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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 26, 1913
Page
4
A dense OCR page lists various handicap and race items such as NOVICE WOODCHOP and MALANDA OPEN HANDICAP with entries like 40 shillings and 38 listings, plus scattered notes on nomination fees and timing. The text drifts into an extended discussion about aeroplanes and naval capacity, referencing ships, airships, and potential future warfare without a single coherent event.
An analysis discusses the threat of aircraft to battleships, weighing bombing power, machine weight, and payload. It estimates a 700 percent weight cap, leaving about 540 for armament, and considers aircraft range, anti aircraft defenses, and the role of aeroplanes as reconnaissance and auxiliary scouts rather than frontline fighters.
A fragment notes provincial trade notices from leading manufacturers and merchants in primitivad provincial towns and industrial centres of the United Kingdom. It mentions consignments of produce sold on account, freight terms, and advertising through trade cards from London Victoria Company and associates.
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