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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 31, 1947
Page
2
A dense OCR fragment lists diverse items including medicines, groceries, clothing, jewelry, farm tools, and household goods with scattered seller names and prices. Prolonged garbled text references vendors such as McBride Pharmacy and Chas Chan’s, plus generic notices about sales and auctions.
A sprawling 1900s style classified page offers cars tractors and parts from Chevrolets to Allis Chalmers. Ads promise reconditioned engines tires and magnetos plus household items stationery tools and poultry supplies. Buyers expect Bargains and immediate pickup in urban streets.
Fragmentary OCR yields a garbled ad for a salon or beauty service with names, phone hints, and product terms. It references permanent waves and steam processes, with scattered place names and potential dates or times but no clear event or outcome.
An obscure report mentions Argan, Magnalian emis, and Cairne Pony Savings Bank with unclear references to a board and a years long matter. The text fragments imply discussions on an open dam, a Nei approach, and policy terms, but specifics remain unreadable.
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