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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 24, 1945
Page
6
The Cairns Post page items show a flood of FOR SALE and WANTED notices across categories. Listings include household goods vehicles tools farm equipment and real estate with prices contact details and delivery notes. The dense classifieds highlight postwar consumer activity in May 1945 with buyers sellers and exchanges across town.
A flood of job notices and service ads from Cairns and surrounding towns lists roles from office clerks and shop assistants to butchers, waitresses, cleaners, and housekeepers. Employers seek national service workers, apprentices, and general domestic staff across Gordonvale, Cairns, Babinda, and surrounding districts with references and contact instructions.
Trade notice lists multiple names and services including brakes brickwork copperwork and fencing. Mentions Central Garage and Caswell Caswell Aplin Gratton and Cosgrove with contact references and code numbers. Includes scattered business names and location hints for repair work.
Confidential correspondence references medical supplies and pricing in an open market. Mentions Abenlute and Orovsey securing Beet Gas onward street Brehane in a unclear context. Several garbled terms suggest a damaged or partial OCR capture of a business or procurement note.
Fragmented OCR items mix of names places and events from Cairns era paper. Appears to reference catheter drugs Sham Wedrie murder case Thelma Mchecce Rhames and various street names with unclear context.
WASTED notices seek cash buyers for various items and properties including house purchases, furniture, beds, kitchens, and chests. Listings mention prices, delivery promises, and contact cues across multiple entities such as Pitman, Australian lines, and Electric Hatchery from Atherton Tableland.
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The document records William David withdrawing his nomination for the Hospital Board and notes ballot postings to local authority members. It also lists unrelated notices about auctions, branding of animals, and a naturalisation entry for Gino Dalle Nogare in Queensland Australia, with dates and procedural references.
In a matter tainted by garbled OCR, the notice advertises Pegasus stock drenches and related cattle items with prices shown in pounds shillings and pence. It mentions 371 per ton and 1 per unit rates, listing products by Cairns makers and urging readers to send orders to representative Ted Skeen at Barrett Street.
A distorted passage discusses how a person is judged by actions and era, labeling traits from infancy to old age as angel or devil, thief or hypocrite, with a closing auction sale notice for Malang town on May 35 at 11 8m and references to Atherton Tableland Agencies.
A garbled classified page lists items lost or wanted including a missing axp, a fountain pen, beads, and a soldier’s family note. It mentions rewards, address blocks, and rental notices for furnished and unfurnished homes in the city area. The format imitates a busy local classifieds section with box numbers and inquiries to Advertiser.
Ambu lance Superintendent Mr H O Rose departs for Rockhampton after 13 years as chief first aid man. Arthur praises the work of the ambulance staff and the Ladies Committee impresses with their help at a function. Council funds and road work plans feature in the meeting, with budget provisions for nearby roads and equipment.
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