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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 16, 1929
Page
13
A garbled item list describes striped skirts with pleats on one side and various women’s garments. Mentions include colored linen school items, tees, trimmed crinoline, white pique washing hats, and ladies two piece crepe pyjama sets with gift prices in shillings.
A scrambled listing shows gift price and stock items including silk hose full fashioned and slippers. Crepe paper and crashed mock fashion products are noted with assorted color names.
Printed Palm Beach fabrics in multiple colors claim fastness and quality. Patterns include Sky, Salmon, Rose Dark, and Rose. British Fugl designs shown with a wide range and prices from 1 shilling 1 pence to 2 shillings 3 pence. fabrics described as superfine and dye rich.
Listing describes Migira white mercerised collars and pocket shirts in large sizes, British pugi tennis shirts, white athletic singlets, and Myatt safety razor with bronze case plus Myatt razor blades. Gift prices shown for each item. Prices note 4/11 3/6 6/6 2/3 1/6 with ACB marks.
Fragmentary listing from Manchester Department shows white twill shirt ing, damask table linen and madapolam lingerie with gift prices in old currency. Mentions plain and ecru roller blinds and assorted textiles under shop categories ACB and KCB.
Footwear section highlights beige kid sandals in various styles with gift price 32 6 per pair and black glace kid shoes at gift price 21 6 per pair. Also features patent shoes and ladies slippers with leather soles priced at 4 6 per pair.
A department announces rising demand and offers high quality standard products at low keen cut prices.
Mulgrave street repairs continue with pot holes filled and scarifying begun between Aplin and Martyn streets for macadam. Metal shortages delay full work. boiler re-tubing approved and to be done promptly. Edge wear from carts noted as crews proceed with tar sealed road surface.
Long letter outlines how Clump Point mail delivery evolved from 1885 to 1921 with multiple handlers. It notes private bags to Messrs Utton and Curren Bros lines, delivery by Howard Smith and J. Bunting, and Gar ner’s 1921 contract moving mail to his house at the northerly settlement end. It mentions a government telephone line to Clump Point and tendering for mail carriage from Silkwood to Garner’s, with post office located at C F Alexander’s boarding house.
A Cairns court heard a strange incident involving a net used on a water snake found in a grass area near Trinity. Dr Campbell, via an interpreter, admitted knowledge of the net and promised to remove it if allowed, after explaining he bought it two years earlier from a fisher man.
A fragmented list from Cairns Post shows quotations for Lander Oil and various companies including Australian Oil and Palmer River. Prices are given with buy and sell figures, with notes on shares, preferences, and bonds across multiple Australian sectors and international names.
London February 14 Vickers Limited dispose of the Australians Moir and Owen with a Vickers-Vellars biplane of all metal construction. The aircraft is regarded as highly suited for the Australian flight and follows the type used by Sir Alan Cobham on his survey from Sydney to London. The officials who accompanied the survey team are planning a return flight to Australia.
A reader praises Doan's Backache Kidney Pills as a lasting cure for backache and kidney pain after four bottles. The testimonial notes twelve months of relief and recommends the product from Foster-McClellan Co. and distributors in Sydney.
A Mareeba meeting chaired by N G Bro Ashe discusses financing a verandah addition and borrows funds. Certificates are received for 1928 and P G Bro Ryan returns from Brisbane with market methods. receipts total about £2 12s 6d with sick pay and minor expenses.
The Marcela rifle club held its fifth final shoot for the Carr and Woodhouse trophy over 300 500 and 600 yards. C Knudsen led at 600 yards with 35 and 94 total, while D Smith and H Lane posted top scores at other distances. Knudsen won with second lowest handicap, ahead of A E Johnson and V Muhldorff, with poor conditions affecting scores and three members achieving bursts.
Readable text shows men’s cotton and wool shirts in all sizes with usual prices and a weekly sale price of 6 shillings. Grey twist working trousers in all sizes listed with usual price 11 shillings and a weekend price of 0 shillings.
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