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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 21, 1922
Page
3
The ad lists numerous fabric items and sale prices including White Twill Flannel, Striped Flannetette, Tweeds, Poplin in multiple colors, All Wool Serge, Oxford Shining, Crepe, and Ladies Vests. Prices range from 1 shilling to 13 shillings, with numerous discount descriptors and color options noted.
Records show stock movements by J J Ashe and others across Mareeba Atherton and surrounding towns including 30 bullocks from Woodlands to Stannary Hills and numerous cattle horses and pigs moving between Mareeba Peeramon Cairns and Forbes. The Mareeba stock office logged 8 cattle 404 sheep 120 horses 107 cattle 120 pigs moved in and out, noting a shift toward dairying aided by a new butter factory at Mount Molloy and growing interest in the Daintree River region. A Cotton growing note and pigs feeding advice from Queensland Agricultural Journal discussed seed use and equipment adjustments for cotton seed crushing.
A scanned Australian dairy page discusses cattle feeding costs, a proposed cooperative approach, and export allocations. It notes butter output figures, with emphasis on Germany and France imports, and reports recent dairy herd sales and health-related farm changes.
In a hard fought junior league match Gordonvale defeated Kennedy with a 18 to notched score after a late field goal by Mick Tucker. Coleman earlier crossed for a try with Tucker converting. Kennedy showed brave defense but fell short as Gordonvale capitalized on a strong passing rush led by Ry and Stephens.
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