Morimin Visit to Port Moresby Noted in Local Rites
A fragment notes ar J Wis rites proceeding in the morning with a visit to Port Moresby. The readable text hints at ceremonial actions linked to Morimin customs and a coastal stopover.
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 16, 1914
Page
3
A fragment notes ar J Wis rites proceeding in the morning with a visit to Port Moresby. The readable text hints at ceremonial actions linked to Morimin customs and a coastal stopover.
Incomplete OCR fragment presents betting odds and names without clear event, date, or participants. The text mentions a pair of bettors and numbers like 5/8 and 0/0, but no verifiable event or outcomes are given for a proper summary.
A garbled entry describes yesterday morning and a farewell by friends. It mentions biting winter fogs and a desire to avoid colds, with several unreadable phrases and names. The readable bits suggest a personal note or diary fragment rather than a formal report.
The Cairns council board and Cairns Hospital committee will hold their monthly meeting this evening. Mr. C. W. T. F. Resmi, general manager in Australia of the Union Bank of Australia Ltd, who has been away from Melbourne on a visit to London, returns by the BES. Mr. James Bruce, formerly traffic manager of the Victorian line, is noted in an unrelated update.
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