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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 15, 1945
Page
6
Multiple WANTED notices from a multiple sources seeking aid for balers, workers, and labor in the Cheng area. Names like Susy mie gee and Alea an appear among references. Other items show a mix of sale and service offers and various contact details.
Fragmented OCR yields a jumble of job notices and agency references. It mentions Wanted Juror Cheek, claims for reweaving lit aspley, and various “Motel” and domestic service postings. The garbled text lists agents, trustees, and insurers, with scattered names and terms.
Fragmented OCR text lists various names and items without clear context or event. It mentions a lost Green fountain and several personal names such as Tanya, Ben, and Clete, plus references to a reward and a post office. Details are too garbled to determine a coherent incident.
Fragmented OCR text describes a public servant housing notice mentioning furnished and unfurnished flats or houses. It references location parcels around central areas with mentions of rooms, houses, addresses and a call to apply. The text includes terms like Rent Unfurnished House and permanent Furnished Flat amid scattered street names and notes about public servant housing.
An OCR filled notice mentions latest newspapers and magazines available to subscribers at a location in the city. It advertises ten subscription slots per year at a price and lists various services like gardening, seeds, furniture removals, and general contact prompts.
Local ad lists salon offerings including hair styling, waving, permanent wave services and pricing. Mentions contact details and location near Alberton with a phone number placeholder. Notes various styling options and appointment information in a compact classified style.
A garbled page listing assorted items from tyre service to real estate and machinery. It mentions Cairns based firms and personal notices, with references to service, insurance, education, and equipment sales. Reads like an index of advertisements and public postings rather than a single story.
Fragmentary notes describe alleged bribery attempts linked to knife sales, with exchanges about pricing at four and a half, and a trader pressed for favorable handling as Christmas trade peaks. Witness statements reference Everett and Deed discussing regulation interpretation and urgent requests for service after Christmas.
The defense contends the complaint fails to prove essential bribery elements. The Stipendiary Magistrate declines immediate dismissal. Everett, posing as a Price Fixing Commission officer, allegedly purchased a knife and inspected invoice, discussing margins and prices with shop staff amid claims of bribery intent and black market concerns.
In Cairns the monthly general meeting of the whare Brann is announced for March with a secretarial note. The Mull project by TULLY CO-OPERATIVE SUGAR ASSOCIATION LIMITED seeks materials excluding rails, balls, and fasteners to be delivered to the job and accepted for tramway and bridge construction, with a 3 group guarantee of thirty pounds.
Unclear text with multiple garbled names and places. Contains references to a Mt Seay, a teacher of elocution, and a national bank, plus chamber and Cairze. No coherent events or dates emerge. cannot determine a clear story.
In a December 2, 1944, shop testimony the defendant faced Senior-Sergeant Garvey and Constable Pitts over alleged price fixing. Everett and Hall testified to bribe-like offers while Garvey pressed lawful ceiling price compliance, leading to a £30 fine and costs for breaching price regulations.
Delegates from Australia and New Zealand urged joint international control of great air routes and active participation in a world security body. The Canberra talks, tied to a broader Pacific welfare and UN food body agenda, stressed inclusive regional involvement and a central, shared effort in global governance.
The War Shipping Administration reports a U S cargo vessel was torpedoed by Japanese submarines. One crew member was killed and another is missing. Survivors were rescued by an Australian vessel. The freighter was crippled by two torpedo hits and then brought to port for repairs.
A report from London outlines anticipated air terror involving bomber aircraft. It mentions Junkers 42 transports, remote control systems, and evolving radio guidance tech as Britain braces for continued aerial threat and defensive developments.
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