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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 09, 1927
Page
3
Garment fabrics including crepe satin taffeta silk dupioni and fugue. cash prices per yard range from 1/3 to 7/11. Silks for children's garments and sheet waists noted. Damaged text mentions menswear items, shirts, suits, and tailored clothing with varied colors and finishes. prices listed in old currency.
In a faded listing the Fey Department offers ladies white lawn handkerchiefs in striped and shaded patterns. Also advertised are silk leg ornament items, full fashioned hosiery, Sky patches, and pale color options. Bath soap and teeth products appear with small price markers for 1/3 and 2 shillings per tube.
Cotton vests with short sleeves or none offer value for Women’s Ace at cash prices. Ladies’ crepe blouses with elastic waist and knee lengths come in five shades plus white. Straw hats and striped frocks feature straight lines, roll collars, and blue or brown tones at cash prices.
Mr and Mrs Jack Dorney completed a sensational Australian honeymoon journey in a Whippet car from Tweed Heads to Brisbane. The trip, praised for reliability and endurance, included a Mayoral reception and thousands of cheering onlookers. They recount weathered floods, long desert tracks, and praise the car’s performance amid rugged terrain and hostile roads across Northern Territory backcountry.
The Dorneys recount a perilous overland trek in the Whippet vehicle across the Northern Territory. They describe brutal river crossings, sand hills, and rigors of unloading and reloading cargo, aided by a Black Boy Guide and local Aboriginal hospitality. They praise the car’s reliability and note the journey’s hardships, with Mecka to Terth comparably tame. Agents Samuel Allen and Son promote Ace Brand Cement in Cairns.
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