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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 25, 1922
Page
4
A mixed notice page lists farm meetings, industry speakers, and freight rates. It also advertises a benefit concert and local church services with times for Methodist, Presbyterian, and gospel events, urging community attendance and noting contact details for arrangements.
A damaged OCR list records departures from Cairnn to Melbourne on February 24 under Captain R A Sharland. The roster includes numerous names and titles such as Tierney J Stes Hamilton Thomas Sp ell Rhotand Kingsbury Riordan and many others with variations and likely misreadings, plus several children and staff.
Maritime brief lists ships and routes with departures and arrivals including The Argmac Lass Gowrie Lass Gowrie Carpentaria and other vessels. Mentions Cairns Townsville Cairns direct from United Kingdom and shipments of logs and saws. wireless updates and sailings for early March.
Fragmented text describes parcel mail routing from Croydon to the United Kingdom and British Empire regions, with rates and timing notes. Mentions daily fees, closing times, and forwarding procedures, including inward and outward channels. References Hatbarion, Brisbane, and arrival times, with unclear dates and mixed place names.
The market eased as lambs and cattle trading showed lighter activity. Wethers and ewes were steady, with prime textilem lambs around 4 shillings, while cattle yards held about 1500 head. Prices and values shifted slightly from the previous week as buyers remained cautious.
The week's market was competitive with strong early bidding and steady demand for mediums and full wool, but prices softened later. Trades covered several items including free kin goods and various wool products, with notable activity in sheepskins and tall wool, while competition remained intense in several lines.
A State Conference of the Returned Soldiers League endorses views from Admiral Sir William Creswell and Sir Edward Mitahad urging northern settlement on Australia's northeast coast. The piece notes caution about publicity, references to Washington armament limits, and calls for official sanction and defence readiness amid Melbourne and Sydney discussions and a Bank of Commonwealth speech.
The fragmentary text suggests a plan to acquire something for ex-service residents and carry out work under a foundation with the port of Kin or Gees, referencing Rieti Street Edward Mitchell and Amste Howse Melbourne dated February 2, 1922.
Fragmented obituary note reports Sergeant John Kenneth McDowall of the Cairns Police Force dying at Chiews District Hospital on a Friday afternoon. The text contains garbled lines but indicates he was married and about 46 years old, with prior service and residence in Cairns.
The page mixes car and soap ads with garbled OCR for Dodge Bros cars at 605 and a bath soap claim, plus other items like perfumed soap and window products. It notes a March 1 holiday in Cairns observed by businesses and a social event with the T. J. Tisk BeGutmanter notice, culminating in a Band performance and evening amusement.
Members of the Al de Ladue are asked to meet at AMayonte Hall at 2:40 p.m. on Saturday to follow the late Broter ReDonal to Cairns cemetery. The notice also mentions reproofs and new goods ads, a Cairns Police Court murder proceeding, and various unrelated retail items and prices from a local shop.
Members of the Cairne Operatic Society and Hand combined announce a benefit concert to aid Mr O Chatting, an early patient in hospital for twenty weeks. From Beale branch and Drishane households, many locals plan musical performances to raise funds, with details and dates forthcoming.
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