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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 16, 1921
Page
1
Shipping agents and sailing notices from Port Douglas to Cairns and Babinda advertise auctions, land sales, and real estate in the region. Items include 84 acres under cane, 33 acres under cane, farming implements, horses, windmills, and terms of sale. Also listed are homes for sale and a live auctioneers office in Cairns with multiple properties and equipment on offer.
A jumble of job ads and sale notices appears with dozens of Wants Known and ANTED KNOWN headers. Listings seek laundresses, yardmen, clerks, a tailor, an office boy, a house to rent, live poultry and fruit stalls, and a mix of hotel staff and vendors. Also offers include real estate, livestock, and farm equipment with prices and contact details.
An extensive sale notice outlines multiple farm properties in Gordonvale with hundreds of acres under cane or scrub, live stock gear, and equipment. Prices range from £100 cash to £8,000 with terms including cash and yearly installments at interest. Details cover crop yields, acreages, lease options, and available improvements.
Auction details across Cairns listings include multiple farms for sale with terms, 45 to 70 acre blocks, 16 to 32 acres under plough, and houses with kitchens bathrooms verandahs. Also included are urban dwellings in McLeod and Florence Streets, livery stables, and a large hotel offering with leasehold options. Auctioneers Woodward Calder and McMahon & Co. provide private sales and livestock listings, plus furniture auctions at the Mart Lake Street and Cairns addresses.
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