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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 20, 1913
Page
4
A garbled OCR passage references a prominent Cairo figure, Gov Sir aadieger, and a joint committee by CRE Auger Co Ltd and Shine Concel. It hints at public duties, taxation, and royal acknowledgments involving George V, with unclear details on the event or location.
A noisy pageant in Mareche Town featured the Town Band marching through the streets and crowds, with pupils from Local State School joining in. Officials and police assisted as crowds cheered, flags waved, and decorations brightened the scene amid talk of national war and future prosperity.
A 1918 gathering in Townsville heard speeches on the Mount Mulligan coal mine and a northern railway, urging government support to extend the line toward Port Cairns and boost industry, population, and regional development. Officials and businessmen from Chillagoe, Cairns, and surrounding shires attended the meeting.
Fragmentary OCR describes a fire at a Murchison Ink facility causing rapid collapse and deaths. Inmates reportedly unable to escape as authorities investigate the blaze and its aftermath.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions governor and pledges but is garbled. No clear events, names, places, or dates are readable to summarize into a factual news item.
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