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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 24, 1916
Page
4
Local notes show a jumble of names and figures including Usmane May 22 and references to vendors and performers. The fragment hints at a weekend event with various participants such as avian Smith and Letty Kentiwerth, with scattered prices and times. The readable items suggest a community fair or yard sale atmosphere.
Fragmented OCR of a sports article describes a basketball game with players Te Gree and Meron, mentions Fab as a date hint, notes juniors and seniors, and references scoring and team dynamics. The garbled text includes names such as Ailen e Mak Searee Servion and Pumas, with scattered details about play and outcomes.
A large audience filled the Heboot Institute Thursday for an auction to raise funds. Speakers praised Mareera and Serge, while rain threatened the town. Survivors and relatives attended, with condolences voiced for the injured and hopeful notes about recovery. Local funds and the Red Cross saw support amid damp conditions and scattered interruptions.
A garbled note describes an unusual place with smogged air and sparse comforts for visitors. It mentions a table and the greatest of King’s Leno and sourd ers in a distant Arptenas era context.
Fragmentary claim of a medical remedy for back pain with unclear Latinstyle terms and repeated references to application and heat. Mentions Chamberlans Pain Rabin and an unnamed Vain Uhm with supposed relief, plus safety warnings and keeper notes.
FrRayB Hotel Carrs listing shows Geo R Pratt proprietor with telephone contact. Public notice fragment notes hospitality business and local directory listing.
The report from Ey Jarvis details experiments on poisoning grub stages of the cane beetle in soil as a remedial control. Rainfall and warmth influenced the green muscardine fungus activity, attacking larvae of the beetle. preliminary soil infection work continues, with a focus on practical field application for growers.
A jumble of local notices and brief items — including dental ads, travel, and appointments. Mentions of Dr Steid throat pasties, shipments to Babinda and Mareeba, visits to Cairns, and staff transfers at the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney. Also notes on recruiting, local vendors, and a Ipswich pioneer's death.
The notice lists items for sale including a diesel engine and a dynamo plant with switchboards. It advertises a refreshment room and soda fountain plant, a sugarcane project with 1 month old plants, land leases along Russell River, and other sugar land leases with terms and prices.
A fragmented auction like listing details 130 acres of sugar farm land near Lake Street and Mareeba with houses, vacant allotments, hotels, and leases. It mentions nine or more properties including farms near Norman Park, Kuranda, Cairns, and Mareeba, plus an oil engine and a piano for sale.
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