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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 11, 1919
Page
4
A compact report of a racing meeting listing events including the SOVICE Handicap over 1 mile yards and the One Mile Cycle Handicap. It notes first and second place prizes and details about prizes for pedestrians and riders, with several novelty events and children's races on the card.
A public meeting convened by the Mareeba Chamber of Commerce will be held at the School of Arts, Mareeba, at 9 am on Thursday, November 5, to devise ways of rating lands for settlement and to discuss the hinterland development scheme. All interested are invited.
Sacha Street residents are invited to attend the funeral for Edward Robert and family. The service will leave Maroc Mall Take Street at 4 o'clock for Calieng Cemetery. Brethren of Lod e Carpentaria and Carpecharia will convene at Lake Street for reverent rites. Undertaker Svendsen will conduct the arrangements.
The message expresses sincere gratitude from Mr and Mrs Ring to Dr Collins and Dr Jam’s family, elyo, Matron, and Nursing Staff, noting Nurse Smith’s timely care on November 6. The note mentions Gordonwake and a small tribute to the Davies family.
An OCR fragment describes arrivals and travel times with phrases about Brisbane, Severday, Wediegdar, and Towneville. Mentions individuals like Mrighane and the 4-2 clock on Sunday, with garbled references to trains or messengers and a local event. No clear dates or outcomes are present.
A long review extols Atherton Tableland Evelyn Tableland and Oswald Track as fertile regions with copper silver gold potential and rich rainfall. It urges migration and settlement, promising moderate land prices, healthy climate, and growing agricultural wealth, with a call for support from the Chamber of Commerce.
A jumbled OCR page reports local happenings including a public meeting, transportation concerns, and weather notes. Mentions of a "Public Connaence" and officials such as Mess W Seymour Mowe and Mr G We Magers hint at governance topics. The text also references a storm in Normanton and a motor car incident near Gordonvale with ambulance attendance. Several potential social events and ads appear, including dancing notices and advertisements for local merchants.
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