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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 24, 1928
Page
11
Advertisement notes silk and cotton voile frocks for ladies and wool gabardine items. Includes terms like manageable vests and children’s coloured flannel frocks priced around 20 each. Mentions dates and sale details in a fragmented fashion typical of a showroom display.
A garbled catalog note lists gauntlets gloves hose embroideries and lading shoes with references to quantities dates and a Newnan address. The fragment hints at purchased garments including fancy cotton items and insertion work and specifies clearance at a stated date.
A listing of fabrics shows varying prices per yard including bordered velvets, striped ginghams, and linen. The ad highlights yardage options with mentions of silk, linen, and muslin style cloths, reflecting a broad fabric sale.
Vintage catalog style notice shows men’s tourist shirts striped silk broadway ties and gauze items with prices 2/6 to 4/1, woollen and worsted trousers 2/71, children’s shoes, and men’s boots with sizes and pale color noted. Includes 10g natural vuo and Bombay tweed suits.
Bairns and Cheerios share a bustling page of dance details dresses and social notes from Cairns with listings of old boys' dance frocks hypothetical weddings and park visiting days plus letters from children to Rosemary and friends highlighting school events and a forthcoming August competition in the Bairns and Cheerios club.
A quirky past letter recounts a child named Rosemary in Cairns and a playful tale where a fairy and a mustard pot lead to a single mouthful of gold. The note, dated July 16, mentions school days, football, and a village tone, ending with a curious “Wild Rose” signature.
A fragmentary correspondence item shows a note to Rosemary dated November 7 1928. The writer mentions not having written for home time and signs with Tam, indicating a personal, unfinished letter fragment within a historical newspaper page.
A fragmentary old note sent by Sandy Mac (Dingwall) includes a riddle about seven oysters and a hidden lad, described with garbled phrases and scattered names Violet Ken Cra Medion Nanuhouts and a reference to a House of Light. The text hints at a missing boy and a wary town atmosphere.
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