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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 23, 1940
Page
8
The fragment lists electors and majorities for various figures and regions such as South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania. It references candidates like Holloway McLeod Wilson Scullin Stacey Cameron Prise Duncan-Hughes and groups Brown Ales Westen Cameron, with elector counts and absolute majorities across states and territories.
An obscure fragment describes Australian election terms and a chaotic scene with private Douglas Lawton, a guard fainting, and references to Tasmanian machine gunsets. It mentions plans for a windmill and 3000 gallon water tank at a fresh water well in Kurrimine, plus a possible pine line to a beach bathing shed and another water tap. The Bureau of Tropical Agriculture in South John appears in the text.
The German High Command claims three U boats sank 14 steamers totalling 28 000 tons. Reports from London dated September 21 and Washington state population data for 1940 show a 7 percent rise in the past decade versus 10 1 in the prior decade.
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