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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 11, 1920
Page
4
The Prime Minister lifted the embargo on silver-lead exports, aiming to restore market access for Australian refiners and relieve producers who faced deferred payments and a lack of immediate buyers. London metal quotes show mixed futures as markets react.
Brisban e Mor sa MacTaggart Bros report pruned cattle selling across Brisb an and So place with limited buyers. Cows bring steady prices around 48 and 54 Hallocks per head while store stock and sheep show strong demand. horses in poor condition fetch little. Market notes dated March 10 reference varied cattle prices and good activity in store stock and sheep.
The District Executive of the RSSLA met at the Rest Home on Wednesday evening with President Dr Jamieson and members Messrs Brett Stoare Jor Hoare and the secretary in attendance. Hoare reported on the hospital committee letter in reply to executive communications and noted pending proposals for a returned soldier housing scheme and harbor loan compliance. The group considered convening a special meeting to discuss these applications and how Harbor Board adherence to loan clauses has been handled.
A general meeting of Wrinda Farmers Association Limited is called to discuss association matters. Members are urged to attend and participate in the decision making on routine and urgent issues affecting the group.
Fragmentary list of arriving individuals and affiliations appears in a local column. Readers are left with scant readable names and roles, while the rest is obscured by damage or misprint.
A fragmented caption from a historical page notes an event at Greenme Cargo Eatery involving a figure named Retare Peasee and mentions women in a distressed setting. Details are unclear due to OCR errors but indicate a notable incident at the venue.
The piece notes Maxim Gorky’s criticism of the Russian revolution and new rulers. It argues that intellectual regeneration failed and brutality persists. It cites Gorky as an archist whose faith in a utopian dawn waned, comparing his stance to broader socialist disillusionment and state socialism.
A garbled OCR fragment discusses grants and proper organization for ringing over a grant. It references public competition and enterprise, with unclear terms and numerous errors, making precise facts and entities hard to identify.
Fragmentary note indicates an individual named Fryan seeking a temporary sealed agreement or reprieve. Details are unreadable, but the context implies a legal or official term request pending a decision.
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