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Newspaper

Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

Aug 11, 1928

Page

13

Five fifths Girls and Boys One Bar and Lace Sand

Readable text fragment notes footwear items described as one bar and lace with sand ee crepe soles, listing styles for girls and boys. No clear event or person.

DRESSES AND SILKS PROMOTION IN VARIOUS STRIPES AND FANCY WEAVES

An advertisement offers Vil-Min striped crepe de chine and striped fugi silk in multiple colourways, including Marke Stripes. assorted fancy and striped fabrics priced per yard with several options and small woven checks described as durable and washable.

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Ladies Black Satin Dust Coats at Showroom Sale

Display of ladies items including black satin dust coats with rolled collar and buckle detail, floral voile fabrics in English voile, Zingalene pajamas with spokestitching, and white madapolam princess slips trimmed with torchon lace. Prices listed for each item with sizes and quantities.

Manchester Department Textile Bargains and Bedding Offers

Manchester department offers white marella quilts Nonpareil quality with long life. price 35/11 each. white laundry bags embroidered full size 1/.- tin. blue and white striped pillow 8/1½. butter cloth camp mosquito nets calico tops. ready made chair seats roped and eyeletted 3/5 each. rack 7/6.

North Queensland cinema row stirs cane image debate

Musa Cavendishly of Silkwool urges council to film district’s scenic cane country and farms not lager beer haulages. He questions motives behind focusing on white cane cutters, calls for showcasing Banana Pineapple and citrus plantations and local beauty spots in El Arish and Maria Creek route.

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Range Road notes good work by Main Roads Commission

Regular Traveller commends the Main Roads Commission for surface work and contract work by Wi Abur. The letter urges orderly traffic at gate openings to avoid delays and notes improvements on Cairns Gardenvale road enhancing comfort and speed for travellers.

Main Roads Commission Cairns-Gardenvale

Innisfail Complaint Sparks Public Outcry Over Rubbish Burns

A letter from Innisfail cites daily rubbish fires in an open yard near Edith Street endangering nearby homes and causing heavy smoke. The writer urges the Postal Department to provide a proper disposal facility and halt the nuisance at once, warning of a public backlash if ignored.

Tunistan Fedith Street Innisfail

Letter to editor on High School hockey row and safety concerns

A reader defends the Wattles in a High School hockey match controversy, criticizing a rival report and detailing incidents during the game. The letter notes injuries including a girl with a torn nail and scratches, discusses stick binding practices, and calls for calmer spectator behavior.

Alice Hull Amrieve

Exhibition of Mareeba Joinery at Atherton Main Street

An exhibition titled Mareeba Joinery opens at Po Clarke's on Main Street Atherton. The event highlights local craftwork with a display of joinery pieces and related demonstrations.

Po Clarke's Main Street Atherton

Farewell to Mrs Simpson Gatekeeper of Jaywan

A cheerful send off in Ravensheep district for Mrs Simpson the popular gatekeeper now moved to Amoregatta. Residents including Mr Bert Weinert and Missed items rendered by local performers marked the lively farewell with music speeches and a presentation cheque and crown ornament.

Jappaan Pred Mechell Thhat Simpson Ravenshee Jaygwan Amoregatta Bert Weinert W. Brown FE Sims W. Kelly Mr. Brown Kors Moreten McKay Simeon Simpacm I Moreguia Jape To OW. Dobson Morton Laws Alea Sitges Jagan Messrs Previn Chapt Fadalee Penuerkes Coirge Mok Airs Npsen Trelifpoult Tue MekKay Pew Chapman Mc-Kay It. Weinert McKell McVicar

Doan's Backache Kidney Pills Endorsed Worldwide

A health warning notes silent danger of kidney diseases and praises Natre and Doan's Backache Kidney Pills for relief. Mrs J G Stewart of Cairns recalls severe back pain and headaches, crediting the pills with curing her and claiming twenty years free of kidney trouble. Sold by chemists and stores, Roster McCherlan Co proprietors.

Natre Iroan J. G. Stewart McLeod-sirset Cairns Dow Doan Toan

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