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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 29, 1922
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR notes reference lanes and intermediate locations around Cairns Post Office, mentioning Babinda and periodic days including Monday Wednesday and Sunday, with scattered terms like veins and sales. No clear event, dates, or concrete entities beyond Cairns area.
Mayers annual sale highlights sensational gifts and discount lines across drapery, calico, and men's goods. The advertisement touts striking price cuts and stock clearance options, inviting shoppers to purchase at reduced rates during the event.
An OCR fragment lists numerous shipping and railway schedule items with arrivals and departures to and from Cairns, Babinda, Port Douglas, Milles, Banabinda, and other ports. It mentions vessels Kanowna, Nautilus, Morinda, Canberra, Canbera, and others with arrival estimates in late June, early July, and various days of the week.
Wholesale butter shows a slight uptick with quotations around 7/2 and 3/1 per cwt. Other goods include bran at 9, sweet potatoes at 3/7, and prime hay values about 4/3. Prices for hides, oats, and potatoes vary with regional demand, while the market remains competitive for buyers and sellers alike.
The market showed erratic moves with wool prices varying by quality from fine to coarse, notes of firmer demand for merino and other grades, and a further 3 per ton rise in prime tallow selling around 12 pounds 38 shillings, with color grades cited.
A garbled Post article fragment references local individuals including Swell with hint of Roar, and mentions Leeson and Dussaces in an onsite context. Details are unclear but imply a community or political event with several named persons.
A fragmented account discusses loyalty standards and public displays of patriotism as debates ensue. It cites a ministerial directive to recite the Union Jack and anthem at school, notes indignation over a flag burning during May Day events, and mentions a deputation marching Macquarie Street with flags seeking audience, amid political tension and profit motives.
REG SIMMONDS thanks those who fought the fire on his premises Monday morning. Cricketers and other sportsmen are invited to a meeting at the Court House Hotel tonight at 8. The piece also discusses British institutions and colonial tensions with a mix of local notices, weather, and transport updates.
Community notes cover a public auction at Saturday July 1 with two silvered items and a tablelands business promote aid, plus police court cases, a Royal Havel sale verdict, and local merchants advertising discounted clothing and boots. The report mentions McKeown winning a chopping time of 25 seconds, a court verdict in Cairns, and sales at Trail and Winstone's carnival of bargains.
Fragmentary report notes Mina Kearney and Mareeba Atherton linkage. Mentions certificate from Rowsl Academy and plan for wage preparation. References Miss Kearsey, Mike Clarke, and Atherton contact, with unclear context about recitation and preparation tasks.
Ambiguous notes describe Warsich Armstrong and other players as part of a wrestling or sport event at Cairns Park on a Saturday or Sunday. Mentions a secretary of Calrue District Hospital and planned fund raising activities, including a May night event, to support a local representative team and school children. The article conveys enthusiasm and tentative lineups for an upcoming sports gathering in Cairns.
The Presbyterian Congregation Kota Suhail hosts a welcome gathering led by J. Wara and A. Sinclair with Mr. W. J. Scholl as Church Secretary. Supper is provided by the congregation and the Principal will speak on college work, followed by a charity invitation. Sunday evening the Principal leads the service at St. Andrews Church with a large congregation anticipated.
Land Commissioner CJ F Miller oversaw an auction in Mareeba District for perpetual sea ice and town allotments. Lot 12 offered 54 perches at 50 pounds upset price. Harold Arnold held 12 perches at 40 pounds. Dundee George Homock and another bidder secured two parcels totaling 2 coils 66 perches for 40 pounds.
The article reviews proposed measures on betting and taxation across New Zealand and Australia. It notes discussions of abolishing bookmakers, increasing or reducing taxes, and potential prison terms if betting firms profit for private groups. Debate centers on where tax revenue should go and how to curb gambling profits.
Mareeba reports list of stock movements including Mareeba to Kamhal and Atherton routes with 120 bullocks and 14 paddocks, Meehan and Havers consignments of horses and bullocks to Dunber, Syennary Bille, and Narowie. Also notes drovers, cattle to Burdekin Downs, Normanton to Forsayth, and general transport from Eumara to Innisfail with 182 breeders on route. references to new device for bullock handling and local development updates in the Mareeba region.
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