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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 07, 1921
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR notes reference various trades such as stokers cooks painters blacksmiths and roller makers with age mentions around 28 years. The legibility is poor and no coherent event or official action is clear.
Fragmentary OCR text shows racing event details with mixed names and payouts. It lists events such as a 4 furlongs race and mentions a plate with various odds and participants, but many words are garbled making exact names and outcomes uncertain.
Fragmentary article mentions Victoria, Kingston Ontario, and Cairns with mixed items including a proposed ceremony by C P Smith, a public event at a hotel, and references to an astronomical observation in Australia. It lists names Wm Butler and a Mrs Mary and notes a church service with a junior choir and poems for children.
The Post notes a recent re organization of local forces now comprising the Sint Battalion and the Let AGA. Headquarters are at Sant Lieut K A Hall of the Iralian Stall Corps serves as adjutant. Bands and concerts are listed with performances by the City Concert Band under conductor Mr It B M Henderson.
The Townsville court charged an unnamed defendant with murder for the April murder of Marcverie Catterme Mao at Stanley Siding. The accused was remanded until May 13.
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