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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 03, 1921
Page
4
A fragmentary clipping references Eck preparing for a boat event and mentions improved information from a source labeled FT. The text includes jumbled references to names or titles and lacks clear dates or locations. The readable parts suggest a news note about preparations and information updates.
Fragmented notice describes land sale along Tarren River near Mareeba. It mentions Acres Forme Keatog Mapes 7 Siding, fenced forest, 30 acres, and various farm features including corn, tool sheds, and a spring. Details are unclear due to OCR errors but indicate property listing with multiple landmarks and features.
Diverse tender notices and public notices from colonial era sources. Includes invitations for bids, legal notices, and commercial prompts referencing courts, notaries, and government departments. Names and places vary with scattered dates and entities such as RICPATRICK AND WUGHES and Commonwealth-related references.
A fragmented report mentions Taylor and soldiers in a blurred scene with various names and actions. The text lacks clear events, dates, or places, making precise details hard to extract.
Market notes from Sydney on May 2 report copper prices at London levels for Friday, with standard spot quoted and forward tin and silver values in shillings per unit. Prices show copper near 172 to 173, tin around 26 shillings, with silver near 2 shillings per ounce, reflecting local trade and exchange rate factors.
The Friday May 1 event at St John’s Church hall features a party and dance to raise funds for the building. Music by Foster’s orchestra will accompany the evening entertainment.
Reading through distorted reports, the piece portrays a coal mining strike where miners oppose government assistance proposals while factions within the industry push for wage gains and altered working conditions. It frames strike leaders as defiant and cautions against government plans amid threatened mine paralysis.
Fragmentary text notes an event near Abbott Street and Saint Joan's Church with references to a horse balance and an independents group. The readable items include the dates Thursday Fatday and Three May, but essential details are missing. The fragment mentions Svetlana and an unspecified agreement or change in treatment and a ball event.
In Cairns the Premier Hon E G Theodore was greeted by the mayor and received deputations. Report notes civic reception, meetings with council, and discussion of government matters though no definite outcomes are recorded. Also mentions sales at a local property auction and notable fall harvest reports from regional farms.
Murky transcript of a trades council session where deputation from the red Labor Council pressed Mr Turner and Mr Armitage to outline aims of a log export claim. Discussion ranged from meat price reductions, state shop proposals, and the burden on households to plans for a cooperative fund and district allotments to support farmers and public stores.
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