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Newspaper

Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

Sep 09, 1946

Page

3

Road Sign Debate Highlights Traffic Safety Needs

Council discusses road warning signs at Milstreets Mouriyan and calls for two lamps on wide vehicles under State Transport Regulations. Depot action includes adjusting signs to caution rather than stop and planning tramline crossings and improved Saturday parking to ease congestion.

J. R. Gannon Aulemdent Trafte Install Milstret Mouriyan Asc Benwell- Meet Benwell Street Tlo Trafic Benwell Annie Streets Equest Main Roads Board Moresby Road Boogan Toad

Smugglers Abroad Stir Up Night Train Tale of Deceit

An Australian sub story recounts a night journey from Raly toward France where a famed smuggler known as the Sird of Paradise evaded customs. Passengers and guards describe clever hiding in parcels, raids, and global smuggling methods including opium and jewelry thefts. A Darling Point crime adds context with a £5000 jewelry theft and a £800 reward offer.

Raly France Paradise Australia Sydney India Birmingham Owever Monte Adelaide Berton Darling Point Barton Lloyda London Lievne Liavdy Airs Barton & @ marquise-snaper Cartier and Co Lloyds China Sopiur Toms

Invasion by West African stowaways shocks Rotterdam

A small scale influx of West African stowaways into Rotterdam alarms residents as authorities detain several for work in Holland. Reported motive cited is money sent to families, with newspapers noting the event as a troubling development.

Rotterdam Holland Gold Coast Orith Holand Rome

Vreironer Becomes Archaeologist In Wartime

Alpine field notes reveal Hugs Wallach, Austrian prisoner of war, shifting to archaeology after uncovering carved artifacts in a munition dump near Munster Germany. The discovery fuels a delayed investigation into wartime relics and spares a path toward historical insights.

Munster Germany Wallach

Bengal food situation worsens in Calcutta report

A Septamine 7 dispatch from Calcutta notes Bengal's people face worsening food shortages. An official states rationing extends into the week as supplies remain tight and the general food situation deteriorates.

Calcutta Bengal Ofrica

Joe Hull Defeated by Daniele in Melbourne Boxing Round Finish

In Melbourne last night Daniele staged a whirlwind finish to outpace Joe Hull in a tight bout. Hull fought hard through two blows under heat, with Moran briefly threatening a lift before Daniele surged to secure victory in the final rounds.

Byoney Joe Hull Charlie Ashen- Wen Melbourne Wuccessti Moran Daniele Aia

Greyhound Racing Results at Warurdat Club Meeting

The Warurdat Greyhound Racing Club held a meeting on Saturday with several divisions contested. Sol's Cash led the first division to win by a nose over Babinda's Image and Catrus, while Broken Memory won the second division as a clear favourite, ahead of Caine Lad and Stylish Prize. Slater Ways won the opening event, Gold Fortune led the second, and Richmond triumphed in the third, with placings noted in the consolation and finals for Broken Memory and other runners.

Ne Colems Coursing Sol Cash Gold Fortune Richmond Athace Mnihe Innideil Lorn Foes Ras Ye Ee Wradiman Lightning Cholee Ai Staal Nage

Unclear listings of regional events and dates

Fragmented OCR shows a sequence of place names and dates in September through December from towns like Cairns Mareeba Cairns Gordenvale Atherton Mt Garnet and Arberton. The text appears as a calendar of annuals and events with inconsistent spelling and broken phrases.

Tumauin Gordeovale Cairns Mulilaen Arberton Gordenvaie Mittyaan Mt Garnet Inmatsi Mareeba Catrna Cairoa Arberton

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