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.
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 05, 1929
Page
6
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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