25 Jan 1944
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 25, 1944
Page
1
New stocks arriving daily and a call to tweet for what you want. Ather service and radio stock notes mention batteries and a device named “Ataartist” with a Paris reference and a Telephone 2182.
A dense clipping shows auction notices jobs and sales ads from Adelaide steamship and local agencies. Listings include wanted cooks reporters drivers milk suppliers and dairy farm help plus sale of goods from farm equipment to household items and fruit orders with box numbers and delivery notes.
Confidential 1944 memo lists quotes from Adelaide to Brisbane across diverse stocks and commodities. Names include Burns Philp South, Campbell Dunlop Rubber, Dunlop Rubber, Moreton Central, Forests Products, Palace Pictures, Samuel Allen, Tagula Plantations, United Provisions, Victoria Nyaras, Woolworths, and multiple banks and provisions houses. The document notes prices and listings in a broad stock and commodity snapshot.
Weather was fine and threatening with a healthy green after storms. Several players attended a rally. new grass shooting in all directions. Competition proceeding slowly but set to resume next weekend with strong attendance expected. Beasley shows slow recovery in Canberra. sub-branch AGM scheduled with financials and officer elections.
An editorial lament on fruit and vegetable production and marketing wide upending urban gardens and markets. It argues for organized distribution, rational pricing, and stronger leadership to prevent shortages and waste, urging suburban growers and a coordinated plan across producers, railways, and government bodies. It cites price pressures, transport hurdles, and the need to reduce double freight and improve distribution efficiency.
A wartime dispatch describes young airmen from South Australia to New South Wales taking part in a long bombing mission over Laibobar Island. It recalls the searing heat of north western Australia and the brutal pace of operations as crew members share fatigue, camaraderie, and danger. The account honors captains, lieutenants, and officers who faced enemy air opposition and intense training while awaiting interrogation and meals after missions.
From former US Ambassador Grew comes a narrative of early Japanese war days while he and his diplomatic staff were interned. He recalls police stirring crowds outside the American Embassy during the fall of Singapore, the crowd’s taunts, a balcony moment with a handkerchief, and Japanese reactions. He offers a warning about market forces and distribution, urging organized intervention to aid producers and avoid world upheaval.
Fragmented OCR shows a mixed listing of winners, subscriptions, shop goods, and summer necessities. Mentions a commodious ending room, school of arts, library with 12,000 books, subscription rates, deposits at Cairns Penny Savings, and various goods from Moynahan's including soaps and summer tonics. Contains numerous garbled names and prices, with no clear cohesive event.
Multiple small ads seek furnished or unfurnished rooms for rent and bachelor or married couples. Includes offers for double rooms, meals optional, and early 20th century postal box contact references with weekly rates and box numbers.
At Atherton on January 24 a heavy shower reduced attendance for the Saturday meeting. Racing across six divisions included Merrimeade, Cuban Solo, Bravo, Proud Boy, Ace Sox, and Trixie with multiple close finishes. Results note lengths between contenders and times for each division amid wet track conditions.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a non electric waving device with mentions of permanent waving and a model named Eugene. The readable elements resemble a product or salon display in a Buchs venue with a ladies invitation and poetic phrases.
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