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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 19, 1929
Page
11
Readable ad list showcasing fabrics and garments with gift prices. Items include marle crepe de chine in striped ranges, navy blue cambric for children's wear, black Italian cloth Boltrox, and soft lingerie fabrics. Prices noted per yard with several gift price indications.
A garbled listing details fur items and gift prices for ladies garments. Mentions Dike colored lisle hose with back seam, peep at Hoggar haze cream woodland peach and lawn fabrics. Prices shown as 4/11, 2/??, 3/11 and 5/6, with unclear terms and misprinted words.
Readable lines advertise Crepe-de-Chene and Mariette frocks in new shades priced to Clear at Hill, with Saxe Crepe-de-Chene skirt yoke styling and a bodice ACE detail. Gift price 3/11. Also Grey Linen coat with cross-over effect and piped Rose Linen trim. Children's colored crepe bloomers gift price 1/6 per pair. Table of trimmed models and other textiles listed.
Advertisement describes large reversible jute hearth bugs with a splendid border in Saxe Ground, size 36 AGB, gift fairy 12/11 each, 4s sim. All flax canvas tightly woven for camp beds, pink and blue stripes, 18 inches wide, warranty to ACS, gift price 1/8 yard.
Listing from Men’s Department features fur felt hats in grey and steel with nail curl bound edge. Gift price 25 shillings each. Also shows hats with bound edge and colored trim offered as gifts at 0s 6d each. Jacky Coogan reference appears in odd catalog line with British padding items.
The notice lists footwear items with prices for women and men including MEWS GLACE KID DRESS Easy lasts and GIFT PRICES. It mentions leather slippers LADIEW PELT and other leather items with prices per pair, reflecting a retail catalog snippet.
A compact reflection from a historical page cites the Persian saying Do well the little things now so shall all great things come to thee by and by. The line emphasizes steady small deeds leading to larger rewards as a timeless guiding thought.
A fashion note explains hats and shoes should follow the same line and colours even if materials differ. Examples include champagne fur felt hat with natural Panama straw shoes and red felt turban with black frock and red accents. Also mentions evening hats in silver gold or lame fabrics and simple pumps bound with decorative trim.
A vintage guide outlines affordable boys garments with masculine touches. It describes washing-suit options with elbow-length sleeves, serge knickerbockers with braces, and light shirts with smocked yokes. Sailor suits, knickers, and jumpers are detailed for ages two to eight, including color and fabric notes and finishing braids.
A 19th century recipe notes veal must be thoroughly cooked and not kept in heat, with a method for stewing veal knuckle in butter and onions. Add stock, simmer, then fold in shredded lettuce and fresh peas with salt pepper and lime juice for a gentle finish.
Pauline Frederick hails Creme Charmosan as the most beautiful skin cream in the world promising youth and calm minds for aging. The Hollywood star and Warner Brothers leading lady advocates the greaseless product priced at 2 shillings 6 pence for a double size jar, widely sold.
A serialized correspondence from Feb 12 at Highleigh Gordonvale shares letters between Cairns Tuberose Ella Rostledge and Rosemary, plus young readers Lillian Black and Mavis Back, joining Home Circle and Cheerio Band, requesting pen names and pen pals, with warm replies and birthday notes.
The Bairns Circle sends birthday wishes to Stumpy Cobber Francisa and others, urging them to see beauty in all things and leave no tender word unsaid as they celebrate their day.
In North Mount Mulligan animals and insects are described with anecdotes. A boy details two incidents a dingo wary of a hidden noose and a bull ant fight where four meat ants overpower the large foe. The piece notes essays published in alphabetical order and signed by "THE RINGER" Thomas Tudehope aged 13.
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