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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 28, 1942
Page
6
A garbled turf page notes racing action and trainer jockey details across Albion Park and other venues. Mentions Gill Boy, Harlequin nose, and Australian connections with mixed clarity, listing horses, purses, and upcoming events in a fragmented, period-voice style.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a bowls event with teams and seating notes. Mentions Mag Atay 4 and Myr We Rous tags. Specific details and outcomes are unclear due to garbled source text.
The text appears as an OCR laden collection of scattered names, teams, places, and partial phrases from a sports card section or tournament notes. It includes odd spellings and missing letters, with mentions of locations like Mesa and Rome and players or teams such as Morey Antrohiens and Wars, yielding a fragmented, unreadable record.
The fragmentary report mentions Rockets and Cuties teams, several scorers and a junior game. It references Benet, Brothers, Brathera, Bich, and Welng schools with unclear scores and players, including a referee and a donation line.
A chaotic account of a Chil Hoapital committee meeting chaired by Mr Kiernan with resignations accepted and salaries totaling 2720/4 approved. References to Labour Director, health department, and various names appear amid fragmented notes and dates.
During World War I thousands were inoculated with a typhoid vaccine derived from a carrier blood sample. An American army lab found a carrier in the Panama Canal Zone whose blood yielded eight gallons of vaccine. The carrier remains unnamed and under medical supervision while the vaccine is supplied to the Army Navy Public Health Service and governments upon request.
A fragmented historic notice mocks moving between Camberwell districts. It lists tasks such as changing address, notifying post offices and military authorities, insurers, utilities, tax offices, and vehicle registrations. It ends with a cautionary moral to not move.
Innisfail July hearing opened before the Police Appeal Board on the case of former Constable Pohlman amid allegations of relief fraud. Key testimony described payment records, ration tickets, and alleged misappropriation involving Barnard and Brown or Russo with officers detailing receipts and bank vouchers.
Advertisement item lists job opening at Singhbrisae clerk and sales of limited quantities from Draper Pry Ltd. Mentions De Gravt Seas sale delivery and Abbottomtrest Caires. Also references Mulgrave farm, Bowen Hospitals, probationer, and certificated sister positions at Collinsville Hospital and Prosirpine Hospital.
A brief note shows terse replies titled Answers to What Do You Think and includes a cryptic line 2 it and Behlene STAT SSS sce syenen. The fragment offers no clear event or dates, but hints at an informal Q A or survey snippet in a local page.
Fragmentary notes show a fundraising event titled Women’s Share in Dovelei that raised funds during July. Attendees included Mena Creek, A Bethel, and Mr W Paden, with donations returned and mentions of balance and amendments amid unclear details.
Board of Health investigators uncovered slot gin whisky brandy and rum in many New South Wales hotels over recent weeks but could not prosecute due to legal difficulties. A scientific officer notes increasing trafficking risk and warns of declining quality as competition grows. Publicans purchase branded imports at high prices and smuggling remains a threat as distillers face cost pressures.
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