05 Nov 1940
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 05, 1940
Page
1
A damaged OCR page offers an advert for rental and wanted notices covering shop space and living quarters. It mentions eligibility, weekly rent details, and a long list of mixed items like furnishings and services, with sparse legible names and addresses.
The fragmentary OCR text mentions names and terms like AOUE PURNIRAINS and Me Aeanith Tremere with unclear context. It includes phrases such as fine Fines anid exiieate orvarmonoine and references to Seenaenen Teinete and Henenanrs enens eee Payee ny Se a ah LSE as "HT" and "MOLLDY and CHILLAGOE" without coherent narrative.
Fragmented OCR text outlines taxation changes across Commonwealth and states. Mentions Western Australia Victoria New South Wales and others with figures for income tax, excise and dividends, and notes 1920 period context. Contains garbled place names and errors but preserves entity references to states and tax items.
From Canberra report the minister for the interior notes a rise in skilled workers employed directly on defence works in Queensland. The total engaged reaches about 688 skilled and unskilled men across projects including bullrings drainage and water reticulation, with plans to double skilled trades and add 10 more thousand men in the near term. The statement mentions Amberton training dock reticulation and central Australia freight corridors as major sites with insufficient carpenters and ongoing mobilisation efforts.
The piece outlines Brown rayon makers expanding export to Britain and Europe, detailing shifts from European sourcing toward new international supply lines. It notes Britain’s retreat from prior self sufficiency, with France Germany Belgium and others sharing in the trade, and hints at rising South American ties and global competition impacting traditional networks.
Fragmented OCR text references a contested plan amid European security tensions, mentioning Russia objections and central Africa, with alleged movements and strategic prompts. The garbled piece suggests a high stakes geopolitical stance involving European and non-European actors and potential shifts in control or influence.
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