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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 23, 1918
Page
2
The fragmentary text lists Sunday services and community notices including church times, locations, and various small ads. It mentions items like a schedule of services, crowds, and vague street references, reflecting a busy local community page.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions mining, names, places, and dates but is heavily garbled. The readable items reference people and locations in a period newspaper context, with partial references to boats and events, yet key facts and specifics are unreadable.
Market note lists diver equipment with prices 3468 and 2830, noting per unit costs and availability. Report appears as fragmented OCR from a trade page, recording items, numbers, and brief pricing cues without full context.
Cairns reports a busy period with troop departures and farewell ceremonies at the port. The city discusses water supply for shipping, carnival planning, and hospital fund drives plus a public nuisance from a leaking tank. Local businesses advertise sales and attire. a meeting outlines hospital accommodation and nursing staff needs.
A new Cairne ambulance unit is officially launched with demonstrations for medical staff and the public. Elmonton and Stratford visits planned, with demonstrations at Freshwater Hall and local schools, plus a touring display next week to showcase the service.
A typified financial note from A. McCallum & Co. Bow Street lists various securities with prices and weekly changes. Names include Brilliant Binck Dundee Clarke's Kelis's Welcome Rolamadae United Minnie Moxham and others, with bid and offer figures across the sheet.
The passage notes a store redesign at Mayers Li with a broad reallocation of space. Ladies wear and finery departments gain prominence as the retailer doubles stock to attract patrons. The shift signals enhanced service and invites customer support for the updated layout.
The Cairneshire Council on Friday discussed a series of bulls as a nuisance. The Acting Chairman noted a plan to sample the area and consider steps, while Councillor McAtoyn mentioned sighting three bulls at the Fone Stile. The matter was left to the Acting Chair after debate.
A February wedding at the Gentine residence in Leandro Clinton joined Mr J Tuohy and Emma Cooke in a ceremony conducted by Father Phelan. The bride wore a Messaline gown with ninon overdress and orange blossoms, while the groom wore gold. Attendants in cream dresses and black accessories accompanied them as roses and lilies formed the floral aid. Mrs. Win. Cooke, mother of the bride, wore a black embossed lace costume. The couple’s presents included a leather dressing case and a wedding ball gown as keepsakes.
The document records a Brisbane discussion of Labor’s program under Mr Macartney and Mr Ryan, detailing calls for land reform, agricultural development, sugar industry support, railway construction, road improvements, and tariff adjustments. It cites party goals, parliamentary rules, and proposed measures to stimulate settlement and economic growth. The speech emphasizes constitutional change, electoral reform, and state-aid policies as core elements.
Fragments show discussion of a mayor visiting the council, fee administration and staff appointments. Mentions of an official named Garvry Shpre and references to a 17150 pound period. The text also hints at an employment or procurement process and a public service context with multiple personal names and roles.
Fragmentary text notes mayoral actions and discussions on unemployment, civil service matters, military allotments, and federal sites. It references names like Eames and Athertons, mentions government wage issues, and notes decisions about taxation or budgets without coherent context.
Fragmentary OCR text suggests a local item naming CH Towers in a brief note. It mentions Mr HP Fxtaee and a sorter named Sanity Sage with unclear context. The readable parts point to a short, unsettled sentence rather than a clear event.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions individuals and places in a religious or ceremonial context. The readable bits reference a setting involving an altar and a potential sequence of actions connected to a named place or group, with several garbled terms suggesting names and dates.
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