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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 25, 1911
Page
4
N. and A. Mellick's announces a grand new display featuring a splendid range of dress materials and a fresh stock of ladies trimmed hats crafted to latest Parisian models. Prices run from 12 shillings 6 pence to 30 shillings.
A Cairns area mining column reports on local prospects at Munro’s Corner and surrounding claims. It mentions ore samples, cyanide plant updates, new plant construction, and expectations of crushing with several operations detailing owners, shifts, and reported yields.
Unclear OCR text describes a protection event at Orion copper mines under Seapets Pukey with seven shafts. Mentions Mr Mallext Ret, a negotiation, and a sudden evacuation of about 350 men after a shore or terrain issue. Details are fragmented and uncertain.
A garbled batch of cablegrams from London, San Francisco and New York mentions threats, loyalty rewards, and naval concerns. References include a death by basing, a £20,000 reward for loyalty, and shipping movements near Liverpool and the Pacific coast.
Mackay notes show about 20 000 tons manufactured this season with half shipped south. Around £000 tons stored at Adelaide Company wharf and 4 000 tons in local mill sheds. Wharf rats on strike delay awaiting 4 000 tons at anchorage.
A terse old ad boasts that the business can beat competitors from large houses. It promises first class goods, low prices, and dependable service with strong emphasis on cash trades and broad selection. It uses eager sales language and claims unbeatable value.
The Free Workers' Union gains members in Mackay with over 500 cane workers enrolled, many veterans, as a push builds to restore the one pound excise levy. A petition to the Federal Government is planned via Cairns and Bundaberg, backed by Marian Mill shareholders seeking action by the Sugar Commission.
A fragmentary notice discusses visitors to town seeking life insurance policies and prompts readers to contact the National Life Association of Australasia for policy details. The text blends advertising claims about policy premiums, public notices, and a medical paint product claim, with garbled names and phrases.
Fragmentary text mentions European agency wholesale actions at low cash prices. References to British and Continental codes, and an unclear note about communion and algae. No clear persons or organizations fully identifiable from the readable segment.
Fragmented OCR text lists various place names and numbers with unclear context. It mentions Port of Atlee, Mulgrate Milarea, and references to addresses and units, but lacks coherent narrative or identifiable event.
Home Secretary’s Department Brisbane offers a £250 reward for information leading to the recovery of the missing Valda sailing boat crew, or any of its members. If any crew are presumed dead, information that could locate their remains is also sought.
A reward totaling £530 is advertised for the recovery of the youths who were crew members of the Valda. The government provides £280 and the Gaimas Post adds £250 as incentive to return the missing crew, on behalf of their parents and relatives.
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