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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 15, 1925
Page
1
Wrens Philp and Co Ltd, shipping agents, announce passage bookings and worldwide service. Details mention Manila, Hong Kong, Sandakan and other ports with tonnage and schedule notes amid garbled text and misread names.
A dense assortment of advertisements and notices from Cairns includes forwarding services, motor and vehicle listings, garage space, and general merchants. It mentions carriers, painting studios, framing, furniture, linoleum and wear items, and a range of small trades. Names like Barker, Luke-street, and Abbott Street appear amid varied goods and services.
A jumble of auction and property sale notes includes New House listings, blocks, and country farms. Prices range from 6700 to 800 with deposits noted. several parcels mention land, verandas, kitchens, gardens, and central locations. Also references to cane farms, fishery crees, and insurance services by general agents.
A new costume saloon has opened on Anion ropes near Nihon Street, featuring latest Southern styles and galers. It advertises a range of apparel including Pringess Maitene Black Hieorde and Puixed Phoidkerehict, with selections for both coats and hats, and invites customers to visit the boutique two doors from Bhw Bird Cafe.
Notice listing multiple rental offerings and room vacancies with brief descriptions. Includes addresses such as Uptake Street and McLeod Sieve areas, varying terms like weekly rates, furnished rooms, and potential tenants seeking accommodations. The fragmentary ad style reflects a classifieds section with scattered typos and shorthand.
Fragmented text references a commission and places such as Lakest Cairns Bendabaker and Gar Road aided by a seven sled test. The legible parts hint at electrical conditions and a general mood. No clear events, names, dates, or outcomes emerge from the readable fragments.
The notice lists a wide range of building hardware including crockery glassware water sets and iron works. It mentions plumbing and iron worker services, millwork, and a sale event at a local store with references to names, addresses, and related trades.
A damaged OCR fragment references locations and names in a town context. It mentions open to permanent aims, a council or board, and assorted garbled terms likely related to an official notice or meeting. Specific people or places are not reliably identifiable from the text.
Foree's Auctioneers advertises multiple large parcels from 25 to 217 acres with cane land, stables, houses, and farm implements. Listings include lease options, freehold blocks near Kuranda and River, 10 acre minimums, deposits from £500, and varied improvements across 40 to 300 acres, inviting bids and terms.
Auction notices detail various properties for sale in Edmonton Port hall and Dalene districts. Listings include allotments, houses, farms, and 60 acre blocks with terms payable over 12 months, deposits required, and walk in walk out conditions. Numerous prices and perches listed, with many dwellings and outbuildings alongside cattle and dairy farm operations in the period.
For sale in Gordonvale 23 acres under cane with scrub cleared, plus 120 acres and 200 acres lots described with horses harness implements and price details. Listings include 43 acres under cane, 25,350 pounds balance options, and freehold allotments at Gordon Water with houses and outbuildings. Multiple property units with varying prices and terms, including residual balances and cash provisions.
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