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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 11, 1921
Page
2
Fragmentary notes describe a proposal to form an auxiliary body named The New Settler of Australia Victoria Brant. Conversation references safety, social peace, and providing practical open choice while reducing costs, but the text is garbled and incomplete.
A brief notice reports plans to cut wages in response to the increased cost of living. The move targets officials and workers impacted by pay reductions and economic pressures.
In Brisbane on March 1a the public service matter involves government title examination and claims. Mr Story is slated to represent the Government on the public service claims and a railway department lawyer is expected to appear for the other side, with decisions awaiting delivery.
British finance notes show a March 10 estimate of service costs with a reduction to 1 148 281 000 for the current period. The document outlines savings from pensions, maintenance, and other service areas, plus broader reductions across wartime expenditures and imports.
A terse report from Brisbane dated March 10 notes renewal of British Queensland service via Torres Strait and a return to England. It mentions a trade test under existing conditions and a 1908 origin with annual rate about £40,000.
March 10 report from Brisbane notes ongoing work on erecting auxiliary navigation aids at the peak fleet site. The project faces material shortages but aims to complete the light and related signals to improve coastal safety and vessel guidance near the Queensland coast.
Wheat held on March 1 totalled 100 bunkers or 20 percent of the 1920 crop as announced from Washington.
A broker named A H Clarke lists fragmented notations with dates and sums unreadable in places. The garbled lines reference contracts, payments, and locations such as Morgon and May, with multiple dates like 19/6 and 28/9 appearing in a scattered ledger style.
March 10 ends in tata wigan ger or no. Steere remanded Gertan hie in CEATH.
Readable fragments reference a regional event with names and places but lack coherent details. The passage appears mistyped, with repeated phrases and unclear subjects, hindering precise identification of people or organizations involved.
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