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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 17, 1945
Page
6
A dense OCR page shows varied ads and notices including steamship sailings, sale offers, For Sale and Wanted sections, and scattered miscellaneous items. The readable fragments reference ships or schedules alongside numerous classified ads for vehicles, real estate, machinery, and consumer goods, all presented in a busy late 19th or early 20th century column.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a recruitment style notice seeking service, national service, cleaning, and various positions. Mentions Cairns and Queensland Trustees Lag with garbled names such as Crotty and a reference to junior shorthand typist and accompanist teacher roles.
A garbled list describes items lost or found including a brown purse a security card a pass marked Deuone a ladies sandbag and clothing items a small canoe gold items and various requests to return belongings to owners. Details are scattered with incomplete names and locations.
Unclear ad fragments describe furnished and unfurnished housing options, boarders wanted, and a possible room share. There are stray lines mentioning a five adult family, impecable apply details, and contact box placeholders for responses. The text appears garbled with inconsistent spellings and stray letters.
An appeal titled Australian Relief for Italy (Migreebe Branch) registered as a charitable organisation seeks donations of blankets and chan for war-wracked Italy. Receipts issued directly from the committee and named donors appear in the request, with fund-raising through local venues and weekly activities noted.
A historical survey recounts a multi leg effort to chart a road between Cooktown and the Daintree, detailing sections from Cooktown to Rossville and Granite Creek, total lengths around 54 miles, with connections to Bloomfield sawmill and Gray’s farm. The party faced scrub and poor visibility, leaving a three person party to survey toward the Daintree and note alternative routes via China Camp and the Bloomfield–Daintree watershed.
A fragmented notice announces a general meeting of the CWA and associated groups tonight Tuesday July 11 at 9 o clock. It requests attendees listed to represent Celimm Ip Towhsvide plus several speakers and officials including Henry Weiss and Frederic Maccer Giles among others, with inquiries directed to the secretary.
Dated 12th day of July inspection announced by Commodore RAN Mayal and Auctioneers Walders Secretaries. Auctioneer Mr Atherton Fo Box Maize Mused and Dairy Properties to be auctioned. Trust and reputation stated, public notice of sale by estate and property gallery.
A proposed vehicular link between Cooktown and the Daintree remains the focus of discussion. The plan highlights a short, practical route via the river crossing, existing tracks, and future bridges to unlock timber, mining, and agricultural development while stressing minimal disruption and economic benefit to nearby communities.
An officer of the AAP was forced into the sea near Borneo when his plane sank. A Catalina rescue arrived but could not locate him until a town-sized tobacco tin used as a signaling mirror attracted the crew’s attention. The officer was saved after eight hours afloat.
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