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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 11, 1930
Page
8
A busy sale list details various textiles and linings with sizes weights and prices. Items include dress fabrics Manchester needs 8x54, silks bleached sheeting damask towels and voile, with special purchase prices and usual prices noted for each.
Lan Chaney stars in a Theatre release at Tropacal Theatre with an epic futuristic theme. The cast includes Prisfile Maver James Starray and Cagneye in a nerve wracking dramatic lineup.
Matinee at 2:30 features The Marriage Playground based on Edith Wharton with stars Mary Brain Fredric March Lilyan Tashman Hunt er Gordon and Kay Francis. Also showing Old Youth Man a fast temperance comedy and Universal Sound News with Amy Johnson flight footage. Box plans available at local hotels and theatre office.
Amy Johnson speaks at the Gaiety Theatre in Cairns in a special presentation recorded for Fox Movietone. The event highlights her voyage from England to Australia and features the London Day Mail recording rights and local screenings with accompanying performances and notices of upcoming acts at the venue.
The report notes Faavo Nurmi and Stafford Bridg miles in 29 primates 3-2/3. Nurmi beats Alfred Shrubiy's Baughand record of 2 minutes 9 2/5 seconds for a well paced run. Seven British athletes chased Nurmi who finished third, one and a half laps behind the leader.
London reports police closing in on the Kesson mystery with a key clue a wire fragment linked to the strangling near Ipsom. A witness described a car and driver allegedly seen near the body, with an arrest expected within 24 hours.
Innisfail police court proceedings involve FJ Hardy alias George Henry Ratcliffe charged with obtaining a £2 cheque by false pretences on May 26. The case centers on a Queensland National Bank cheque presented at Ingham and whether it was good and valid.
Townsville officials invited a representative Townsville hockey team to Brisbane for a match as part of the Crowley Cup buildup. Selection aims to field a strong side, but football calls some players away, potentially weakening the hockey team. The proposed lineup includes J McLean Ro Keine Westchack Haniment T Carr Ge Marry J fazants FE Hallett A Amieraan Wettinner He Ray Nicholls Crowe with the executive able to drop any member.
Industrial Court ally reduces police special allowances under new agreement. Previous 2, 3, and 4 tier pay scales for senior sergeants, sergeants, acting sergeants, and constables are replaced by revised weekly rates. New rates set as senior-sergeants 23 pounds 6 pence 4 farthings, sergeants 20 pounds 13 pence 4 farthings, acting sergeants 18 pounds, constables 15 pounds 7 shillings 6 pence.
A reunion dinner for the 15th Battalion Association was approved at a recent meeting. The event at the Jenolan Cafe Adelaide street Fremantle starts at 6 pm with a small admission fee to cover costs. Over 300 members are expected. tickets are available via J R Churchill Anzac House Elvenheth Street Fremantle.
Messrs G. A. Cameron and D. W. ram have been appointed Government representatives of the Townsville Fire Brigade Board. The state executive of the Queensland League passed a resolution congratulating Mrs J. Tait on her election as Australian president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union.
The W A Younger Set plans a first dance at the Trocadero on Friday week June 20 with novel ties and other attractions. The Troca dero Orchestra will provide the music and refreshments will be served.
Preparations are complete for a Kuranda day featuring ladies and gentlemen hockey matches between Cairns teams and Kuranda Myola football. A large turnout is expected with non playing supporters. Entertainment Society aims for a red letter day with afternoon tea and musical items by the Railway Band.
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