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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 24, 1951
Page
8
A long OCR style advertisement list features new and second hand furniture including lounge suites, dining tables, beds, dressers and towels. plus bicycles, mowers, paints, tools, and household appliances. It also lists numerous real estate offerings such as modern homes, allotments, sheds, and vacant blocks with prices and contact references, plus several vehicles for sale and farm items.
A collage of Mareeba ads and notices lists depots, tools, pianos, and vehicles for sale or delivery. It includes NOXALLS offerings on batteries and light heavy trailers, Grafton street machinery dealers, Pianos north of Brisbane, and town notices on impounded horses and tenders for timber and gravel work.
A flood of job ads and accommodation notices from Cairns and surrounding towns. Listings seek assistants in nursing, mill fitters, engine drivers, parts controllers, hotel staff, waitresses, barmaids, barbers, machinists, shop managers, and various trades. Also requests for furnished flats, houses, and rental accommodations for families and singles with terms and locations across Cairns, Atherton, Innisfail, Townsville, and Proserpine.
Charlie King Burnell & Co Pty Ltd Cairne Babinda lists several Os3-Roomy dwellings on Mulgrave and nearby suburbs with 1700 to 2175 pounds prices. Features include three bedrooms kitchens lounges and blocks near post offices wharves and Edge Hill. Furnished options show furniture appliances and septic systems in descriptions. Prices range from 1700 to 2175 pounds with variations by location and fittings.
The snippet lists various real estate offerings and services including McLeod street corner frontage homes with 122m frontage and multiple bedrooms, New Home builds on low concrete blocks, vacant properties, a Brig Gordonvale grocery and service station with lease options, and a disposable kiosk with fixtures. It also mentions farms near Atherton with tractors and irrigation, and ends with names of Life Assurance, Insurance, Wills, and Fertilisers firms.
Multiple property listings include a Earlville dwelling with 2 rooms price 2075 pounds, a two fiat block on a large allotment at 1275 pounds, a town side railway dwelling with 2 bedrooms and verandah at 190 pounds, high block house with 66 ft frontage at 20 a, an Edge Hill dwelling with 2 bedrooms lounge verandah and kitchen price 3400 pounds, and a former Earlville allotment 3421 ft two bedrooms at 10500 pounds plus a city freehold showing strong rental returns. Cane farms and other district opportunities available. details from offices.
Charlie King Burnell and Co Pty Ltd operated as district agents for Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd Standard Insurance Co Ltd and Sisk Kraft Products in the Caboolture Babinda Innisfail area serving local clientele with insurance and related products.
John Arbuckle and Co Pty Ltd lists farm and business properties for sale across multiple parcels. Properties include 134 acres with cane crops and permanent water, a two shop shoe premises, 127 acres of cleared Innisfail area land, and a stone crushing carrying business with full plant. Also notes a cordial factory lease and large residence, multiple sheds, and financing options with turnover details and landed costs.
Managing agents for City Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd Insurance Office of Australis Ltd and The Queensland Trustees Ltd selected to handle affairs for the entities. The appointment aligns with standard corporate governance and fiduciary oversight.
Fragmentary listings show farm blocks in Rabinds Mulgrave Mour lyan and Goond Areas with valuations around £13,000 to £20,500 and various assets including wood and iron buildings, machinery such as Fordson and Caterpillar tractors, and retail items like a Frock Salon and shoe stock. The notice references returning on Ceo 10-20 MrCormick Deer and wider river farm operations.
A fragmented classified ad listing Edmonton dwellings for sale or rent with prices and features. Items include a spacious main road dwelling with electric stove near bus and railway routes at 1400, a newly erected Edmonton dwelling with electric store and 1150, a 4 acre land parcel with water and good locality, a vacant two storey dwelling suitable for flats, mixed business with shop and dwelling, and sugar farms in Mulgrave and Hambledon areas with acreage, river flats, and equipment.
Real estate notice describes a tidy corner bungalow in a high area with three bedrooms, large kitchen, lounge and dining rooms, bath, and modern fittings. It notes a 66m frontage, concrete under, good condition, fenced yard, and utilities including electric stove and refrigerator. Owner seeks quick sale at £1570 with reasonable offers.
Fire damaged post describes a freehold mixed business with sugar area worth 650 weekly and a net return of 80 weekly. Includes new refrigeration and toilet facilities, tobacco quota. Also offers a mixed farm of about 77 acres near the city, with 73 acres of main tract and 17 acre Kurenda area. Fall particulars.
For sale items include dining room suites wardrobes sideboards kitchen cabinets tables chairs and various seating. Also mentions several fine homes in town and beach areas with finance options and repaired properties. IncludesMulgrave road and Eder Hill listings with lawn gardens and fencing.
Milan plans a new Little Scala beside the historic opera house with a 600 seat recital and rehearsal venue. It will host experimental operas and concert works, serve as a recording theatre, and open in 1952 under architect Marcello Zavelani Rossi, featuring trapezoidal acoustical design and a modest 3,600 total seating. The project budget is estimated at 254000 to 300000 dollars, with interior styling inspired by La Scala’s red, ivory, and gold decor.
In the Transport Section of the Festival of Britain South Bank, Peter Varnon showcases a lifelong hobby of collecting street lamps. His Hampstead studio holds a vast array from different periods, including a Bagley oil lamp with a top hook, traced to 1808 origins. Varnon acquires pieces by exchanging old lamps with new ones, or through scrapped units found after accidents, and is a sought after expert on street lighting design.
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