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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 05, 1930
Page
10
A list of discounted men’s wear items with sale prices including striped tweed trousers 11/6, khaki drill trousers 7/11, flannelette pajama trousers 2/11, pajama suits 11/3 for two, Desco shirts 4/6, Capital brand shirts 5/3, singlets 3/11, blue drill bibs and braces 6/6 for two pairs.
The program highlights William Powell as a suave semi villain Fay Wray and Philip Holmes pair in a Broadway revue with Helen Kane and Skeets Gallagher. New Zealand Maori short Under the Southern Cross stars Moaris with two talking shorts Waitt Pra of the Maoris and After Seben featuring a black cast. Box plans available at local hotels and theatre office.
The Gaiety stages an all talking program tonight combining The Fall of Eve featuring Fatsy Ruth Miter Ford Sterling and Gertrude Astor with The Exalted Flapper a comedy drama about a European empress in New York. It includes singing and dancing shorts Listen Lady My Wife plus Fox Movietone News and a silent special.
The Tropical Theatre in Cairns unveils a remodel that improves speech clarity without sacrificing tone. A weekend program features Warner Brothers all talkie Skin Deep with Betty Compson and others, plus a biorescope Series and oriental mystic Zanzimar. Tickets and seating are available by phone.
A £30,000 act features six polar bears and five brown bears demonstrating intelligence under a trained circus sect. The display highlights animal training and performance quality, drawing attention to the exotic animal show.
A listing of acts features Claudia Alba lifting a man with her teeth and other stunts by the Santey Duo the Flying La Mars Miss Madeline in a bear cage and the Witch family ladies riders. The menagerie opens 4 to 5 p.m. with feeding. Performances travel to Babinda Donvale Mareeba Atherton in July.
The Cairn Citizens' Band social committee hosts another jazz evening in Tully's Hall tonight. The synco pated six will supply the music and promise a crack performance. A free bus departs Tropical Theatre at 8 o'clock.
The Monday event featured dancing led by W Collins, euchre organized by J Ahlers with R Roberts, and prizes won by Mrs Sondergard, Mrs Widdsor, Mr G Amy, and Mr Evans. Novelty prizes went to R Gibson and partner. Hay officiated, W Bell handled the door, and music was provided by Mrs Byrne.
Edge Hill State School committee plans an August children's list event titled Made in Australia with a Fancy Dress Ball. Children dress as Australian made goods for prizes, promoting Australian products and supporting a charitable goal. Buses will run from the city for attendees.
J C Williamson Attractions announce Josie Melville’s Cairns debut in Sally. She rises to stardom in Sydney, supported by a strong company including Leonard Rich and William Innes. She plays Kitty Brown in The Girl Friend and Sue Berke in Hold Everything, two fast paced musical comedies. The season opens at the Hibernian Hall Wednesday with The Girl Friend, followed by Hold Everything and Sally in the week ahead. Box plan available at Picard and Diack's Tuesday morning.
Hibernian Hall hosts a filled audience for Cairns Operatic Society’s Going Up and Croaing Up. The show thrills with strong principal performances led by G. Perkins as Robert Street and H. L. Mc Kenny as Sam Robinson with J. G. Norris as Jules Gaillard delivering a witty, sustained comic dose.
The play featured an orchestra under Victor Panis. Members included Mrs G E Beard, V Parker, K McElhinney, R Foster, V Lyon, H Henderson, H Henderson, W Speers, J Mawdsley, J Foster, C Bolton, G Gill and F Freland. President J C Carer noted heavy bookings and a capacity audience, with plans for another musical play in Cairns within three to four months.
Captain kK. Bedwell of Toowoomb has come back to the Darling Downs after three months in the north. Mrs. F J Francis and Miss Nancy Francis report from Cairns on 3/6/30 of passing the Bitter Lakes and enjoying their trip.
A Times essay argues for reviving aged English beverages such as mead and elder wine, proposing roadside inns with Tudor charm to sell home made drinks. It warns current laws stifle memory and could spark a popular, if risky, venture before eventually becoming a respectable beer shop.
The fifth day of a drapery and mercery auction at 87 Lake street opposite Palace Theatre. The sale opens at 10 am and will end at 1 pm after continuous bidding. Country visitors are invited to observe the event on this final day.
Murray and Bennett solicitors and notaries public at National Bank Chambers Spence Street Cairns. Abijah Murray Notary Public and Joseph Bennett Commissioner for Papen appear in this professional directory entry.
Catalogue item describes 26 pairs of striped flannelette pyjama pants in small to U.S. sizes, priced at 3 shillings 3 pence, with Fuji Sik pyjamas at 21 shillings and 2 shillings 11 pence for Bond’s heavy cotton singlets fleecy lined in sizes 1a to 40. Bargain listing highlights neat patterns and broad size range.
Advertisement lists warm woollen sweaters for children with polo collars and button fronts in grey fawn or navy. Sizes 24 inch chest and longer 26 28 30 inch options priced with bee specials on specific dates.
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