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Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

Feb 20, 1917

Page

2

Repatriation Social Report and Donations Details

Correspondence lists Miss Brown Cooktown Miss Nielsen Miss Boyns and Y M The secretary announced the Repatriation Social results including sale of tickets £11 133 and notes about packing a case of items For Patriotic Funds a draft will be prepared and sent to Miss Jones The list includes pillow cases towels old linen socks and cigarettes handed in by named locals

Cannon Kenny Muir Miss Heig J. H. Fox M. Grimes Miss Brown

Vague wire message cited in unclear fund affair

Fragmentary OCR notes refer to a message about a fund and names like Eleabeth Howe and Serta National General. The text is garbled, with references to wire 2 and Teaning ak Crowbees Fund and a general secretary. No clear event or outcome can be established from the readable parts.

Teaning Ak Crowbees Serta National Eleabeth Howe Eiesberh Tee Beache Funds

Best Joint on the Raft YMCA War Services Observed

Soldiers appreciated the YMCA effort with two services organized locally in Melbourne. The Australia Nations Committee urges funds to be sent to the general secretary of the YMCA or Elizabeth House Melbourne to support war work for sailors and crews.

Ros MLCA YMCA Ym.ca Y.m.ca Elizabeth House Street Melbourne

Fragmented OCR item about monthly pay and vague lines

The readable portion mentions a call for two men per month and a garbled phrase about past tales. No clear date, place, or names emerge, leaving the fragment unable to establish a concrete event or outcome for a newspaper card.

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