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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 17, 1929
Page
6
Palace Theatre presents Paramount talkie comedy The Ing Douglas MacLean and the play Colleen Bawn filmed on the banks of Killarney. Also shown is a noted comedy and other delight, urged for tonight’s audience to not miss the program.
Local listing shows the Tropical Theatre presenting the AB Talkie Lucky in Love tonight with the cast and repertoire details unclear from the fragment.
A fragment suggests praise for the theme and the excellent cast, recommending the work.
The Actuary's Report shows a balance of £582,404 after setting aside £50,000 contingency, continuing bonuses and benefits from last year. It notes the burden of taxation and acknowledges staff loyalty and enthusiasm, describing a five year period of steady performance and a per annum rate of £5 1s per cent.
Accidents in London streets cause four deaths and 176 injuries daily.
The Count di San Marzano and Mrs J are guests at Hotel Paci and left for Innisfail by the mail train. Valmai Hine has returned home to Gardenvate with family. Miss F Stephanson sails to Brisbane for midsummer. K G H Ott, Ravenshoe head teacher, rode the mail train to Brisbane. Edwards from Cairns District and Mrs Hohenhouse have both returned home.
A fragmentary minutes item lists attendees and officers at a Seaside Homes Women’s Association meeting. Names shown include Brenton, W Snodgrass, H Penny, RH Kelly, Donaldson, Fries, McGrath, Giffen, Teague, Roche, Doris Laver, M Wit, Mel ton Edwards, E Jones, and Mrs. C Butler.
The evening featured a £1 note prize, M C duties by Mr. Brown, euchre tables led by Mr. Mullins, T Ahearn at the tables, Leonath as doorkeeper, a cup-reader, and dainty refreshments by the ladies committee. The social was enjoyable and financially successful as the final in the series.
The account follows a journey from Paris on October 15 to Brussels via Le Cateau Maubeuge and Mons. It contrasts Paris slums with Belgian countryside green slopes and beet fields, notes mills and hogs, and recalls wartime scars on faces while describing towns and a battlefield tour including the Town Hall on a hill.
Messrs Woodward and Calder will auction household furniture at 2:30 p.m. today. J J Hive includes two Main street allotments and a port Bowe property. A J Draper Ltd will sell the Yorkies Knob Hotel freehold on Saturday at 11:30 a.m., not Wednesday as advertised. Hodels Ltd auctioneers sell stock on account T Iwanaga at 2:30 p.m. Shields Street.
Mr E A Lymburner or Lysiburner of Lake Street introduces Christmas fruit selection with new auctioneering and commission agent service and special country orders now available.
A lively social event featured euchre games won by Lansky and Mr. O'Neill with cash prizes. Volunteers supplied music as a dainty cake crafted by Mrs. PF O'Neill was auctioned and bought by Mrs. Coughlin. Mr. Heron was also mentioned as fortunate in the proceedings.
Abijah Murray and Joseph Bennett are listed as notaries and solicitors based at National Bank Chambers Spence Street Cairns. The notice identifies Murray as Notary and Bennett as Commissioner.
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