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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 01, 1928
Page
10
A detailed write up describes a successful swimming club dance event with numerous attendees and festive attire. The narrative lists many participants by name and notes the overall atmosphere, decor, and fashion elements featured at the function.
In a detailed note the article covers a Rifle contest involving Citizen Forces with rifle scores and placements. It highlights Archie Farrow and other shooters, mentions a February date for a relay and a general meeting of steamers, and lists individual scores and participants.
Saturday night offered a program headlined by The Stolen Favourite and Quarter Bock featuring Steve Haeter Meniter Jackie Coogan Iva Mewelle and Richard Vin A local pastoral agency card sales and price talks accompanied the show Weather notes report ongoing prices under price control with Peters at two shillings four pence per gallon plus two shillings two pence cash A fall incident involving a rider and a horse disrupted bystanders rural teachers Miss Jes sop and Mr G P McNeilly return to duties and staff transfers are mentioned
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