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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 28, 1925
Page
1
Travel by sea offered on last modern steamers built for Australian coastal service. Ships provide deck games and screenings, with routes including Port Douglas, Cooktown, Lucinda, Palm Islands, Townsville, and Cairns. Listings advertise services, fares, schedules, and various employment notices and customer amenities at coastal ports.
Lost and found notice states engineering references and apprenticeship credentials located between Draper Street and Lake Street near Spence Street. Seward returns to D Skinner at the corner of Draper and Warreg Streets to reclaim items.
Listings include furnished rooms with kitchen access at Oak Villa and two month or longer flats at 18 shillings weekly. Other adverts show weekly rents, multiple addresses on Linden and McLeod streets, and contact for Woodward and Cabler auctioneers in Cairns.
An OCR rich collage of sale notices and wanted ads from Cairns realty listings. Includes A. King refreshment rooms for sale, two story residences, large allotments, bus routes, and various farm and motor vehicle offerings. Distinct names appear with addresses, prices, terms, and settlement notes.
A historical classified list shows Bees and Greenburg Builders and Contractors and Joinery Manufacturers promoting hardware, lumber, tools, and fittings. It includes mowers, saws, glassware, plumbing quotes, and numerous property and farm listings with prices and deposit terms in Cairns.
Classified notices advertise houses for sale on Florence Street and Sheridan Street with multiple rooms verandahs and acreage priced around £143 to £750. Also listed are farm equipment including engines and fertilizers and offices offering insurance sales and farm horses with payments and terms. Several properties mention proximity to towns and public amenities.
Properties and auctioneers advertise substantial land and mill assets in Mulgrave district. Details include freehold sections, cane area, plantings, and leases with deposits, plus a complete sawmill with machinery and forage capacity. Full particulars on application.
Auctioneers Monty Evans & Co offer 48 acres of cane land with 12 acres first ratoons and 14 acres second ratoons plus 72 acres winter cultivation and 10 acres plant cane. Also listed are livestock gear, barracks, and farming implements with deposits and balance terms. Residences and business properties on multiple streets are sold with deposits and terms. notable listings include city homes on Sheridan and Parramatta streets and a two story residence with detached kitchen.
Fragmented OCR listing details sugar farms with land measurements, cattle and horse stock, dwellings, outbuildings, and farming gear. Includes machinery from Australian Machinery Co and Herr Asst Oance Co, with references to frontages, deposits, and multiple acre parcels for sale or auction.
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