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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 30, 1917
Page
1
Forwarding and commission agents announce auction sales conducted for Borsa and related goods. The notice mentions rough sod dressed tiers and leather items, with contact details via Lyons and a Telegraph address. Includes references to C A J Draper Limited and James Mey Adhoreed Capital Accomslsted Famda Sussex.
A fragmentary page mentions parish areas in Cairns and Mona with acreages and boundaries, references to Formamtine Parish and Bellenden Eer, and notes on September events. It discusses a Farewell Handicap in racing terms, then shifts to a disjointed passage about industrial processes including distillation and tallow, with scattered place names and costs.
The passage recalls a last week battle and a speaker referencing English speaking allies, German bodies, and fallen brave fellows. It hints at aims of publicity and propaganda without clear attribution or full context.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions officers, drill, and lockers with likely misread names and actions. No coherent event or outcome is identifiable.
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