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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 22, 1927
Page
14
A terse note warns that the week ahead will bring an intensified strain on Mr Profit, signaling tougher times and potential losses. The fragment suggests broader economic stress without detailing specifics.
Classified notice showcases a range of women’s clothing and fabrics including black lateen aprons, crepe and crepe-de-chene pieces, striped fabrics, and fancy silks. Items are described with trims, sizes, and sale prices marked across multiple dates. Customers are urged to inspect selections like white washed hats and figured voile with decorative patterns.
The Millaa Millaa bachelor group held their second annual ball on Saturday January 15 with a quiet guest list and a festive program. Attendees wore fashionable gowns and the hall was decorated with ferns and evergreens as the Novelty Orchestra provided music and a supper by J. Hawley accompanied dancing into the night.
Glazed and other goods featured with child and fashion items listed in a garbled ad. Names and specifics are unclear but indicate a sale of apparel and cosmetics with quantities. Local department store style language appears, but readable details are limited.
Men department notices advertise boys shirt waists and crash shirts with striped fabrics. Offers include value prices on cambric waists and Bengal tweed suits in salt and pepper designs.
The fragment mentions special wear items and colored towels for grounds with cases of cloth in cream and beige tones, though the text is garbled and many details are unclear.
Shoe advertisement lists Tretty Patent Ankle Bar SNOF pumps and Wart heels in black and white overlays. Includes sizes 2 to 22/6 and 71 price notes, plus patent bow pumps and smart champagne court shoes with wart heels.
A New York Literary Digest analysis by Van Norman cites Commerce Department evidence that American made instruments and player pianos flood foreign lands. From Australia to Japan and Latin America, U.S. tunes and records spread with demand for reed organs, phonographs, and bands. Jazz faces pushback as foreign critics resist the American musical influence.
Tasmanian National Mark near Hobarti offers vast SAS acres with Derwent Valley access. It features lakes and waterfalls, fern glades, and unique wildlife including Bennetts wallaby and marsupials. The rugged area attracts naturalists for unexplored wonders and potential scientific interest.
A vintage home remedy article explains catarrh as an inflammation of the upper throat and nose that can cause deafness and blocked hearing. It promotes a home tonic using warm water and sugar mixed with a double strength preparation, claiming rapid relief of nasal congestion and hearing improvement.
A fragmented note describes efforts to secure supplies of fuse and other goods in Cairns. It mentions increased prices for FISHEL items, sailors and unnamed agents, and a resolve to obtain necessary materials despite weather. The text is difficult to parse but centers on demand and supply challenges.
A warped classified line advertises trap and net fighting with mixed details about trades, hotels, restaurants and hoarding homes. It lists contact by phone 676 and references miscellaneous trade offerings in a fragmented catalog style.
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