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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 22, 1921
Page
3
Local notes describe improving sport at Babinda with tennis and cricket clubs forming, school events planned, and a forthcoming fête with a maypole dance and charity tea. Enthusiasm grows as spectators attend displays and the community braces for athletic programs alongside social gatherings.
Fragmentary Paris item notes a cheerful crowd and a chant Vive Chartot amid a greet or parade scene. readable words reference a celebration and public welcome in a festive mood.
Police report a burglary in the Nandah suburb where a residence was entered via a small window. No valuables were described as missing though entries noted and investigation is ongoing.
A valedictory gathering on Woolley Road bid farewell to Mr. and Mrs. Delaforce and family as they depart for Yungaburra. Guests presented gifts, speeches praised their kindness, and the party featured dancing, games, and a late night sing along concluding at four in the morning.
Melbourne reports say work on the cruiser Adelaide is back at full rate under a Commonwealth Board of Control. The coal hull Monbah is also expected to finish soon, with completion anticipated in tandem. In London, Communist Party leader expelled from the executive of a journal she founded after publishing difficulties.
A special train derailed in a tunnel near Copenhagen causing multiple deaths and many injuries. The ill fated service from Bergen to Crohnlyin and a separate Christianin service were disrupted as rescuers searched the wreckage.
A notice from Sydney reports the death of a man named TedlG Gon Wallace aged 24, once employed by West Sydaey, with details cut off in transmission. The death is noted as of today with limited readable data on cause or next of kin.
Fragments indicate someone says they cannot send to a Washington Conference and a related Gretenarchaat event, with references to canes and Brivis Fe. Details are garbled, no clear dates or names.
Butler Gordonvale advertises auctions in Mulgrave Hambledon and Habinda regions detailing 1921 season acreages, farm improvements, plantings, and rental terms. Properties include 80 acres cultivated with cane, 42 acres grubbed ready, 7 acres grubbed, and a 4 bedroom three acre house with verandas. Auctioneer: Butler Gordonvale.
Fragmentary OCR text references accounting and shipping terms, references to Queensland Machinery and Frost, with scattered numbers and names. The readable content is too disjoint to identify a coherent event or notice.
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