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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 06, 1916
Page
2
Town schedule outlines upcoming events with games at Mackay on Saturday and Friday. Readers are informed of times, venues including Foot Tempina and Canteen, and mentions of Towne Laws 9 and local officials preparing for meetings.
A damaged OCR item reports on lat fare adjustments and port notices with unclear names and scattered details. The readable fragments indicate charges and potential procedural notes affecting travelers or freight, but specifics remain ambiguous.
Fragmentary OCR notes list firms and towns in Australia including Charters Towers and Cockle Creek. Mentions of offices, companies, and persons appear unclear with many garbled terms and misspellings. key names and places are difficult to confirm, but reflect a mining industry context.
A garbled world war II era clipping discusses medical remedies and public health advice including malaria and fever treatments. It references water purity and sanitation as well as British and German forces, with scattered mentions of locations and individuals. The text is irregular and partially unreadable but centers on wartime medical and social concerns.
Fragmented OCR notes list various names, dates, and costs related to mining forms, reserves, and extended contracts. Key terms include Mt A Clerks, sherbet, Steve reports, Nadeem, St Nadeem, Tyreseerll, U6 patent, and 9 HR Tordemeatt.
The readable text mentions a Mother and Baretta amid a discussion of elections and community concerns. It references a committee, a planter class, and reactions to poor residents and farmers, suggesting a local civic debate and social aid tensions.
Police report a German deserter tried to hijack a car near Parramatta with a young woman as passenger. The driver George Victor Law was threatened with a revolver after refusing to surrender his vehicle. The abandoned car later appeared at Middle Harbour Baths, Blue Mountains, with no trace of the suspect.
Fragmentary line reads that the Explanade decorations included a rotten basket and torn paper. It suggests there are places other than Chinatown needing the Cairns Town Council's attention.
Bahoy e Wise of North Queenland announces a wedding to be held at 8 in the morning on a Saturday with services at Keremin and a gathering in Townes after the ceremony.
The court stated that a defendant who fails to appear may have bail forfeited in full. Since the defendant pleaded earlier, a different outcome like discharge or a trial was not possible. With no appearance, the judge ordered arrest and forfeiture of the £3 bail.
A large Austral Theatre crowd enjoyed Professor Tipper’s cycling feats on tiny wheels plus a lengthy film program. Audiences applauded as he rode a ten inch bike and a six inch cycle, showing remarkable balance and control. The show also features "Trey of Hearts" and other attractions in a varied program of entertainment.
J M Roschiade aged about 70 dies after a paralytic stroke weeks before his passing. He helped pioneer the district settling maize farming and timber trade. Funeral Thursday at St Mark's Anglican with burial at Yangaburra cemetery. Sympathies expressed to his widow and daughter. An outbreak of diphtheria prompts school closure and planned new school building hangs on funds. A stockholders meeting for the Red Cross Society farm is planned in Wirringabarra.
A fragmentary report notes Cairns youth showing a rowie on Saturday. The text mentions wheet with mica and a local scene, but details are unclear.
The readable portions reference a Soviet leader or event but lack clear names, dates, or location details. The fragmentary OCR yields insufficient context to determine a coherent summary or identify entities.
The report describes quiet activity with rare attention to the Wager Board Contermace airing at Hutton's Millard room and questions over evidence and pricing of rum k, themes, and potatoes. mining remains active at Memtet with Antimony tensions, Peters backing Michell, and a local inspector opening a stern market amid miner protests and experimental work.
The Federal Treasurer Mr Fug xs arrives in Britain for talks with Millagquin Sear Refining and S S Company on a 1916 sugar agreement and 1915 crop terms, covering refining and sale of sugar from Queensland and Queensland crops for 1917, with projected yields and regional supply notes. The Geneva Sugar Experiments indicate 28 000 tons in Carrm district and 178 000 tons in Lower Burdekin, with Lower Burdekin supply tight.
In Brisbane on June 5 Mr Mubry reported three metdl trades from the department of Public Works. The minister noted the trawler should be manufactured locally and secured as soon as possible to join the fleet. Sir Theodore said the Government aims to build trawlers domestically if cost allows and inquiries will be made to pursue this option.
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