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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 22, 1945
Page
6
A stream of classified style lines shows FOR SALE, WANTED, and sale notices. It includes real estate, farm machinery, household items, and services with scattered names, locations, and prices interwoven in the garbled text.
A garbled notice listing numerous trades and vendors such as mechanics, brickwork, fences, and contracts. The OCR text mentions individuals like Breiger and Cosgrove and references services including garage work, braks, and general trades. Several fragments appear to reference locations like Esplanade and Upper areas and mention years and monetary figures.
A cluttered local page details numerous lost articles and rewards including a gold bead keepsake, child’s black shoe, horn-rimmed spectacles, a ration book, a box with money, a draughts of addresses like Cains Railway Station and Esplanade, and notes about stores such as Cummins Store and Box Thestre. Rewards are offered for returns, with contact street references scattered through the listings.
The notice certifies that William David Ishmail has a nomination for the Hospital Board election due at 3 pm on Thursday. Edward Blackmore is Returning Officer. The document includes fragmented, garbled text about officials, signatures, and disclaimers, typical of an official civic notice.
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Fragmentary OCR notes mention various terms including Pecasin, air conditioning, machinery, testing, and a business-like line urging to “rend your order now.” The readable segments reference a contact in Cairns with a PO Box, but specifics about date, place, or event remain unclear.
A garbled OCR text fragment contains mixed letters and phrases with no clear narrative. It shows scattered names and partial words, lacking coherent events, dates, places, or people to identify a news item or topic.
Mulgrave Shire Council opposes a government plan to reorganize hospitals into regional districts with a single representative for both city and shire councils. Delegates argued the council, with two local hospitals, should retain a voice on boards and highlighted costs saved under new rules. The council voted to protest the proposal.
Australian YMCA and Salvation Army volunteers aid troops on Tarakan by delivering tea, writing materials, and personal items. They travel to front lines with food, paper, and shaving brushes, creating a mobile comfort service as soldiers move through No Man's Land. A news sheet and captured Japanese materials help relay end of the war news.
An official bulletin from Brussels radio reports King Leopold IIlness unable to attend events. The statement notes stroke fever trouble and medical impossibility to travel. The transmission confirms his condition and hospital status with updates on care and prognosis.
Tobacco leaf pricing and grading notes from Mareeba listing many dates and small quantities in pence per pound and prices for various lots, with references to Brisbane grading and bulk handling. Items include numerous d values and abbreviations, with scattered figures and fractional shillings, detailing different lots and lots names.
Fragmented text lists numerous short codes, dates, and measurements with scattered references to shorts, shorts sizes, yards, and various alphanumeric labels. The legible bits include inconsistent mentions of abbreviations and numbers without coherent events or entities to anchor a clear item.
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