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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 11, 1945
Page
2
An advertisement touts high grade semolina macaroni as a nutritious meat substitute. It promises vitamins and proteins to support health during hard work and rationed diets, with testimonials and claims of quick cooking and value for the body.
A fragmented Melbourne style list mentions The Tu Ad Double and market updates. It references several names like Abbeville Melhero and Royal Peer with brief notes on items such as Civil Abbeville and Silver Link. No coherent narrative.
The report lists participants from Mendkies Parker Ltd and various clubs for an annual rink competition and trophy events set for Thursday. Names include Mendamen Morris Styman Bently Wickworth Dahton Hersey Stefansot Pini Morgan Murr Linde King Keegan Erickene Jones and more as contenders in the 2020 three bow competition.
A vivid note on the Australian 9th Division attempting a Jeep railway between Beaufort and Papar in Borneo. The improvised service arose from wartime constraints after Japanese actions cut roads and bridges. The narrative highlights engineers welding wheels to rails, the makeshift Jungle railway, and a wartime scramble to move rubber supplies through a dense rainforest.
The text describes a perilous journey with a wrecked bridge and improvised river crossing. It recounts engineers marching along a shattered route, a makeshift plank crossing, and the crew facing hazards while continuing the trek. Names of locations and personnel are sparsely noted amid fragmented anecdotes. The narrative closes with a remark about a crewmember claiming lineage from a mare.
A fragmentary report mentions Bunnerong strike volunteers involved in reef supply efforts. The text is unclear and contains numerous garbled words, making it difficult to extract concrete names, dates, or outcomes.
Anderson of Sweden shattered the former holder with a four minute three point eight second mile and a four minute four point two second best time. The dramatic event at Gothenburg featured a strong pace from start to finish.
The article reviews a boxing program with multiple preliminaries and decisive bouts. Notable outcomes include Chien defeating an opponent in a youth division, Skinner and Gat tin winning bouts, and Mackay slated for future matches. Report highlights live action, controversial moments, and crowd applause.
A damaged report describes a disturbance at a hotel involving alleged beer sales and a confrontation among patrons and staff. Witnesses recount heated exchanges, a struggle near the bar, and security moving customers outside as officers investigated the scene.
From Japanene viewfoot reports the surrender context with references to Japanese naval statesmen, cruisers and submarines, noting battles and protective shells. The piece reflects confusion over surrender timing and assertions about Japan's power and strategic posture at the time.
The Cairns and District Trades and Labour Council met on September 6 at the Uhlan Jae Club premises. They approved a league backed program for youth well being, endorsed the sawmill strike, and urged affiliated unions to support workers. Actions included reallocating surplus funds to strike relief, reporting on the Anase House Appes project, and addressing Indonesian workers repatriation and postwar meat and grocery deliveries.
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