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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 30, 1924
Page
2
From Our Own Corremondens Brisbane and Dye report heavy farm produce arrivals at Koma Street. Prices rose over the week as demand grows and buyers push higher bids. Prime bright stock and short-cut produce show increased values across the board.
Fragmentary readable text mentions names and a date sequence, likely a notice or brief item. Unable to extract clear event, location, or full entities from the garbled OCR.
A scattered shopping note lists pears lemons passion fruit grapes apples plums and peaches arriving at a market. Mentions nectarines and prices per unit, with unclear vendor names and figures due to OCR errors.
Listing of various fabrics including casement cloth damask and similar goods with unusual spellings. Prices stated as yard and per yard figures, with mentions of loyalty and wholesale rates, all presented in a fragmented historical catalog style.
Fragmentary ad notes serviceable days for school wear and washing hats with edged embroidery. Mentions Boland's and square veils in turquoise, dainty be Me ROPUARE. Reads like a late period hardware or millinery sale notice with prices such as 2/11 and 4/8.
Listing a range of fabric goods and garments with discounted prices. Suede finish gloves, Lisle hose, kilk hose, black hose, and a variety of trimmed Blounds and princess slips. Includes prices like 4/0 3/10 and 97s, suggesting a mid 20th century sale catalog.
Lot of crepe sleeping suits and cotton vests offered at Boland's with square necks elbow sleeves and sash details. Prices quoted near 1.27 but likely reduced stock with bold sale tone.
Bargains too in dress goods with crepes and fancy checks offered in various shades and weaves. Boland’s advertises crepes in heavy cream and beige, solid and patterned silks, and deluxe serge fabrics with price points and fine color matches for spring sewing.
Fragmentary OCR of a shop price list shows items like trousers jackets and towels with usual prices such as 10/6 and 21/11. It references boasted buying power from forty years and urges public response to a service. Named terms imply apparel and fabric goods without coherent context.
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