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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 25, 1921
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR shows Cairns Shire Council and Harbor Board election notice for chairman. Polling day set for July 7, 1921 with listed polling centers including Wandonnell’s Creek and Stovale area. Details are garbled but indicate polling locations and official bids.
Notice announces polling day on July 23 1921 for Calina Girls and Infants State School as polling place. Rabinda Town race meeting set for July 9 1921 at Harvey's Creek with 440 added money. Postponed meeting to Federal Hall on Monday. applications for positions to be sent to W F Seymour-Howe General Manager Secretary.
Fragmentary OCR lists many names such as Wing and Maer, Sivan, Au MaColy A, Johnson, Rae Gare, Wakefeid, Grew, Paty, Martin, Philp and Co, Lids, with no clear event or context. Likely a column of arrivals or introductions in a period piece.
A fragmented July 30 entry notes water readings and names such as Jane Bet, with unclear affiliations. The garbled line points to a local brief on tide observations and a person named Bet, offering minimal readable detail.
Fragmentary OCR summary notes ornament copper and lead prices and metal quotations. Mentions Sydney market, London quotations, Thai pay, and intermittent symbols with unclear figures. Content appears to track metal pricing across markets, but lacks clear dates, entities, or outcomes.
Market notes show prices for bread and weevily goods fluctuating as demand waned. Several bags condemned by the department inspector, with inferior quality lots discounted. Sales ranged from 9 to 6 shillings per unit, while hay and root vegetables saw mixed bidding and some prices accepted below expected levels.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention the cargo steamer Ceduna sailing to an unknown destination with reference to courts, delays, and a possible shipment misstep. The text is garbled but hints at maritime movement and testing or inspection at Troe Cruige Chemist.
A long, mixed-page clipping covers South Sea Islands policy shifts involving Tokyo and colonial plans, naval strategy, and reactions to Matsumur cruise. It includes probate news, a Gordonvale social event and auctions, school reopens at Mount Carmel College, and municipal election nominations. The item also notes harbor and transport updates, local classifieds, and notices from the Cairns Shire and Barracks with references to public works and invalid returns procedures.
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