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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 22, 1927
Page
8
Readable text highlights Bebe Daniels and Huot Gibson as top stars in a Hollywood bill. The Tropical Theatre schedules feature acts including Miss Brewster and a performance by Gladys Garfield with the Malaga Concert Orchestra.
A historic retailer advertises a wide range of Osman sheeting twill plain and bleached options at sale prices. Supplies include white, colored towels, dowlas, Madras, linen and cotton fabrics with multiple yardage figures and substantial discounts across textiles.
The Tropical Theatre announces a revised programme featuring Miss Gladys Garfield and Agnes Ayres in Her Market Value with Anders Randell. The night includes a contralto solo, newsy peanettes, screen snapshots, and a Professor Chandler orchestra set. Box plans available at Whiticks.
The people of Gordonvale and district may witness a protest on sensational theatre in Australia at Heatties Theatre Gordonvale tonight featuring The Great Le Roi praised as a versatile performer with a magical kettle novelty act. A supporting picture programme accompanies the show attracting local audiences to see this artist perform.
Miss Elsie Fausett hosted a small tea in Collen Vale Cafe with guests Mrs Wilfred Hambrook Mrs Ruddel Mrs A HM Clarke Mrs G E O Neill and Miss Macdardy of Gunnawarra Station Mount Barnet. Last Thursday Worcester Presbyterians gathered at Mr and Mrs JF Smith home to bid farewell to Reverend J A Sinclair gifting a wallet of notes and praising his service. They wished him a safe journey home and expressed hope for his successor and church loyalty.
Brisbane reports show carpenters and miners at Ipswich Road workshops join a Trades Hall agitation against a 40 hour week. Townsville group pledges support while Seamen's Union offers aid. Disputes Committee threatens blacklisting and a widespread work stoppage on Saturday. Bill Hanson MLA absent from meeting. he favors conciliation but backs Labor policy. Governor officials delay action as disorder spreads.
Officials in Hartlepool, England, clamp down on bobbing hair and shirts within a fraction of an inch, enforcing strict rules by the divisional authority of the Salvation. The measure targets trivial acts deemed unsightly and aims to curb public disturbances.
A 62 member pilgrimage plus four friends toured Jerusalem and surrounding sites to view the Order of St John’s historic glories. The piece notes the order’s evolution from a hospitalier body serving pilgrims to a modern Ambulance Brigade aligned with ambulances, with the English Grand Priory led by Prince Arthur of Connaught and headquartered at St John’s Gate Clerkenwell. It recounts Muristan in Jerusalem, Gerald’s hospital, and the order’s medieval and maritime roles, plus a Balzac note and other varied curiosities.
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