Preview 8.0 will not display some pdfs.

I review documents that are available as PDF files from my local government. Preview 8.0 (Yosemite 10.10) can not display pdf documents created by the Registry of Deeds (Land Titles) since approximately 2005. As well the Finder previews and icons show all blank pages. The PDF files contain the correct number of pages, they are just totally blank.
I installed Acrobat Reader (version 11.0.09) so I can continue to work, it displays all the documents correctly, but this is the first time in years that I have needed Reader on my Mac. The troublesome files appear as Acrobat 5.0 (PDF 1.4) and Acrobat 5.0 (PDF 1.7), The documents I need to review might be TIFF or JPEG files that are made available as a PDF, I am waiting for their support department to tell me what format is used for the documents on the server.
Does Preview 8.0 only display something newer that Acrobat 5.0 (PDF 1.4)?

Wunderboy,
Have you heard back from Apple yet?  Has it been escalated to Engineering?
I have only recently noticed this problem when trying to look at some bank statements which were downloaded.  There is a background that is is fine but like you the other data shows in the Thumbnails and briefly in the preview when the Thumbnail is clicked.
Interestingly if I:
a)     Export as a .pdf the background is ok but there is no other data.
b)     Export... but then choose .pdf the background is ok but there is no other data.
c)     Export... but then choose .jpg all is ok.
b)     If I File / Print but save as a .pdf the background is ok but there is no other data.
c)     Finally if I File / Print to a printer all is ok
So a workaround is to Export .jpg and then Export that (.jpg) file back to .pdf.  Sounds like a an Automator script would help!
Regards,
Simon

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