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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 09, 1942
Page
6
Local notice lists horse racing dates and events with details on Saturday gatherings and venue hints. The schedule mentions slots for races, ambling contests, and a test meet. Notable names or exact venues are unclear due to OCR errors but reflect planned fixtures and concerts around racing days.
An uneven blend of phrases and garbled terms references various programs, values, and names in a jumble. The readable parts touch on costs, ethnic mentions, and scattered proper nouns, but no coherent narrative or actionable detail emerges.
Saturday greyhound racing card details and results show winners and times. Names and entries are mixed with unclear OCR fragments but indicate expected race outcomes and participant dogs.
Amateurs in the fishing notes section report on local angling, with stray phrases indicating contest details and names such as Ban Tin and Mur ar Buudere. The readable text is fragmentary and garbled, offering a snapshot of pastime notes rather than a full feature.
Fragmented notes describe an anti aircraft device with mentions of War Office and agencies. The text references publications of wartime security, a person named Gerrans and a claim of deemed publication across papers. The fragmentary piece hints at surveillance and vetting in the press amid ongoing conflict.
A fragmentary item appears to list responses to a prompt about entertaining style. The readable text hints at study or guidance on hosting, with references to art and "Sock" as a possible misread term. The piece remains incomplete and lacks clear names, dates, or locations.
The Main Roat Commission issues notices seeking applicants for positions including cast clerks electric welders blacksmiths tractor mechanics and grader operators. The call emphasizes skilled trades and clerical roles within city departments.
In a district report growers contest that consequential war damage insurance should cover cane crops if mills are out of action, arguing crops lose value without a crushing mill. The piece details mill operations, sign-ons, labour shortages, and crop harvesting issues across Mourilyan, South Johnstone, Goondi, and district mills, with figures on cane acreage, worker turnout, and industry strain amid wartime disruption.
The Ingham district outlines severe manpower shortages for sugar cane harvesting amid war conditions. Reports show about 180 cutters, with rest of labour drawn from mill area and militia releases. Farmers face reduced attendance, aging workers predominate, risking crop and sugar output.
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