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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 06, 1916
Page
4
The text appears as a jumbled OCR scrape featuring numerous personal names such as Babe Ade, Lady Samee Porter, and Tomer along with scattered numbers and times. It reads like a disrupted list or schedule with unclear context and many garbled phrases.
Race notes describe a series of events at the Berane meet with entries like The Athen Part Races and the Picton Handicap. Results show won by Fame with a time around 1.28 and multiple horses and handlers named, including Palmer’s team and Gent as contenders.
Wellington reports on district football games with results for Todd, Brown, Quirk, Kelty, and Denice, plus mentions of Masters, Ory, and Mayers. The column notes upcoming matches, band performances, and public interest in watch events, including the marching and timing of results.
The New York Sun correspondent interviews Fort Grey who accuses America of a great refusal and urges a new world peacemaker role for the United States. In London, Honig reports aircraft bombings and intensified British front activity near Arras, Loos, and Ypres with trench raids and continued bombardment.
The communique states Bre halted a German attack preparation near Hill anp, the enemy attacked Fuminwood slopes northwest of Fort Vaux. Our machineguns stopped an advance and artillery damaged three German batteries in Caurieres wood. We dispersed the enemy in Caulette wood and shot down two German planes while claiming one fall in our lines.
Paris reports a semi official note from Verdon describing the enemy as rushing to end the fight to delay Allied offensive. The continuing 24 hour battle shows stubborn resistance and apparent revolt near its peak as heavy fighting persists in the area.
The brief casualty list from Brisbane in June records 725 names in the tally including 104 Queenslanders. The summary notes fatalities or injuries with brief identifiers and references to the night’s service event.
Allied troops occupy Balomnika port and telegraph offices in Salonika. Picketed detachments guard streets as armoured motors patrol. Greek authorities relieved. post office seizure ends Greek censorship in favor of Anglo French control. Fort Vaux bombardment reported near Verdun. French counterattacks repulse enemy.
Melbourne reports the Peters Ministry plans a relief expedition in cooperation with the New Zealand Government to rescue the stranded party led by Commodore Mackintosh. Negotiations discuss sharing costs. Imperial Government to cover remaining expenses.
Melbourne June 4 the Governor General sent a cable to the Secretary of State for the Colonies conveying birthday congratulations to His Majesty the King on behalf of the Government and people of the Commonwealth of Australia.
In Warrnaboo, the Legislative Assembly contest ended today with Liberal candidate J. Deany narrowly defeating A. Pearce of the Labor party. Final tallies show Deany ahead by a small margin amid a low turnout.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a claim that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy shortens time for a certain course run after a prior system service. No clear dates or names beyond Chamberlain referenced.
A collage of small items mentions Dr Steic throat pastilles, tailoring at F Mason Mareeba, Mr O Donnell’s Cairns letter, G Alley Gordonvale painter, and Kelly’s Corn Cure. Mentions of industry figures, a mining corps recruitment, and a Methodist or school transfer in Royant War. Also notes about diamond livestock, clothing ads, and a Sydney Melbourne engineer visiting.
Property lists describe an immediate sale under an eleven years lease for an area of 160 acres, all under sugarcane and under the plow. About two thirds are in cane, with first crop expected to yield around 1000 tons per acre, totaling roughly 7000 tons before Christmas.
Local notices advertise sale options including 160 acre dairy and poultry farms near Myola and Mareeba, 45 head stock and plow implements, and land parcels near Oaklands, Mareeba Tolga Kuranda Cairns and Norse Park. Various houses freeholds hotels and leases in Mareeba Herberton Cairns and Esplanade residences offered.
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