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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 28, 1938
Page
7
About 100 cane growers attended a Mossman meeting on January 22 presided by W. Johnston. Debate centered on appointing three delegates to Marrs sugar talks and urging a higher home price to relieve export costs, with support for better state government cooperation and wage conditions.
The Gretna marriage register is cited with details of unions and identifiers. The notice references ceremonies, consents, and age requirements, indicating a formal listing in the local record with names and dates implied by the fragmentary text.
Fragmentary wartime report notes English men facing danger in a North Atlantic theatre. The piece references a ceremony and public sentiment amid conflict, mentioning Scotland and English speakers. It implies hardship and tension among troops and civilians during a perilous period.
Two starving men and two women endure a grueling ordeal on a desolate moor between Fowlers Berk and Derwent. Norah Leary perishes after collapsing in deep snow. companions carry on searchers and struggle for warmth, food, and survival through a brutal night. Authorities and rescuers recover bodies and aid survivors in the aftermath.
A fragmentary historical recount describes intriguing events around a night assault and a Duke issuing orders. It mentions Charles IV, rebels, a search for written authority, and a fatal order linked to a death warrant. Names, places, and dates are uncertain due to garbled OCR.
A reminiscence from Mon wag Memorieg by William Rothenste about a youth in Unford and a Paris life marked by order and beauty. The author recalls strolling by the river, gardens, and the Botanical Gardens near Magdalen Bridge, with memories of Thames views and tranquil English countryside.
A historic article reports on a device called the Phagodynamometer to measure bite force. It describes a jaw power tester with teeth gauges and tests across foods from boiled tongue to steak, noting jaw strength limits and that tooth crushing, not muscle, limits bite, with measurements up to about 380 pounds.
An odd and garbled list of claims about Australia and distant places. The note cites a Columbia teacher compiling a bizarre set of “bowlers” and statements on Australians, Eskimos, Walloonas, and Tasmanians, mixed with misremembered facts about salmon, Canada, Japan, and the Panama Canal, all reflecting misinformation and confusion rather than reliable reporting.
Two men and a neighbor were involved in a fatal dispute over a penny near Warsaw. The court imposed ten and seven year terms in penal servitude after a heated argument over a geese and a sea of two geese, ending in a murder. The case centered on a disputed debt and a neighbor’s deadly action.
Fragmentary record mentions Corona stamps and a treaty era, with numbers and places unreadable. No coherent event or identifiable entities beyond generic references to stamps and an exo term.
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