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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 24, 1921
Page
4
Property listing describes 90 acres fronting a river with woodland, good barn, corn crops, and a portion under crop. Includes a large detached cottage, four-room house with verandah, near a tollway and railway station. Prices and terms noted with terse postal-style details.
Classified note indicates MRE Hughes presents new wine sets at Melbourne House located near Abbott Street. Details unclear from legible text but suggests a display or sale event on Abbott Street. No dates or prices provided.
The fragment lists a general meeting of Teamsters and Cuttera of the Tabler lund to be held at Teeramon on Thursday March 11 1921. It mentions A Lewis Co as agents for London Lancashire Fire Insurance and invites money remittance with cheque details. There are multiple notices for specials meetings, social dances, Easter cricket events with Cairns and other teams, a smoke concert at Strand Hotel, and an Easter church service at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church with times and participants.
Thomas CTS and others are invited to attend the funeral of Martyn Cater Pife. The service will be held Thursday afternoon at Rag en rouw, with Reuueneid Salon as the venue. H. M. Svendsen, Undertaker and Embalmer, will oversee arrangements.
Fragmentary OCR notes list arrivals and crew mentions including captains and passengers among named individuals. The readable items reference vessels, places, and people such as Crowes Rueber, Cooper, Lowrie, and Sealey with unclear roles. The text appears as a garbled maritime roster with partial names and destinations.
A runaway cart collided near the railway line causing an undignified exit and a horse reined in at a fence. The horse was recovered, a bystander helped stop the cart, and a hospital visit for the animal was noted. A second report details a steamer departure and local trades ads with multiple small notices.
Incomplete text details a wartime supply note mentioning malted barley and free seed. lacks clear entities, dates, or a complete event. Further readable context is needed to identify people, places, or organizations involved.
The report lists London metal quotations for Tuesday March 21 with figures for copper tin lead and related forwards and spots. Prices shown include forward and spot rates in pounds and shillings, noting standard and electrolytic copper entries and related metal values.
Reports from the district note ongoing rainfall with the heaviest downpours concentrated this month in Mulgrave and nearby river areas. Forecasts predict a brief improvement later, but flood risks persist and daily news remains sparse on the broken weather updates.
Cairns Show Society reports progress on the annual calender of events with increased receipts. Local jockeys and riders plan to forward entries as nominations open for the two day racing program in Cairns.
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