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
Feb 09, 1925
Page
8
Severe weather and flooding have disrupted cane transport and damaged roads across Johnstone and nearby townships. Widespread field damage delays harvest, with many sections requiring costly repairs and extended outages for sugar production. Local plans to restore routes hinge on rainfall easing and funds for roadworks.
Sydney reports that after four months of operation the Reciprocal Treaty with New Zealand shows Australia in the black. The balance tilts in Australia’s favour, reflecting a positive outcome for trade and cooperation between the two nations amid ongoing discussions on tariffs and commerce.
The readable text shows a damaged OCR fragment with garbled phrases about weather scenes, an audience, and references to an old man, an MP, and a plan. It lacks coherent events, dates, or identifiable entities to form a complete news item.
A fragmentary health note warns that constipation can threaten overall health as waste enters the bloodstream, affecting the heart liver kidneys and more. It urges daily routines to protect kidneys, bowels, and general well being.
Featured sale items include ladies linen frocks with roll collars and short sleeves trimmed in black, a checkered crepe frock with tied belt at the waist, and striped crepe dichene designs. Prices noted as recently reduced.
Children's department presents a summer sale featuring white voile frocks trimmed with Torehon Lace and inserted tucks. Foddlers and infants wear neat outfits with 9/11 ACR style details. Organds frocks offered in mauve and pink shades, priced 1b ACH, with dainty necklines and tidy finishes.
A fragmented list of summer sale items in the Dress and Silk Department. The notice highlights ASSAM SILK offerings including heavy weight Anson silk, crepe and satin fabrics, and various fabrics with discounted prices. Mentions of summer sale events and multiple price points.
Ad reads seasonal sale items including Madras muslin fabric 45 inch wide at sale price 2/2 yard and 2/11 yard for certain pieces. Also features quilts and toiletry covers with price reductions across summer sale items.
Advertises fibre suit cases described as strong light with capped corners and nickel locks in sizes 22m 24n 20 din. Includes prices in slashed format and notes a summer sale with leather suit cases and accessories. Also lists various prices and sale items with minor inconsistencies in text.
Men s Specials feature cotton singlets short gloves and white cotton shirt options with 36 38 inch sizes. Khaki drill trousers with taped seams and fast color finish priced around 440 7 and 1k ACB. Summer sale runs with multiple dates and storewide discounts on selected men s wear and heavy ripjet dull trousers and twist trousers in grey and navy tones.
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.