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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 17, 1925
Page
11
Lake Street in Cairns hosts the area around the Lake NR and Sharebroker Rad Assayer, with commercial bank chambers noted along the street.
An OCR fragment lists various items, quantities, and prices with unclear names and places. It mentions dates around October 17 and references factories, beverages, timber, and stock values, but many terms are garbled. The legible items include numbers like 125/8 and 26/6, with scattered place or firm names such as Lyime Brewery and Allerton Matter Factory.
A licensing court session yesterday in Mourily considered objections to a provisional certificate for a new hotel. The case, led by Licensing Magistrate A.E. Nithen, featured adjournment requests as objectors argued for further evidence from the ministry and local authorities before a final decision.
The text outlines a chaotic discussion involving magistrates, applicants, and potential adjournment. Names such as Mr Chelty and Mr Atkin appear, with references to filings, licenses, and a court setting. The overall sense is a hearing in progress with procedural questions and pending determinations.
The advertisement lists a range of goods from double bed mattresses to verandah ticking and ladies frocks. Items include straw hats, striped frocks with belts, linen frocks in various colors, and chiffon voile fabrics. Boland's proclaims lowest prices across bedding, garments, and fabrics with multiple price markers.
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