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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 06, 1945
Page
6
A dense page of 1943 classified listings shows items for sale including household goods plants and furniture. Multiple personal ads and job notices appear alongside real estate offers and wanted requests for a wide local audience.
The fragmentary text references a local association or group name with unclear details. It appears to be an OCR error message rather than a coherent news item. Further readable content is required to form a proper summary.
A garbled market note references Ware Brean Mader and several local names in a speculative sale context. It mentions permanent wrens and inquiries, with unclear dates and places, suggesting a planned but confused commercial event.
An unclear notice lists various names, places, and references to tenders, deposits, and officials. It mentions a Masonic Club Rooms, Abbott Street, and an Atherton Cady Chrome Wister Watch, with a district engineer signing. The text is garbled and mixes locations, committees, and bid instructions, reflecting a damaged historical page.
Fragmented notice reports cancellation of a dance event by the Services Club. It mentions concrete drains and floors, a realigned funder for a game, legal notices by Lloyd W. Ball, and a list of unrelated items including investments, libraries, and medicines, all mixed in a damaged OCR page.
A reading shows a classified notice seeking a quiet couple for residence and care duties. It mentions rental rooms, a residential phone line, and nearby services, with preferences for a furnished setup and discreet, reliable occupants.
Canberra reports figures from the Bureau of Census and Statistics show about 620,000 women employed in Australian industry and rural work, up nearly 200,000 from prewar levels and up 200 percent in 20 years. Officials warn this poses postwar challenges to male employment and debates equal pay, job sectors, and rehabilitation of ex-service men amid wartime to postwar shifts.
A fragmented listing shows International Wanvested Co of Australia Pty promoting farm machinery and services. The notice mentions Cairns, Wanelba, Port Douglas, Mount Garnet, Mount Molloy, Chillagoe and various towns, inviting consignments and outlining brokerage terms.
Sir W. F. Falls submits two corrections to his musar article in the February Cairns Post. He notes the sugar price figures should read 17 per ten or 17 per ton, and adjusts Brewery turnover figures for cane dietries, detailing a farmer’s net income of about 960 pounds after costs and wares.
Deeral residents with 40 years in the cane belt protest the state of Mowhra District roads. They complain the Cook Highway back road is a mere bite of cattle pad with washaways and a foot-wide surface, and that Spring Creek bridge has waited 20 years. They urge bitumen from the Cook Highway to the main road and lament long delays forcing people to seek city living.
Editorial discusses natural beauty and the value of preserving green spaces. It argues for removing harmful pests and pruning invasive plants to maintain an appealing landscape. The author questions destroying trees and roadsides and urges planting and protecting shrubs and young trees for a healthier, scenic area.
An alleged motive cited by Edward Bemerge centers on a dispute over a hotel bathroom. he admits killing Mrs Pierce by striking her with a hammer after luring her to a hotel room. Police allege Bowater aided the crime and transported the body.
March 4 report notes important amendments to Nations Security Landlord and Tenant Regulations. Government and advisory committee discuss extending protections to tenants who genuinely require property for own occupancy. Proposals include applying rules to sub-tenants and possible three month postponement of order execution in special hardship cases.
From London March 3 The United Nations and Greece finalize a formal agreement reported by The Times Athens correspondent. The document outlines no military commitment, pledges supplies through ARILA and agricultural distribution via normal commerce, and assigns rehabilitation projects to government agencies with oversight.
A United Press report notes that around one in 100 Greek Jews in London and Athens faced persecution during German occupation. In Athens about 48,000 Jews existed before the invasion, with only 300 remaining after events. many were killed or sent to camps in Poland or elsewhere. Repression intensified as the occupation continued.
March 3 report from AAP describes a reunion in London attended by General Sir Alan Brooke and relatives including Basil Brooke, Bertram Brooke, and Baril Brooke. The piece notes their roles in the General Staff and military positions, with references to high rank and naval connections.
A fragmented report from Ingham notes a February incident involving a tractor plow and a fatal or serious injury. Ambulance crews attended, with local authorities and the General Ecsipial overseeing the response. The text records railway activity, repairs, and subsequent inquiries, including ranges of compensation and equipment arrangements. The writing is garbled but centers on a worksite accident and emergency response.
In a cryptic report several groups and individuals named in connection with operations near Eclipse Milking Marine and multiple locations including Qurensland Saenwrly Linnvery Cap Truck and Beller, are described as assisting or coordinating actions. The text lists names and vehicles such as White Trucks and Revie Enginew, with references to Ramus Boek and Som Hai Riden.
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