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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 28, 1921
Page
1
A jumble of notices shows auctions and property sales, stock adds, farms, dairy works, and forwarders. Cairns firms McMahon & Co, Woodward Calder, and J. Draper Ltd advertise land, cattle, and real estate with terms and contact details. The page includes hotel notices, theatre ads, and public meeting calls, reflecting a bustling regional commerce scene.
A public notice announces a special meeting of renters at Allan's Shop on Sadie Street. The gathering is scheduled for Sunday, January 0, 1021, with details indicating a jailness concern and secrecy implied in the minutes.
McMahon and Co have instructions from Mya Kohler to sell by public auction on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. the whole of domestic furniture and effects. A later listing indicates a launch from Townsville on Saturday morning for Port Dol town, with cargo details to be obtained from ABIRPSEY Flower.
The notice lists Phumblig along with Businews on Main Street Atherton and mentions a Sanitary Engineer and Rie Stemensie in association with the transaction. The fragment hints at a business transfer or ownership change involving local entities. Further details are unreadable in the OCR.
A scrambled OCR yields a listing of properties on SACHS STREET SHERIDAN STREET MINNIE STREET and others with mentions of rooms, kitchens, bathrooms, and leasehold terms. It describes cultivation, boundaries, and farm sections, plus business listings for STOREREEDING, AUCTIONEERS and TAXATION specialists.
An ad for Riveda Remedies offers simple home treatment to promote health and happiness. It markets a twenty year successful record and invites readers to write for address details at 73 Queen Victoria Buildings.
Butler and Comilcion advertise 100 acres for cultivation with 14 arrears cleared. Features include fenced area, water supply, house, stable, two horses, paddock, and green manure fields. Terms: 16s per acre upfront, balance on favorable credit. 130 acres offered with 28 acres planted, splendid layout, delivery business for sale, and other farm assets. Potential buyers urged to inspect before deciding.
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