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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 23, 1929
Page
4
Embroidered Milanese gloves in black and white with price for 3/8 pair. Mock fashion pure silk hose with slipper heel in grey beige sale priced at 6/11 pair.
The page itemizes men s cashmerette pajama suits Zephyr pajama trousers khaki drill trousers and white mercerised tennis shirts with full roomy cuts and indicative price marks 8/11 3/6 8/11 and 4/11 respectively.
An old advertisement listing various natural Fuji silk fabrics with guarantees of pure silk. It details per yard and per dozen prices for British Fuji, Coloured Jap Crepe, and other Fuji silk varieties, noting washes and color options and indicating limited yard quantities per customer.
A writer laments widespread unemployment in Queensland driven by harsh industrial laws and government neglect. He blames politicians and party faction for stagnation and urges voters to act as informed individuals, shedding party bias to advance the state and empire.
Mr J Sears presented Ton Beck with a leather inscription after Beck’s Brisbane River success in Queensland championships. Beck, champion swimmer of the Far North, impressed Brisbane rivals Greer Beast and Soussari in four races, with strong showings in the half mile and 100 yards events. Other items note A Battle property sale at Glen Allyn, land inquiries, and local farming activity as Tableland growth attracts attention.
The magazine highlights birds near Sydney in Hindwood’s Birds and the Bush notes with emphasis on the night Lire bird. JR Kinghorn answers whether alligators occur in Australia and says none exist. T C Roughley describes flying fish and the issue showcases museum staff articles and expeditions.
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