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Newspaper

Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

Feb 29, 1916

Page

1

Mystery Letter Treasure Hunt at Cairns Pictures

A Cairns audience prize game offers thirty-six cash prizes plus free passes tied to a serialized Mysterious Letter mystery. Readers collect duplicate scraps published weekly in the Northern Herald, assemble a complete letter, and submit it for grand, second, and third prizes announced in the Herald.

Serait Cairns Comeccsian Oryly Marc McGraak Tle Australia Nis Stars Herald Cairns Victores Stanley Hargreaves Fone Mystery Cairns Pictures Northern Herald Cairaa + ‘Theatre Silieg Screem Hera

LOXDOS DIRECTORY Published Anomally And Sale Markings

Fragmentary OCR notes describe a LOXDOS DIRECTORY anomaly and pricing markings. It mentions an export listing SimewayTs and unclear references to steamship routes or port statements indicating sailings and prices. The readable items suggest compilation or cataloging issues rather than a coherent event.

Ambiguous Trade Listings From Cairen Area Merchants

A damaged OCR excerpt lists multiple firms and trades including sales agents for Australian Mest Co, forwarders, licensed plumbers, and galvanised iron workers. Names and locations are fragmented, with entities such as Tolga Agent and Newmarket Hotel referenced, suggesting a local business directory or advertisement page.

Timber and mill services offerings with quoted Belictis extracts

The notice advertises Rough and Dressed Timbers Joinery Turnery and bandsaw work with mould quotations by letter or at the mill. It cites extracted Belictis material and outlines paid capital reserves and premium income figures, indicating a complex financial disclosure embedded in the timber trades listing.

Belictis Dicasso Imameco

Speed records and evolving auto tech threaten new marks

The article surveys early 1900s speed efforts in America and Britain detailing record attempts, notable racers such as Anderson, Gann, and Grant, and advances in car design. It notes varying track types, speeds over 100 mph, and innovations like fuel-saving devices and reverse-gear lighting, highlighting the high-stakes racing scene and industrial progress.

Dker G. Anderson Astor Cap Saab New York Anderson Brooklands Enghod Howe Harry Grant Chicago Sincomoen Warner Boars Irea Strel Bern Tom Lee

Pests Threaten Orchard Crops in New South Wales

A 1913 1915 note warns of nocturnal pests decimating orchards across New South Wales. The article urges urgent, systematic eradication efforts, detailing fox predation effects on native tree food and the need to study pest habits. It calls for winter spring actions, fox drives, and expert evidence to restore fruit prospects for 1916.

Sydney New South ‘Wales

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