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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 21, 1912
Page
3
Reading through this extract from Plane Creek district notes the sugar industry faces a hopeful but unsettled season. Growers anticipate early milling while a strong social push backs steady employment and local aid as managers prepare for December term milestones.
The report details residents planning travels to New South Wales and the town’s mood, a Progress Association meeting led by John Ranks inaugurating a school of arts, and a debate on meeting days. It covers a deadly fire at Hays reindeer yard, injuries from a buggy accident near Herberton, hospital aid, unemployment in timber, and weather impacts.
At Garget the railway centre for Owes Creek, about 25 farmers loaded cane into railway trucks for a three month period earning about 22 a week while paid 15 shillings weekly at a nearby hotel. 4466 tomatoes shipped, loader paid by growers, last allotment of town plots being prepared as brick blocks rise with no vacant shops or dwellings.
Fragmentary OCR describes Alfred H. Fried and bold claims about war and peace. Text mentions a storm place and world view, suggesting a global impact on nations and a leader’s role in shaping war and peace efforts.
Fragmentary text describes a group visiting Munich with their wives and friends. They toured city streets, attended events at a spa, and visited a parliament salon, with evening entertainment noted. The text includes fragmented place names and numbers, hindering full reconstruction.
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