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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 05, 1919
Page
2
The notice reports arrivals related to shipping and public advisories. Names and places are partially obscured in the OCR, but the item indicates official communication about vessel movements and associated public notices. Further legible details are not provided in the readable fragments.
Fragmented OCR text records a Saturday May market page with mentions of Kitchener blocks, commodities like compote and coal, prices in odd formats, references to Australian and London metal quotations, and Sydney markets with lead and silver readings. Names and dates are garbled, but the item depicts a mixed commodities and financial snippet from a historical news page.
The text appears as garbled OCR of a local election notice. It suggests upcoming events and candidate names, with references to voting and a night meeting. Readable specifics are unavailable, but the piece implies civic engagement and scheduling around a formal vote.
A town noticeboard item reports a mixed auction by Mr J H Gestun and others at Rewmarker maleyarda with household items and six roomed house on Victoria Street offered. The page also notes a Welcome Home social, coronation of a postmaster’s farewell, and local council by law updates amid weather and public notices.
The text fragments discuss workers and employers, wage terms, and labor relations with references to Austri, ships, farms, and several named individuals. It mentions labor reduction, retention money, and disputes over white versus nonwhite labor, with questions about employment rights and industry policy amid tense social conditions.
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