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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 19, 1924
Page
2
A long OCR listing shows various fruits and dried goods with prices per unit or weight. Items include grapes, plums, cherries, raisins, figs, peaches, strawberries, pawpaw, passion fruit, apricots, pineapples, and more with figures like 1/8, 1/5, 1/4, and 1/7 per lb or per item, plus references to syrups and containers.
Brisbane reports continued bruising of beef inquiry before Royal Commission. Witnesses including John Armstrong of Stormfells Ltd discuss cattle delays, long-distance transport, drovers, dehorning, and abattoir concerns. Rail & meatworks practices blamed for bruising. inquiry adjourned until January.
A flood of catalog style notices lists prices for unbleached fire resistant sheeting 54 inches wide at 2 shillings 4 pence per yard. Mohair bedsides mats 48 inches by a margin, fringed or plain, at 23 shillings. Other items include mohair door slides 7 shillings 6 pence, heavyweight unbleached whisker wide at 3 shillings 9 pence, waists and millinery bargains, and various veils and nets with colored borders.
The advertisement lists ladies long gloves in grey white and black usually at 3/3 per pair, discounted at Boland’s. It also promotes ankle boots and Madapolam frocks with neck and sleeve details, skirts and bodices, all shown with Boland’s special pricing, including nightdresses with lace and insertions.
Boland's price list offers ladies aprons with pockets and bib options, Sleepwear and robes, sunshades, bras and corsets, Irish linens, satin grenadine, and damask fabrics. Entries include sizes and typical retail figures in prewar style pricing, with boland references and yard quotes.
The text highlights long standing experience guiding fair pricing and public response to dependable service. It emphasizes forty years of expertise behind the quoted rates and the public’s trust in a reputable fire service.
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