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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 14, 1912
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR passage references the Ares River west of Port Morpshy and B.N.C.p. Co. with lines about motor tractors, saplings, and small plantations. Mentions Hull and cautious capital allocation. details incomplete and many garbled terms.
A garbled historical fragment references commodities such as rubber and plantations with scattered mentions of Malaya and Brazil. The text appears to discuss produce and trade in a colonial context, but the readable portions are insufficient to determine date, place, or concrete actions.
The text fragment mentions abundant fresh water in Papua and possibilities for transporting goods via rivers and geons. It includes garbled phrases about copra and culinary notes, with unclear names and actions, making the exact events hard to identify.
A debate outlines proposals for a four weekly refrigerated service from Hull to Australia with government subsidies. It notes Milburn line cargoes to Melbourne and Sydney, limited Queensland visits, and a missing direct route to Queensland. It argues English railways would not subsidise steamship lines and forecasts opposition if subsidies were pursued.
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