This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 21, 1927
Page
10
The report covers a chess style tournament with prize winners Laxton and Stevens, plus minor results and remarks on attendance. It also details a government day labor inquiry, noting contract concerns, pay rates, and a split decision favoring contract work. Social and organizational updates include charity cup cancellations and referees resigning from the association.
Fragmented OCR notes describe cold nights and frost across central regions with mentions of Toowoomba and Seaford. References to July dates and weather conditions mix with garbled place names and numbers, suggesting a weather summary or regional frost alert.
A Sydney letter reports a university appeal for 250000 pounds to aid graduates and knowledge. Sir Willan Cue leads fundraising with the University Dramatic Society staging You Like It to strong crowds. The piece highlights benefactors, the university effort, and a gala reception at the Town Hall with Lady Stonehaven and other officials in attendance.
An old advertisement touts De Sheladon Serta as a fast relief for bronchitis and colds. It claims the product cures coughing quickly, with mothers urged to use it for children and to “get the best of your cold” through this remedy.
An old newspaper ad promotes Palmolive soap as a beauty treatment. It urges readers to try a one week routine under expert guidance, claiming years of study support the method and warning against ordinary soaps and harmful products.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.