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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 18, 1947
Page
4
A garbled OCR fragment discusses pay, market conditions, and various entities. It mentions standards of pay, actions by managers, and monetary figures like 16,000 and 5,000 pounds. The text is fragmented with many unreadable names and places, giving a partial snapshot of correspondence.
A fragmented report describes a meeting at the Atherton Racecourse where officials discuss money allocated for food parcels and the appointment of trustees. Names such as Mr Waso and Pat Suter appear among attendees. the session covers program arrangements and debentures.
Mt Molloy district reports increased wolfram activity and water draw affecting ore production. Road progress is slow due to wet season risk. miners plan to return before Christmas while local fitness committee discusses grants and boy scouts activities. Community notices include meetings, displays, and upcoming events at the White Hall on November 28 with several local residents and visitors listed.
The Ravenshoe Chamber of Commerce meeting on November 11 discusses inadequate water supply for about 20 percent of residents and plans for relief within three months. Also covered are gutter and street issues and a preview of the 1947-8 program. A Melbourne Cup party is noted with local attendees and organizational updates.
Fragmentary OCR shows players and figures like Malanda and Mcfiwen with various bowling spells and totals. Names are garbled and the full result remains unclear.
A former PSB Inspector for Supply and Trace, Mr Darrell Lennox,返回 to Svilaes after two years in Germany. He says hunger drives barter of goods for food, noting shortages of transport and fuel, with Germans travelling long distances for meals. He recalls Germans welcomed Allied provision in 1949 but now face rubble and slow recovery.
At Wembley on Saturday a crowd watched stunned as a two year old girl, Lereaine Bhaw, was trapped in a bore. Rescuers blasted through rubble while prayers rose from women nearby. The five-foot bore rescue unfolded with the child nearly entombed, then freed and taken to hospital for treatment.
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