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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 01, 1914
Page
2
Reports from Cairns Harbor Board note silt in the channel as the Trinity Bay dredge widens rather than deepens. Ships forced to anchor delay voyages to Port Cairns while officials plan to restore minimum 20 foot depth and resume proper dredging to enable oversea steamers to reach wharves.
A chaotic scan of notices and ads from Freshwater includes a Sunday celebration in Mesa, a NEPDUESS trial, medicines like Mulgrave Headache Cure and Kelly's Hair Tonic, auctions by J G Hearne, cattle arrivals for Munro and Co, and fashion posts from Cairns era shops. It also mentions a Cairns St Jehan parish meeting and various clothing and hat sales with prices and vendors.
The readable portion shows garbled text referencing government matters and a control or directive. No clear event date or named individuals to identify a specific news item.
Exceedingly smart and becoming styles in evening and dance attire with lisle garments, elegant ribbed bon, beads and gloves featured as attractive novelties in the season collection.
Fragmented text reports on a sporting event with Cairns and Lyell COP mentions. References to Thompean, Mcintyre, and Calman No 1 team. scoring details incomplete. A post repr esentative cites rear virco and congratulations to representatives.
At Maytown Police Court C. B. Bower faced charges with a Chinese butcher and a granite business matter noted. A case involving horse stealing was referred to the Circuit Court to be held in Cooke on September. The court heard theatre program details including acts and performances at the Palace Theatre.
Fragmentary OCR shows references to Dr Godfrey Morpas and discussions of appointments in the upper house. Mentions of committees, reprimands, farming, and property reviews appear tangled with names like Crum and Chewnthew. The text is largely unreadable and inconsistent.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a report on local accounts tied to FH. Mentions Chillagor and Devlin with names J. and Alachaner, suggesting a distribution or posting to hinterland and coastal towns. The text is garbled but indicates ongoing coverage.
The notice lists fabrics and apparel for weekend shoppers including towels, household textiles, dresses and gowns, ladies wear, sport coats in various brands, and blouses. It mentions cotton damask normals and decorative trimmings with generic color notes and price hints. The ad conveys broad shopping items and quantities without clear sale specifics.
Readable fragments describe a diverse sale of textiles and ready to wear items. Includes lace cottons muslin and patterns plus men's suits and mohair attire. Prices and sizes vary with listings for collars capes and tweed garments.
Fragmentary text mentions a voyage and a search party near Arlington. Names and places are garbled, with references to a boat, timing, and a Ram Gro group, lacking coherent events or dates. The readable bits point to an incident with a boat and a patrol, but specifics are unreadable.
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