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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 12, 1921
Page
4
A memorial notice from family mourning Victor Turcatti who died in Normanton Hospital on 12 November at age 19. They recall his love, kindness, and the shock of his passing, signed by his father mother brothers and sisters with deep affection.
Remembered by his sister and brother in law with nephews and niece. He departed November 1 at Normanton Hospital. Memorial lines express that tears will never fade and his memory endures in the family heart.
Friends of the late Thomas Griffin invite attendance at his funeral from St Monica’s Church. Service details include a Saturday afternoon ceremony at the Baptist Church, followed by a procession to the cemetery. Proceeds support local charities and schools. the event includes Sunday services and a social gathering in the church.
The Gordonvals Ambulance Committee expresses heart thanks to the Aluamba Ladies Benefit Committee Kehans Race Club and the public for their generous cordial cooperation in connection with the Ami sance Benefit held at Aloomba on the 18th.
Weathered NOAA style notice lists November tides with high water stages and times. Dates include Saturday November 12 and related high water predictions. Details indicate morning and evening high water levels with specific horary readings.
The notice references McMahon Co promoting a poultry farm and orchard for sale and mentions full particulars in another column. It also lists various local happenings, a Cairns Shire area note, and a police court item about a seaman fined for prohibited hours conduct.
In Brisbane at Roma Street today there were heavy supplies with Lucerne chaff well represented and mixed chaff selling between 6/ and 3/ per unit. Locally grown wheaten chaff cleared at 4/6. English potatoes showed large supplies and falling values. New season produce appeared at 8/6 and prime mate fetched 4/11.
Garbled OCR fragment mentions names and numbers without clear event. Contains scattered terms like Bee Siang Landon and 78 in Ga Poead, with dates 3/08 4/5 and references to months and places. no coherent event or persons clearly identifiable.
Hospital Friday final plans and film showings fill the notice page. A schedule mentions Caled Pictures at 2:30 pm, delivery of kerosene and oil for Vacuis Oil Co to arrive around November 2. Local authorities and Miss Joan from North Meensland plan a visit and travel this month. A sprawling ad section lists chocolate, honey crumb and butter scotch treats from Craig's, plus embroidery, collars, and fabric goods at Abbott Street shops. A theatre piece reports Joan in War Brides and destruction topic, with Satellite’s screening and Mr Seymour Mowe’s treatise. The annual MLA.LOO.F. ball at Oddfellows Hall is noted, with Edith Covell and J. Meaty as hosts. Funeral notice for Susanna Rice lists relatives and service details.
Fragmented text reports rat examination linked to bubonic plague. Mentions quarantine stance and public appeals for samples to locate infection source. Includes scattered items on health department guidance, hospital cases, arrests, and local notices from Brisbane and Cairns with unclear specifics.
A mangled historical OCR fragment discusses labor share, management cost cutting, and profits. It mentions Wistrial enterprises, central express, and laborers’ conditions, but intelligible details and coherent events are not recoverable from the garbled text.
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