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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 14, 1948
Page
8
Advertisements list numerous FOR SALE items including farm equipment, tools, furniture, and vehicles. Mentions of Bolton's, a range of garden and building supplies, gas fittings, seeds, and household goods. Several entries specify contact notes and locations in Queensland areas such as Cairns and Mareeba. Many lines resemble old classified style with scattered pricing and product descriptions.
Local ad list of trades and services for builders and home repairs. Mentions stalls and suppliers, watchmaker, tyres, stair cases, rusted retractors and refrigeration rust, with several business names and locations such as Bunscotts Depot and Abbott-street Catrea. The notice highlights inspection and advising services and special reunion for country users.
Fragmented OCR text references parlor services, a business listing at 84 Ladee street in Catran with a contact number 3416 and various names such as Atherton, Beane Cairne, Hughes, and MCRENZIES Moderniene. The snippet hints at a sales pitch or directory card for styling or household services but details are unclear.
Public notice announcing a tender by the Honal Electricity Board for sale of sewing items and related components. Details are unclear but mentions bids, contract terms, and a purchase process with contact or location references.
In a fragmented notice a farm and other properties are advertised for sale with questions about price. The text references a sale at a fixed price and mentions individuals such as Deaton Acie and Teel. The wording is garbled but indicates a public sale of real estate and possibly livestock or equipment with a stated price of 240.
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