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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 14, 1922
Page
4
Muffled OCR listing colorful holiday items with prices and products. Mentions Christmas presents, bags, gloves, hose and silk items with dated price entries 26/9 14/1 and 10/6. Presents include edgeware bags and wardrobe goods for children and adults at Xmas fair.
A fragmented notice alleges a partnership dissolution between Maurice John Kee and James Douglas Shang under Kelly Hang, with disputes over shared business terms and debts. The garbled OCR references entities like XTLON LIMITED and Farmers Association, mentioning Cairns and annual elections amid unclear details.
An assortment of sale notices announces auctions and bargains at venues such as Aquatic Hall and nearby stores. Items include silk ballet, undergarments, fabrics, and consumer goods with clearance prices and limited time weeks. Names like Fledler Ames Warner and sponsors appear among the event details.
A long municipal session debated issuing permits for wharves and regulating pedestrian traffic, with inspectors and board members divided over criminalizing violations. Reports mention the by law, future regulation timing, and calls to balance safety with commerce. The meeting also covered a council follow up on market inspections and local notices.
A fragmented auction notice from Mayers Ltd inquires at Wallis Yards Road about items to be sold on a Saturday in December. It lists a Studebaker engine price and various horse related gear, with solicitors and commissioners handling affidavits and payment terms.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a House of Representatives item naming individuals Herbert Jsarford and Patrick Ake, with garbled tokens suggesting a legislative record. The legible bits reference a district or entity and possible candidacy or committee actions, but the text is too damaged to extract a coherent event or outcome.
In the wake of RG T Palmer's death at Cowan Moreton Bay the official notices record his service as Postmaster at Herberton and other Queensland centers. His death, attributed largely to war injuries, follows a wartime career marked by illness and treatment. He left behind two brothers and was aged young.
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