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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 12, 1918
Page
1
The fragment lists fields such as mechanical engineering electrical engineering surveying shire engineering architecture and drafting craftsman commercial illustrations and conveyancers exams. It reads as a historic vocational promo or notice seeking readers with these trade skills.
The War Derby described from Winning Post coverage at Newmarket on the July Course, with twelve horses weighed for the New Derby held two months later due to Jockey Club suspensions. Invincible led early, Dark Legend and Danselion surged, Gay Crusader found an opening, and Danselion edged Dark Legend by a head to win with Invincible fourth in 2 minutes 40 3/5 seconds, amid a crowded paddock and brisk prices.
The writer notes German New Guinea remains a German territory under occupation and praises Australian administration led by Sir Samuel Pethebridge. He argues the region, rich in tropical products and resources, could recoup wartime borrowing for Australia and may even be desired as German territory after the war.
The Department of Justice announces that Sergeant E. Loch, acting clerk of petty sessions Normanton, is named registrar for the Norman electoral division within Burke and Cook districts, succeeding the late E. B. Dunne. W. Reddie, acting clerk Childers, is appointed electoral registrar for the Childers division of Burnett and Bur rum. H. T. Andrews, clerk Titles Office Brisbane, is appointed.
The fragment references deafness, names such as NICKOLAS ASPRO TM and N Pirin, and mentions quinine with a vague safety claim. It reads as an incoherent note about effects and a remedy, lacking clear events, dates, or identifiable entities beyond the names and substances.
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