19 Oct 1940
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 19, 1940
Page
1
OCRed text fragments show names, places, and scattered phrases across notices and ads. Key items include references to Bay street, Draper, Brant, Steve, Tess, and various vague notices about prices, trains, cuisine, and management.
An extensive mixed classified page fragment shows buyers seeking items from televisions to vehicles and property. It includes motor motors, engines, agricultural gear, farm equipment, and real estate notes. The text lists agencies, auctions, and estate notices with various prices and contact hints.
The page lists buying selling and job notices including used vehicles real estate rentals farm equipment and household items. It also shows public notices auctions and employment ads with contact details and box numbers for responses.
In a crowded event many runners posted times and placements across heats. Notable names include M Burrows and Paul Nach with varied finishes in the 100 yard dash and other sprint heats, while teams and athletes such as Howard Downey and D Morris appear in final results and times recorded in the meet.
Local clubs from Tableland and nearby areas gather for a major northern event tonight with bantamweight contenders Prandotin and Fitz Germain in the headline bout. Speculation runs on featherweight and other divisions as fans await decisive results.
Fragmentary cricket notes describe Garnet Avy and team activity with limited names and scores. Score details are unclear but reference to innings and players appears amidst unreadable OCR text.
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