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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 01, 1945
Page
6
A flood of small ads lists items for sale and services with scattered cleanups. Reads like a 1960s classified section noting For SALE engines stoves boats and furniture alongside WANTED clerks laborers and domestic help with locations and contact hints mixed among garbled OCR text.
An old classified style notice advertises permanent waving and setting services at multiple salons. It lists contact details, locations like Wake Street and Atherton, and phones for appointments. The piece reads as a chaotic collage of salon names, services, and stray phrases.
Fragmented notices reference merchants and services with garbled names and scattered phrases. The readable items suggest a general notices page listing merchants, lodging, shipping, and international trade, but most content is indecipherable.
The document records the MISEEL Anemis monthly ACW gathering and a Special General Meeting at Stareebe for the School of Arte Rall, plus a tender closing on Monday May with bids invited for the purchase and handling of Molasses Mud and associated material for the Tally area. It specifies requirements for tenderers to have adequate gear and to submit endorsed tender documents by the closing day.
A garbled stock market snippet references shares, loans, and bullion in Australian markets. Mentions include Morgan and various banks, with scattered terms like New Guinea, gold, metal, and broker activity. The readable entities imply a financial page noting prices, quotes, and market moves without coherent narrative.
A reader reflects on the English character while describing a day in the House of Commons. He notes the mix of urbanity and sharp wit among leaders like Churchill Bevin Greenwood and Amery, the rapid interruptions, and the ritual grandeur. He compares ministerial informality with the formal proceedings and praises the tradition.
Fragmentary text shows a jumble of names, places, and phrases. It mentions Ranhaloe Resta, Legrands, Evelyn Higiwae, Wilind Miles Deon, and various odd terms. The content is garbled and presents no coherent event or entity to summarize.
In the Wings journal an account recalls Zero fighter pilots threatening to attack during a night tense scene near Darwin. It describes radio chatter, improvised jeers, and a vivid picture of air combat nerves from the RAF and RAAF personnel.
The leaders discuss expanding aluminium production postwar, with Canada’s Aluminium Company of Canada aiming to triple its prewar workforce and resume modernized manufacturing for cooking utensils, paper chemicals, and water purification. Government support pledges £3,000,000 Tasmanian aluminum plans, while global markets and price policies push steady, low-cost production.
The article outlines development and roles of Britain's aircraft carriers led by HMS Hermes and other carriers. It highlights their size, construction, and facilities, including crews, medical and repair capabilities, and hangar designs. It notes carriers’ key actions from the Taranto raid to convoy protection, Mediterranean landings, and attacks on Japanese supply lines.
A garbled report outlines a surrender request linked to a land permit issue. The text mentions authorities, authorization, and a potential surrender action, but the readable fragment provides no clear names, dates, or places to identify involved parties or outcomes.
A Commonwealth report notes large bauxite deposits in New South Wales Victoria Tasmania and Western Australia and outlines Australian aluminium needs for the next century. The survey identifies key sites at Murong Emmaville Verell Bunbury Marulan Crookwell and near Perth with potential annual production around 000 tons.
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