This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 30, 1946
Page
8
A dense OCR fragment shows varied classified items: tools, furniture, livestock, farming equipment, sewing machines, wood stoves, pipes, lighting, pottery, garments, and household goods. Many entries include prices, phone numbers, locations, and brief sale or request notes. Some lines reference motors, hardware, and construction supplies amid scattered product names and brand mentions.
A jumble of classified lines shows numerous WANTED and FOR SALE items. Listings include sewing machines, car parts, furniture, tools, and real estate, with contact boxes and prices scattered among the garbled OCR text. Strong entities include brands like SINGER and STROMBERG, locations such as Lake Street, and generic sale promises.
A dense OCR mix lists job vacancies and notices across districts, including hospital board applications, waitresses, cooks, drivers, laborers, garden work, and domestic roles. It also advertises auctioneers, real estate, lost items, and miscellaneous supplies, with scattered contact cues and urged timely applications.
Fragmentary OCR notice describes a clothing repair service offering collar and cuff turning and watch repairs. Text references address hints and unclear names, suggesting a local shop advertisement with contact details and service scope.
Readable text fragment mentions Yorkeys knob and Sora Se Xin Ss with unclear context. No clear event, people, or organizations identified to form a complete item.
An Italian article notes a shift in parental attitudes toward teenagers, stating that adults show less sympathy for leisure time and more estrangement as adolescence advances. It highlights a council stance that understanding and sympathy are essential for youths.
An auction and estate sale listing describes numerous properties and items for sale. It mentions large tracts of land with houses, farm buildings, and river frontage, plus furniture, machinery, livestock, and household goods. Several auctioneers and agencies are named, with dates and locations in a period style notice.
A wartime notice discusses UNRRA horse consignments intended to support dairy production in Poland. It notes targets of around 155,000 horses by war end and 279,000 in projections, with mares bred for planned replacements and capacity to supply Capua and Gdansk areas.
The article recounts Mr. Kae Wigan, ex Commonwealth Dairy Supervisor, describing the shift from butter concentrate to dry butterfat. It notes wartime trade concerns, Britain’s interest, and Australia’s move to convert butter into dry fat via a new process funded by the Durst Board, enabling large scale production for refrigerated and non refrigerated transport.
The Amphibian Car Co of Bumiate claims a water tight hull forming an amphibious vehicle with a retractable engine housing and chain driven wheels in protective casings. A selective front rear differential lock and a winding gear assist extraction from water rough patches. The design envisions crossing wide water surfaces without lifting feet, enabling water and land travel.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.