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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 23, 1945
Page
6
A long, garbled OCR page shows a jumble of sale notices and classifieds. It lists items for sale including furniture, garden gear, vehicles, engines, farm equipment, and tools. Names, addresses, and box numbers appear scattered amid generic sale phrases and contact details.
An OCR fragment shows a jumble of sale notices and brand names. The piece includes references to tools, plastics, inks, pipes, and household items with scattered brand mentions. No coherent event or single item dominates the readable text.
Classified notices show the Northern District Gacing Association inviting applicants for stipendiary steward and housekeeper roles. Ads list qualifications, demand National Service Office applications, and preference for returned servicemen, with a Cairns focus and multiple business branches in Australia. The copy stacks employment, real estate, and insurance lines under a broad recruitment and sales banner.
Informal notice invites tenders for the purchase of Bedford fruits. Tenders close at the site on March 14, 1885, with the note that only sealed bids will be considered.
Help wanted ad seeks a couple with no children for a permanent home on a farm. Homemaker duties in house and yard described with limited details. Address given as Box 3 Ravens and a terse request for replies to a farmer.
Fragmented OCR shows a community book sale and library hours at Cairns School Arta Library. It lists evening and Saturday access after 7, with numbers toward 12 000 volumes and various prices and suppliers mentioned in a jumbled, incomplete note.
Wanted items listed include a cabin chair cabinet engine sewing machines and furniture. Also seeks various tools and Indian Scout gear. Purchases offered in unspecified quantities with quick payment and delivery.
Text fragment cites unclear references to a plan by the Emir Abdullah of Transjordan and mentions a Jewish state remaining in Palestine. The passage is garbled and omits coherent dates or affiliations, limiting precise reconstruction of positions or entities.
Our Way Correspondent reports Australian troops rescued Moricetta after a teen siege as heavy fighting continued. Destruction of villages and gardens followed the clash with enemy forces while supply convoys and local shelters faced dire shortages. Local residents welcomed advancing units as relief efforts intensified.
Quotations from Grover and Cairns are presented as the following investment stocks. The notices reference Merete Sn heme Neem and a Mr AM Clarke in the context of asset disposition and related market terms.
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