This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 23, 1942
Page
2
A fragmented local item describes a stage event at the Star Theatre focusing on performances and personnel. The piece mentions planned staffing, a production crew, and a scheduled Sunday appearance with billing including named performers and collaborators.
Treasury figures show a general account balance of £136 with £2918 outstanding. Communications discuss rate collections, delays in notices, and a request to write to authorities about notice dispatch failures. Talks cover curtailment of expenditure, ambulance vehicle pilferage issues, and proposed weekly unit meetings for next year to address disease prevention and local authority housing.
Readable fragments praise sniping in war as a skill and industry. The piece discusses the sniper's autonomy, camouflage, and stealth, noting Australia should train and organize snipers and citing Russian experience and illustrated examples from military literature. It highlights how keen perception and silence yield strategic advantage.
Fragmentary OCR style summary outlines wartime production elements, chemicals, and equipment references. It mentions antiaircraft tools, labor notes, and various coded terms, with scattered names and places, hinting at broader industrial mobilization and material shortages.
The Millaa Millaa Notes report a Wednesday June 8 meeting chaired by a resident at Mix Elemensan. Roles filled by Mrs Bush as secretary, with Rose, Gunnelive, Bers Simat, and Mrs. Meek noted for arrangements. Ambulance stats through June 18 listed two accidents and six office cases, plus nine cases connected to a drive. Mercury in ammunition price rise and a discussion of shell production and explosives manufacturing appear in later items.
Fragments discuss German invasion, battle odds, and civilian attitudes during 1941. References to Soviet letters, German citizens, and Nazi officials describe public perception of the Red Army and German military actions. Mentions percentages about wartime sentiment and censorship.
Unclear OCR notes mention an ambulance related event in BorDs with July dates and wall strataned terms. The fragment hints at a local social or fundraising dance linked to ambulance services and a board or boardstrataned meeting. Further readable context is needed to confirm specifics.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.