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Newspaper

Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

Jan 05, 1929

Page

6

Household Wants and Goods for Sale

Household wants include mosquito nets in single bed size and full size at 131k each. Fancy pattern fibre door slips 11 by 27 priced 4/6. White twill dorcas sheeting inch thick priced at 2/3 per yard.

Irvinebank Notes Mining Update and Local Life

December reports a slowed mining season with few rich strikes as tin prices stay low. The Lady Francis and Great Southern mines show potential while Wyatt Lease remains profitable despite high crushing costs. A Christmas engine accident at School of Arts is repaired. locals attend screenings of The Iron Horse and share rescue tales.

Lady Francis Great Southern Wishart Burns Wyatt Lease School of Arts Iron Horse

Mossman Notes Christmas Holidays and Local Disputes

Mossman marks a quiet festive season with stores resuming work. A row between the Hospital Board and the medical officer centers on a new rail quad bought for about £200, deemed unsafe by the doctor. Some board members claim the quad is overbuilt or unsafe while ratepayers question the expense ahead of a Mossman Hospital erection. Weather hot and humid with limited rain. cane prospects look good for next year. Mossman and Dessieau visitors noted. New Year wishes from Berger’s Paint and Samuel Allen & Sons.

Fort Douglas Mossman Varios Quad En- Suri Mossman Hospital

New Year Festivities Quiet Amid Rain in Atherton

Atherton marked New Year with Cinderella dance by the Atherton Iodel Band and a Gilders Theatre show drawing modest crowds. A street fracas left one man with a fractured nose as rainfall totals for the year were logged at the Atherton Post Office, with New Year’s Day rain heavy.

Athertoni Atherton Iodel Sharples Gilder's Picture Theatre

Our Sydney Letter Milestone and Holiday Festivities

December 27 report from Cairnia describes Christmas celebrations in Sydney. Crowded streets and shops, waterfront pageant, carols at midnight, and festive decorations prevail. Holiday travel to mountains and beaches draws large crowds, while racing events at Randwick draw about 48,000 spectators and notable bets, including Leadlight winning the Summer Cup by a neck.

Cairnia Christimas Aj.c. Sumner Randwick Liven Cello Ring Donald Fondant

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