers are invited to participate by spelling and noting the day’s entries as part of a routine edition.
Fragmented passages discuss sugar industry concerns and proposed policy options. Theodore takes a stance on renewal of an agreement, while debates touch on prohibition and government oversight. The text references named figures and political contexts, though prose is garbled.
A detailed notice from Pittard signals a Friday December 15 1922 furniture auction on Lake Street by interposition of the executors. The sale lists old household furnishings including a dining suite sideboard seating and various pieces. The sale begins at 2 10 PM with emphasis on good quality items and a desire to clear stock.
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