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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 10, 1911
Page
1
Townsville and Mackay bound steamers set weekly routes with Keppel Bay and Sunstate Mowiay services. Schedules show Towdale, Cooma, Peretine, Palmer, and Townsville departures with Sunday arrivals and Monday returns, including midweek hops to Mal quem yer shainwary and Weluiene.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Fearnley and Od, continents, Melbourne, Adelaide, and vague voyage, with garbled names and places. The readable fragments hint at an ocean route via several ports and a possible competition or meeting. No clear event or outcome is discernible from the noisy source.
The fragment references income tax arrears, proposed tax rises starting at 5 percent, and government aims to fund insurance schemes. It notes voting tallies from a late Neithing election and mentions figures for Unionists, Liberals, Labour, and Nationalists. Names such as Lloyd George and party leaders appear amid discussions of policy and arbitration.
The council notes discuss monthly tariffing, nuisance inspections, and road work. Items include requests for street repairs on Porter's Road, concerns about pavement and ruts near Tootoothe, and the need for inspector attendance. Debate centers on budgets, open roads, and project approvals.
An incoherent fragment from a newspaper page mentions a repair issue, a bridge connection, and payments totaling 695 5/8 with terms in doubt. It also references Dr Sheldon’s New Discovery and an advertisement for a patent medicine, all obfuscated by garbled text.
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