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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 27, 1924
Page
9
An OCR style snippet lists several company names and stock lot references with dates and quantities, including miscellaneous codes such as W4/2 and 94/9, alongside prices and entries like 1985 and £108. The fragment is highly garbled with inconsistent capitalization and misplaced punctuation, lacking a coherent narrative or identifiable event.
A fragmented old advertisement praises apricots from Hobart with no added sugar and notes methods for preserving or making preserves, plus instructions for a fruit saline drink and a Breease paste. It mentions Leggo’s Medicinal Saline and a family tonic tied to local mining era commerce. The listing cites W. & Simpson as the prospectus source.
Debates continue on Cairns to Doobie Inland road and wage relief under 1060 Act. MacDonald Harmiton Co urged measures to ease future cargo and tariff issues as ships in port work round the clock. Official letters urged harbor authorities to seek broader support and avoid recurring bottlenecks while road improvements face asset allocation and funding hurdles.
A Townsville chamber meeting discussed railway delays affecting Cairns travel and freight. Officials noted eight hours of disruption, with plans to approach the Department for compensation. Trade with Papua and potential Cairns port alliances were proposed, seeking improved northern service and economic links.
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