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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 22, 1920
Page
4
A fragmented in memoriam note from December 1919 to January 1921 honors a deceased loved one. The readable text reflects a memorial gift or tribute from family members and mentions New Year’s Day and dates, with garbled names and places.
Australian Steamship Ltd notices announce Moontvan departing Wednesday afternoon connecting at Townsville with Canberra for Mourilyan, Hoban Cridwell Wecinds, Palm Island, and Townsville. Services to Kuranda depart Tuesday at 2, with Cooktown Wednesday afternoon and return to Townsville by 11 AM Thursday.
A long shipboard departures list shows Lass 0 Gowrie bound for Townsville with Meadames Larsen Lewis and others aboard. Several passengers are named, including W. Thomas Humphreys Doyle Hawkey and Watts, plus many more. Also notes a Christmas stock exchange recess from December 72 to January 5 inclusive.
The sale opened with moderate demand and buyers found at two lines clear results. Prices ranged from 3/6 to 10/1 with feed barley at 3/-. Wheat and onions fetched 8/0 to 5/-, oats and bran noted weaker while several parcels were withheld at 14/11.
A fragmentary note from a metals page mentions lead markets and copper including names such as Zing copper Brats Munic Metal and Besdven. The text is incomplete but indicates a briefing on metal trades and players.
The Matron of Cairns District Hospital thanks helpers who, despite great difficulties, assisted in recovering Nurse E Gal. The issue also notes various local notices including horse sales, auctions, and a postponed Cairns Town Council meeting.
Auction advertisement notes Kuranda Freehold known as Lon near Karenda containing valuable timbers. Mesors and J Draper Limited handle the sale. The AO Line steamer Changsha expected Cairns by Monday or Tuesday from Townsville to Sydney. passengers should apply to Fenentey & Co Limited by 1 pm Friday.
At a Cairns District Hospital committee meeting, insinuations were raised against the Matron and staff, then hushed in private. A public rebuttal is demanded, with full investigation or withdrawal and open publication of the grounds. The staff deny abusing funds or property and reject claims of lavish conditions.
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions a court matter with a request to appear and a fine of 1s or similar. It references prior behavior, possible charges, and a court date, but key names, dates, and details are not legible.
The text lists calendars distributed in Cairne art present tite and acknowledges the Teeeiplot at thanks. It mentions Palare tures and W. Haskell Cotin as related figures, with references to a Palace Metre inch and a selection process for patrons.
A sprawling OCR snippet covers court statements, tax remarks, shoe ads, church notices, dock discussions, and a cyclone ship report. Names include Whittik, Wh ec taeda, Mr. Hughes, J A Sutclat, Cairns, Sydney Telegraph, and Cooma. The mix references tax rules, public notices, and shipping details without a single coherent event.
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