22 Jun 1911
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 22, 1911
Page
1
Fragmentary text mentions Sydney Friday and an arrival by Lise Meeuurne with garbled lines. No coherent event or individuals clearly identifiable. data too damaged to extract a factual summary.
Incomplete OCR fragment references July 15 and August 14 events in Goshen and related schedules. Mentions Changsha and Marseilles, with scattered place names and dates. overall text is garbled and uncertain about exact actions or participants.
In a garbled passage a clerk and men discuss opium handling and testing. The text suggests tasting or burning opium and mentions officers inspecting hands stained by the substance during a 19th century inquiry.
Testimony describes seized opium items found in a potato sack near a kitchen lock up. Witnesses recall fear induced statements and ongoing police investigations, with claims that opium was manufactured in Australia and bought from a white man on a boat.
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