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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 29, 1912
Page
3
A period advertisement promotes a country store sale offering dramatic reductions on ladies wear and linens. Items include calico knickers, chemises, nightdresses, underskirts, aprons, napkins, towels, nursing shoes, and lace shoes with marked discount prices shown for single and per dozen quantities.
Community notices from Cairns list travelers, arrivals, and sales. Local residents return by the Matunga and Suva with plans to visit Bris bane and Thursday Island. Remnants of linoleum for sale, and a wedding announced for Mr. J E Hooper and Minnelete Barmstt.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a garbled note on shapes and models with unclear names and context. No coherent event, date, or organization can be determined from the legible portions.
Reports say nightly water outages persist in the city despite available supply and pumping capacity. Officials cite an undersized main failing to meet demand and warn residents of continued restrictions as repairs are planned.
The government plans large pastoral holdings in the Northern Territory with 2000 to 4000 square miles for cattle grazing and freeing works to connect vast runs. Small lease areas of about 100 square miles would support local cultivation for store cattle fattening, aiming to boost breeder profits and fattener gains. Arizona ranchers are said to be eyeing investments in pastoral leases.
A scattered London sports blurb reports scores and player mentions with garbled names and numbers, highlighting a match where Diggie scored but details and outcomes are obscured by OCR errors. The fragment mentions Lindrum and Bradford in a context suggesting a defeat or contest result.
A garbled text fragment questions government health sacrifices and mentions fat as wholesome food. It references Dr Shel in a vague context and does not provide a coherent event or clear names, places, or dates. The piece appears to be an OCR error or nonsensical clipping with no identifiable news subject.
Mrs Hughes and Chliss Smith list a four choice waterskirt selection including a neatly embroidered deep flounce piece, priced at 6 dollars. Also available are camisoles from 1 shilling 6p, night dresses from 2 shillings 11p, and combinations from 26p.
An old time advertised remedy claims rapid cure for wastes from dust heat fires and exposure. It promises relief from fevers, pests and mosquitoes with antiseptic drops. Available at stores and mail order from 44 Rourse Street, Wel hatin.
Fragmentary OCR shows a ledger style mix of house types and prices in Draper area. Items include houses and cottages with figures such as 400 1000 450 350 285 590 700, but text is garbled and locations or dates are not clearly identifiable.
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