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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 23, 1941
Page
3
Scrambled OCR text shows references to bank accounts, balances, payments, and meetings. The jumbled lines mention a secret Br Ba, Sears rewards, and a tally of assets with phrases like cash boom balances and bank account. Names and places are incomplete or garbled.
Long OCR fragment recounts December 1535 and May end balances, trustee McNamee and The Union Bank, with references to payments to the trustee, costs, and commissions. It mentions a 5 percent commission, redistributions, and ongoing examination of accounts including a Bank of New South Wales matter. The text also covers Bowls Cairne Club moves and a sports section with table results and player names.
The readable text notes a game with scores 15 to 10 and mentions names and a date phrase. It is unclear and partial but indicates a sports result and possible participants or teams.
Fishing notes report a team event with W Young scoring 38 points and Henderson 14 in a be blue bream contest. The reef angler next outing is set for Saturday with February weather conditions guiding attendance. Anglers planning to go should notify G Ernst or G Hull to arrange accommodations.
January 2 supper and celebration honoring Samuel Adams and the Soteman Adqussion. L. Mathieson presiding, with Cathy and Miatis assisting. Citizens urged to join the event in Gordonvale.
Conveyance departs Grainers Store and Ferguson's Store on Sunday January 2 as listed in Townsville Saturday and Sunday publication.
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