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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 15, 1945
Page
6
A jumble of job ads and sale notices for varied trades and goods. Warnings about apprenticeships, carpentry, plumbing, and service work mix with numerous “FOR SALE” and “WANTED” lines for items like machinery, furniture, and household hardware. The scattered names and places imply a bustling classifieds page with many local opportunities.
A fragmented advertisement page lists estate agents and services with references to managing agents insurance furniture and fittings. It mentions property listings and contact points, with names such as DOUGLAS and CHILLARE, and notes on furnishing, services, and household goods as part of a broader auction or sale context.
Dense OCR text merges notices on property sale and statutory creditors from Cairns Queensland. Mentions sale at Feluga via testy, with details on acres felled and implements. includes a statutory notice to creditors listing William Herbert Jack Magill Ethel Way Fagersthom Bernard Fagerstnom and local officials, dated May.
Notice to shareholders that the annual general meeting of the company will be held at Ly k Theatre Slave's Hall on Wednesday 16 May 1848 at 10 am. The agenda includes election of directors, nominations close on 9th, with details to the Secretary.
A reader letter questions who organizes and profits from liquor black market protection. It laments soldiers seeking a quiet drink and hints at backdoor access, reflecting concern about illegal alcohol trade and public complicity.
Reader asks if Russia would declare war on Japan and aid the Allies, noting various Allied actions and recent landings. The letter from Mareeba questions Russia's potential role and requests guidance on the broader war effort against Japan.
A fragmented historical note describes using Double D Eucalyptus for throat and chest relief. It mentions applying rope of the product on sugar, inhaling sapours, mixing with water, and gargling with a diluted solution, recommending care twice daily.
A fragmentary OCR shows references to stock and share brokers, banks, and war loans metals. Names such as Tunney, Clarke, Bromer, Cane appear amid scattered city and financial terms. The readable items hint at investment activity and market chatter without coherent narrative.
A Sydney letter surveys how government and citizens should share war risks and finance social welfare. It notes the costs of defense, state departments, and public insurance benefits, urging peaceful cooperation and cautious expenditure while highlighting industrial trials to reduce worker stress and headaches through factory color schemes.
Fragmentary OCR describes air fleet ideas and the Martin Seabee planes, noting heavy loads and range. Mentions four hundred tons carried, speeds within factors of feet and years, with several machine terms and unclear references to pilots, patents, and routes.
The document lists prize allocations including First Prize £6000 to Tracey and associates, Second Prize £1000 to Me for NM Praltis and Sesh Cote Reipers, Fifth Prize £300 to Family Fthb with additional names and numbers scattered. It records contestant names, numbers, and place markers in a fragmented 1970s style lottery result page.
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