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Newspaper

Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

Jul 06, 1928

Page

13

Our Sydney Letter of Interesting Week in Sydney

Dear Cuirnia, grey skies and fierce winds sweep the harbor as ferries face heavy seas. Flood fears rise as rivers swell while civic graft probes unfold at the Town Hall and Roy al Commission in Melbourne eyes officials. Teachers and education debates gust through Wentworth, with lectures on pay and French methods sparking controversy.

Cuirnia Manly Jervia Bay J. &. Garden Trades and Labor Council Sydney Sydney Morning Herald Royal Mating Arnott Tl LS Lieintone Holdaworth Morton Melbourne Bavin Embyte Fleming Garlick

Good Luck to You and the Sydney Social Scene

Thousands gathered at the wharf to see the Sonoma depart with Navigator Lyon and radio man Warner. Mr. Lyon teased bachelorhood while kingsford Smith and Ulm were feted in new uniforms. A golf final ended with Fawcett defeating Lee Brown by one up as Sydney hosts pony shows and a rising marriage market among polo circles.

Secondary Profesor Nicholson Sydney University Mackie Wentworth Education Drummond S. H. Smith W. J. Henry Federation Sonoma California Lyon Warner Lancaster Keith Miller Red Rose Kingsford-Smith Ulm Southern Cross Melbourne Sydney Kingsford-Smith and New South Wales Kensington Yarne Gallery C. H. Fawcett Royal Sydney Gal Club R. K. Lee Brown Walker Lee Brown Fawcett Fawcet Sydne Commonwealth Dad

Melee erupts as Geach leads push for independence

Chaos erupts as vases are smashed and chairs hurled while Miss Geach, waving a bagana flag, escapes the riot with two-thirds of the members. They head to 35 Bligh Street to press a stance to adhere to the association’s original planks.

Bedlam Rose

Disturbance at Sydney Housewives Association Meeting

A decorous Education building gathering faced a chaotic disruption as a mob of enraged members pressed the platform. A blushing policeman intervened while the chairwoman Mrs. Perry sought to reclassify the group as The Housewives' Co-operated Alliance and have minutes read authorising the change.

Sydney Housewives’ Association Perry Housewives’ Co-operated Alliance Misa Vartia Geach

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