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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 31, 1928
Page
6
Readable text shows a shop advert offering shirts, trousers, and workwear at discount prices. It highlights Champion work shirts priced around a shilling equivalent and mentions dark grey trousers and strong cadmium toned trousers with bargain pricing. The note cites Canal Street as the sale location.
A fragmented report hints at a staged entertainment lineup featuring Nora and Lacey with Murray and Fenna. The scene centers on a Palace venue offering sketches, songs, and dance acts with local acts and possible international acts not clearly named.
Maurice's production presents a Fantasia era program with The Love Mar musical pieces and a comedy. Cast includes Millie Those and Katyn with scenes described as dramatic and humorous set around Redland and Athens themes. Shows directed by Ventewsor Chandler with a 4 08 start at Owel Windel's Stand Hotel featuring Silver Kine and a silver femnes floor act.
Fragmentary text describes a society event with names such as Mineo Merton and Shoystiy at a Political Society meeting. Headers mention a lecture room and attendees including Mrs Borat, with references to speakers and questions. The passage is garbled and difficult to parse.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a scene at a mail with sense and a sea access event. No clear names, dates, or organizations are readable to form a coherent news item.
Fragmentary text references Nobile and Marino in a distant voyage. Mentions Stockholm and Oslo as points within a disrupted narrative. The piece reads like a garbled travelogue with unclear events and dates.
Channel London reports the Swimming Association has noted the case of Captain Webb and two others in a likely Easter event. Corsonitis are considering a new plan amid ongoing concerns.
Fragmented OCR text shows town notices with names such as Mrs Nicholls and A. Moja agit Mips Vive Vinnist, plus references to railway and government departments. The readable portions hint at civic announcements, meetings, and local concerns, but most specifics are unreadable.
A Pacific headline notes a charity garden event tied to a late evening liner dinner at the Pacific Motel. The notice lists organizers such as Hailey Ay and Lustlen Guild, with guests including Dewald Kredrick Wy and Mia Foudsen, and mentions dates around August 4 and attendance by various named locals and visitors as part of a social gathering and fund-raising effort.
New York report notes persistent rumors that champion Gene Tunney may retire after his next fight. The item references speculation about future opponents and possible confirmations, reflecting ongoing interest in Tunney's boxing career.
Charleville reports the death of Thomas Larking at a hospital after a long life as one of the region’s oldest Goilte drovers. The brief notice notes his residence near Swan Wild and references a past era of wagon and cattle drives, with limited readable detail due to OCR damage.
L A Miller a dentist on Shields Street Cairns and LD Neth Indi RD dental surgeon noted along with late Cloutier and Goldfinch. Abbott and Cairns Phono 505 appear in the listing.
An advertisement mentions Northwestern University in Chicago and Philadelphia, Toronto University in Canada, and lists a dental surgeon with an address at A.M. P. Buildings 702 Abbot Street.
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