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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 03, 1919
Page
2
Property owners are invited to submit particulars for allotments sections and improvements. Deposits and weekly instalment options offered. Includes houses and hotel leases while towns and country plots are available. Write for price list and prompt reply.
In memory of our dear brother and uncle Suisley Spencer killed in action. A fragmentary note from a family remembrance references England service, graves, and memorials. Named relatives Whitty and Laine appear in the uncertain text.
Market notes from Brisbane record June 16 auction activity for skins including cows bears and wallabies. Fenwick & Co reported mixed demand with higher qualities selling but overall dull trade. prices for scrub wallabies rose about 50 percent while other skins showed variable values. Buyers remained active amid elevated average rates, with several lots selling at or near quoted figures as weights and quality influenced outcomes.
The Royal Commission heard evidence advocating pig raising as a valuable adjunct to dairying in the Atherton Tableland and Herberton areas. A bacon factory linked to meatworks on the Barron River is proposed to feed a growing regional demand, with rail expansion to connect Port Cairns and Moranbah boosting cattle and meat exports and creating local employment opportunities.
A semi formal gathering was held at Barry's Hall near Saturday at 4 pm to discuss the Caieas swichrageh of the Meio Sars ani Soldiers. The Imperial Teasue of Awe will be at the Rest Howe, Cairns, with elated guides and sainty otars present confirming security and schedule for the event.
Two cases of suspected unsound funds were heard at Cavens police court with medical authorities reporting a man to be released after noting drunkenness. A second patient, a 60 year old, was remanded for medical attention. In politics, Tableland progress is showcased with meetings in Yungalurra and East Barron and a push for broader reconciliation within the Farmers Union while Day Labour debates surface over town hall construction and efficiency of the system.
Fourteen hotels have changed ownership in the Catras licensing list, affecting properties including the Carts align Criterion Simi Exchange Newmarket and several town hotels in Catrans. The note lists names such as Batrau falls, Wimvow Jack Central IGo donvale and Mulgrave, with ongoing ownership of Ti ial Tramway Raiway Roy. Donen's For Oice Parecs Chat Comey House Empire.
A garbled OCR passage mentions Poe the Pie wel and a town projection with scattered names and unclear events. It references Sam Edwards Fr Company, committee, family, and an upcoming meeting but details are unreadable.
The readable fragments depict a garbled narration with scattered names and terms. It references names like Bertin Matias and Triteland and mentions stages and sponsorships in a disorderly fashion. Overall, it reads as incomplete OCR noise without a clear event or structured report.
A garbled OCR passage presents a dense jumble of clothing descriptions, names, and partial titles. It mentions satin, silk, striped garments, and various female names, with scattered references to a Miss Murphy and others, all in a fragmentary catalog-like style.
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