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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 17, 1919
Page
2
Fragmented OCR notes reference mining shares and stock exchange actions with scattered abbreviations and names. The text mentions Clarke, Thompson, Towers, and various offsets, rates, and banks, though specifics are unclear due to garbled wording.
Officials from Die eal and state representatives gathered in Brisbane on January 14 to discuss mine policy and upcoming elections. The conference raised concerns over declining productivity, rising costs, and the impact of material shortages on the region’s mining sector, with comments on cowage and seismic data influencing decisions.
Readable fragments show a Mareeba area auction notice for a cane farm three miles from the Mev stil station and a sale of debts and court matters. The text also covers local advertising for clothing, boots, and household goods at discounted prices, plus municipal society discussions and a casualty notice for Sapper Clarence Mulmer with funeral details.
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