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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 09, 1952
Page
3
The Alberton Horticultural Society will present a program on summer flowers and modern designs. The event showcases arrangements and inventive designs with emphasis on fresh plantings and seasonal blooms.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a wartime or postwar produce market with onions, limited quality, pricing around 13 pounds and 1 shilling per unit, with poorer lots at about 1/1d to 1 1/2d per lb, and notes of fluctuating demand and freight conditions. Names and exact locations are unreadable.
Market summary notes medium meat and fruit supplies for the week with particularly light green and salad vegetables and high prices. Pineapples scarce with trade limited to steady mid ranges. Apples, peaches, cabbages show variable yet firmer rates amid overall subdued demand and weekend value shifts.
Fragmented text reveals complaints about EMS and telephone services, delays in post and communications at the Cairns area post office. Mentions staff behavior, after hours service, and attempts to restore wakeful communication. references to local officials and service improvements proposed by residents.
An archival notice outlines methods for preparing raised beds, soil sterilization with "D.D." treatments, and bed construction. It covers bed depth, drainage, soil mixtures, watering, weed control, and planting schedules, with emphasis on maintaining clean subsoil and proper irrigation to support robust growth.
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