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Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 22, 1921
Page
3
A bustling Christmas display at Drew Robinsons offers a wide array of gifts across departments. Jersey cloths and silk knits, hats, leather goods, linen and lace, silk gloves, tableware, and beauty items fill shelves, with toys, baths, kimonas, and hardware accents adding to the extensive range for all ages.
Pattinsons Specialty House showcases dresses of cast roiles and crepe de chine, Christmas frocks, troussen sets, and Egyptian designed outfits. Also available are organdi fronts and veils, banded silk gowns, fancy hats, Atkinson poplin ties, footwear, and children’s boots for holiday gifts.
At Todd's Arcade a varied display features toys and books suitable for children. The shop offers trains, dolls, bears, blocks, umbrellas, balls, and a variety of other toys, along with fairy tales, alphabet, animal books, novels, and boys and girls’ annals.
At the Post Office Tea Rooms a display of confectionery tempts visitors with Caney boxes of chocolate suitable for season gifts. Afternoon tea is served and meals are available. Cool drinks and fresh fruit, teas and coffee are also on offer.
A new dining venue named Liliku the Rooms and Mad Ing Establishment has recently opened in Stir ing terrace by Mrs. Baldwin. The tea rooms offer late suppers and fruit and confectionery with a specialty of picnic bumper treats available on short notice.
Advertisements describe Mrs Van Wyk offering cooked fish and refreshments at her premises, with fresh fruit confectionery and cool drinks for residents and visitors. Strand Cafe and other nearby vendors promote seafood, confectionery, fruit and afternoon teas, while Mrs L Gardiner takes over tearooms below Premier Hotel offering teas meat and light suppers.
Nilewebe arrives from the Eastern States this morning and will tow on banker lighters before resuming voyage to open port. Hocom departs Tuesday and due back Saturday. Miluna to sail December 21 with coal for Albany Fremantle, may call Melbourne for cargo. White Star liner Hu bie expected Christmas Day with passengers and cargo. Pukaki due from Fremantle tomorrow to lift eastern cargo. Dalgety and Co. and Henry Wills and Co. act as agents.
Mr H E Lambert of the Empire Theatre plans elevated prices for a holiday season of special film features. The program includes The Story of the Boyars and The Hour I Spent with You Dear Heart, plus a Willian Fox double feature with Twine of Suffering Creek and Marketan Knight. Monday’s lineup features Hitching Posts with Frank Mayo and The Turning Point. Tuesday showcases The Poor Lift with Owen Moore and The Phantom Butler, followed by Mother of Mine on Wednesday and The Three Musketeers on Thursday. Dairy notices promote Pou Aquatica roots and elephant grease fittings for cattle.
A display lists Fairy Books Animal Books and Alphabet Books with many titles and prices from 6d to 4/6 and beyond. Notable items include The Boys' Own Annual Chums Cassell's Annual and By Ethel Turner and Mary Grant Bruce selections.
A shop lists a wide array of wire and wicker toys for children including baby prams, dolls, toy bears, trumpets, dinner sets, hobby horses, wooden spades, buckets, rockers, pistols, cricket bats, ladders, and games. Prices range from a few pence to several shillings, with items described in varied terms and spellings.
The Furnishing Department offers cretonnes and casement cloths in wide selections with cream and colored borders, Madras, and linen by the yard. Towels, Calico, Madapolams, and striped flannelettes are priced for bulk purchases. New Vailenis, double width Crepe-de-chenes, Voile blouses, nightwear, and imported underwear arrive. Boys knitwear, Fownes gloves and leathers, and a wide range of trimmings complete the holiday assortment from the Clothing and Millinery sections.
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