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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 18, 1928
Page
6
Advertisement highlights a range of silk fabrics including ivory morocaine and marquetted silk, with special prices listed as 2/11 and 4/11. Mentions suitable for frocks shirts and underwear, emphasizing natural enamel gloss and broad shade selection for varied garments.
Just opened large range of cushion covers real for use with bold colors and embroidery. Linens and napkins offered in square and crimped patterns with rich colors. Special prices advertised with dates and descriptions of styles.
Specials from the showroom list brassieres and bloomers with assorted brands and sizes. Items include Pure Fuji Bile Bloomers and elastic waisted pieces, plus dance circle accessories and suspenders with varied price points.
Snaps in Ladies Shoes and Slippers offer black glace house shoes leather soles rubber Hecla and special styles in sizes 1 to 7. Includes kid bar shoes gray calf with red and black trim sizes 2 to 6, felt slippers with reinforced heels in red blue black sizes 2 to 6, and infant black glace kid bar shoes with several special prices.
An old style listing of dress goods and fabrics with prices and descriptions. Cotton tweed, printed foulard, striped deluxe quality, laments for nursery camer ic, warm speck flannel, woollen dress reed tones. Includes checks and dainty nursery designs in blue lavender grounds and gold washing shades.
A fragmented OCR note references a group action or directive tied to the entity Nied 289 and multiple members. The readable line hints at a collective membership or membership status, but lacks clear identities, actions, dates, or locations to confirm specifics.
A film at Tropical Theatre tonight features Monte Blue in a melodrama about a railroad man and a racecar society girl whose crash tests honor. Foster sacrifices to protect the bride party as adventures unfold to keep his name. An accompanying comedy and newsreels fill the program with music by Professor Kandler.
The Tropical Theatre displays Billy Sullivan in The Heart of a Coward and the next installment of the College Sports series on Tuesday afternoon April 13. The event features matinee screenings at 415 Otelnek Street with pleasant town crowds and classic film fare.
A Palace Theatre program on Saturday offered a lively evening with comedy and musical acts. The final repetition airs tonight Monday. The first feature The Claw stars Norman Kerry and Claire Winsor, following a hero-worshipping mythic trek to an African veld. The Nevada god Sits Gairy Cooper appears in a topiscope of drama. The third feature is a West Coast epic with Kinnessford-Smith. Audience laughs blend with musical and pageantry acts.
The Prince Edward Theatre presents the long run Paramount attraction Old Ironsides with Wallive Heery George Bancroft and others headlining a cast of thousands. The epic required massive production including four thousand workers, fifty hulls windjammers, an island location twenty miles wide, and massive battle scenes with real cannons and tons of gunpowder. Two performances and a matinee are planned with box seats now available.
A garbled schedule lists a boplar program at the Tree with Monday Tuesday shows and themed nights. Managers announce a mans ter wlain aml fairy dress carnival on June 24 to coincide with Prince of Wales birthday, with details advertised.
The Cameos delivered a lively provincial tour show on Saturday night with strong comic sketches and musical numbers. Performers Hal Cooper Stella Cosfer Fred Moment Hal Herar Clare and Ima impressed, with a standout skit and Sol Mio renditions delighting the Cairns audience.
The Nelson Theatre in Gordonvale hosts an evening of performances featuring a graceful dance by Stella Vivintety and an engaging show, with previews of new releases at Cairns. The school of Arc benefits from the event as part of the program, and screenings begin at 7:50 with children’s matinees every Saturday.
A lively report notes Jack Bergnan aiming for a world championship after Will Ford finished a 77 hour endurance tier at the Gaiety on Saturday. Spectators enjoyed afternoon seating and a brief, brisk finish.
Readers are advised to watch the Cairns Poel tomorrow for an extraordinary advertisement announcing entertainment events to be presented in Cairns.
The ceremony united Miss Mairie Irene Lawk of Fig Tree Creek and Mr Charles Everand Coombes-Sinisteers of Sandgate in a church wedding conducted by Rev Father Carroll. The bride wore a crepe-de-Chine sheath with silver embroidery and a long tulle veil, attended by her sister Jessie as bridesmaid. The groom was supported by best man J Walker De Beet. A reception followed at the bride’s parents’ home with decorations by Mrs I Beattie and a lavish break-up for about 14 guests. The couple planned a Kuranda honeymoon and received many costly gifts including several herries, with a three-tier wedding cake by Mrs FP Hoare.
Visiting clerics from Cairns and Townsville join Atherton services as Rev Lo Tointon of Cairns Methodist Church presides. The Atherton anniversary marks the church’s ongoing local outreach with Rev Unwin of Atherton delivering the Cairns church sermon.
Mrs Phatapson will speak at St Andrews School Hall on Tuesday. Mere J Thompson, president of the Presbyterian WMA, represents the mission unions. The event is in Freshwater with a talk focusing on the work and aims of the unions.
A Bridge and Mille Jong evening was hosted at the residence in Cairns to honor Mrs Macartney visiting as a guest of the Gleens tant. Tables lined verandah and drawing room with gerberas and roses as decorations. Guests included Mrs Macartney, Mrs Rutherford, Mme Murray, and several others, all in formal attire for the social gathering.
A scanned and partially legible roster from the Queensland Country Omens Association details numerous names and positions. The list includes members such as Miss Guyi Chanmebly, N. Mac Donnell, Abi Marry, W. OW. Briend, A. Laventh, J. Z. McMahon, F. Noethage, W. W. Chovten, A. Barson, and many others, with references to chairs and hostesses for an event. The fragmentary names suggest a formal gathering or meeting notes with attendees and officials.
EE KACHAM ELECTORATE announces public meetings featuring Mr C J Ryan MLA and Mr J B Collingy ALP official. Meetings listed at Aloomba Hall June 9, Atherton Sharples Uhall June 10, Mareeba Art School June 20, Mareeba Thoraday June 21, Sam Millan Norris Tall June 22, Mabands June 23 at 7 pm.
The issue highlights an agent sale for Oldsmobile cars with reduced prices across all models. It touts the car as the top six and notes features, finishes, leather options, and a warranty covering defects. Local agent L. Flintmots on Lake Street will provide further details.
Members of No 2 Stawkett Air Society are told this morning that two events will be viewed Friday. The first concerns security and double air amount at one time. An accompanying note mentions Mr Fention in the secretary’s office and the sharing of two lots of shares.
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