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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 22, 1928
Page
8
A garbled pre show description outlines a weekend program featuring Veo Wy team and a variety acts. It mentions musical numbers and critic notes, with references to Hammerstein and a tabloid style review. The text stays focused on a theater lineup and audience reception amid errors.
Fragmentary text reports a matinee at The Palace featuring The High Behood Hero. The readable lines mention events, personnel, and a September 27 date with references to staff and a sales or valuation context.
Readable fragments describe a chaotic event at Tropical Theatre including misread titles, irregular names, and stray references to a late night show. The text lists performers, teams, and unrelated items with numerous garbled phrases and impossible dates, reflecting OCR noise rather than a coherent report.
A scrambled cinema review notes three stars for a 2 15 showing at Tropical Theatre. It highlights Helix Tagish and Rowey as featured acts in a Warner Brothers production of Hie Lady with John Barrymore, praising costumes, set design, and the Italian court intrigue backdrop. The piece mentions a Monday matinée and plans for Whittick's, amid a mix of garbled lines.
OCR fragment mentions dance and cello references with dates in October and a Tuesday, plus location notes at The attics Re Wataber. The readable portion provides no clear event title, participants, or place names to form a concrete news item.
The Taflies committee at Jags st Wore School announces a popular dance event on Saturday at the science museum eveher with music and refreshments. Funds or proceeds from the event will support activities and future dances.
In Mareeba general items the OCR captures scattered references to local events, meetings, broadcasts, and community notices. The text mentions various people, stage performances, a weekly schedule, and civic items with partial names and places, indicating routine town life and upcoming gatherings.
Fragmented text urges readers to consult a chemist about salts and remedies for stomach issues. Mentions minerals, laxatives, and possible early 20th century drug brand language. Reads like ad copy or consumer health guidance from a damaged page segment.
A fragmented OCR listing multiple church services on September 2 and following Sundays. It notes St Andrews Presbyterian and several other churches with times for worship, Sunday schools, and visiting ministers. Names include Rev RH Reb Paul, Rev W Floyd Shannon, Rev Wm Davidsen, Rev Jol OS Robertson, and Geo Schipke. locations mention Cambridgevale, Freshwater, Coldfellows, and Agatrae.
Readings and common service announced for St Joux Church of England with 2.9 weekly Holy Communion noted. Messengers and schedules indicate Eucharist aid and city-wide remembrance services in the church.
An OCR read presents a muddled town notice with names and places unclear. It mentions a local home meter, a hotel, and several individuals including Mise Callin Kyat Marron and others in disjointed phrases. The snippet suggests a sequence of events or notices but lacks coherent actions.
The storm’s toll expands amid rising typhoid cases and relief efforts falter. Reports describe overwhelmed workers, damaged infrastructure, and widespread illness across coastal regions, with measures urged to accelerate aid and isolate outbreaks. The scene is marked by disrupted travel, shelter shortages, and mounting fatalities, prompting urgent pleas for humanitarian response.
Fragmented report from Melbourne shows a Quernalnd event featuring butter and cheese. Officials and attendees discuss cooperative dairy ventures including The Dowlne Co operative Denny Cay and the Dalby based Dairy Association Limited. The item notes export suitability and market interest without clear outcomes.
The West Gold Dairy Company Limited from Queensland secured a prize at the show. A large display highlighted cheese suitable for distribution, with over three tons mentioned, and the event included exhibition of dairy products and related property.
A terse directory snippet lists a dental surgeon in Closter and Goldfineh above Ace. ABGOTT ST Cairns is paired with Murray and Bennett Solicitors and Notaries Public and National Bank Chambers on Spence Street. Joseph Bennete is noted as Commissioner for O'Brien.
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