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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 11, 1925
Page
1
A scanned 1930s style advertisement lists multiple steamship lines with routes from Sydney to London via Colombo, including Australian-Oriental Line and Commonwealth Line. Details mention fares from Brisbane, sailings from Sydney, and various port calls such as Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourne, and Hobart. The page also includes recruitment and accommodation notices seeking staff and families, with terse notices about lodging and rental needs.
A historical classified page lists numerous help wanted notices and job inquiries. Entries seek a chief engineer, maids, general workers, carters, and hotel staff near Mackay and Strand Hotel, with details on aims, locations, and application instructions. The clippings mix occupations, places, and dates from 1928, including nursing training and salary notes.
The Cordell Shire announces upcoming overseer elections with applications invited. Voters will consider candidates, with initial meetings set to discuss eligibility and duties. Terms require twelve months of service and adherence to county regulations.
Applications are invited for the post of secretary at the institution. The position offers a salary of £65 per annum with meals and a small allowance. Applicants must apply by a date set by the president or committee member. The note indicates a Wednesday February 15 1928 deadline.
A dense fragmentary British Australian style notice lists miscellaneous goods and items for sale. It includes animal remedies, hair products, household tools, farm gear, school bags, riding equipment, and a large real estate auction section with properties around Cairns. Trade names like Lerek’s Expeller and Zanaray Lunes appear amid auctioneers Woodward & Calder and property details.
Auctioneer notices advertise farm for sale across many parcels in Cairns district with prices, acreages, and improvements. Listings include river land, cane properties, residences, stables, sheds, and working plant. Also promotes general store, stock, and furnished houses with terms and inspections.
Unclear text lists several auctioneers and property salesmen including Collins WCTL Abbott Street Cairns and others. Ads show unimproved allotments for sale with varying sizes, locations and terms in Queensland. Numerous farm properties, residences and boarding houses described with rent, frontage and proximity details.
A garbled OCR page shows scattered names and advertisements from 1928. Items mention pharmacies, books, merchandise, and social notices with partial streets and vendor names like Abbotts, Moyaghan, and Clarke’s. Reading remains uncertain, but references to local trade and meetings hint at a busy community page.
Classified notices offer multiple properties for sale including a six room furnished residence with yard and outbuildings, a four room dwelling with verandahs and allotment, and other parcels. Also listed are vehicles and household items for sale with contact details for Newitt & Co and local auctioneers.
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