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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 15, 1929
Page
6
Ipswich flannels and singlets advertised as pure wool with short sleeves and full cut. Claim of best manufacture and neat detailing with braid and pend, priced at 1/11 each. Offers include light weight options and assorted sleeve lengths for Ipswich wearers.
A catalog style notice describes boy and child knitted wool suits with caps, fleecy shawls, boots, nets, cream wool cats with tassels, frocks with crochet trims, fleece bloomers, and knitwear pieces. Prices given in shillings. items include knitted tops, elastic waists, long sleeves, open fronts, and various finishes.
Advert reads PURE SILK FULL FASHIONED HOSE in shades Rose Sherry Mirage French Blonde Blondine Nymph Neutral with prices. It promotes 9/11 pair deals and lists bold color names and features like full welt and smooth leg silk for refined legwear.
The Mackay branch showcased a parade featuring dainty white gowns and a champagne reception. Miss Patterson of La More coordinated arrangements while models wore dainty frocks, a blue georgina lace outfit, a Spanish shawl, and a Frosch sequin scarf with an uneven hemline.
The May 1 1929 Wild Cat Column notes Palmer River Gold Co formed by Arthur Clartte aims to start mining at Strathleven. It holds 1350 acres with 120 measured yielding 3,484,000 cubic yards valued at about 1 shilling per yard. Projections show seven years of dredge work and annual net profits around £5000 with ore averaging two ounce per ton, open-cut system, mill kept for 20 years.
A Melbourne letter profiles Miss Jo Sweatman praised as a leading artist with an excellent accompanist, Mr. Jacob Gimpel, touring the program. Notes on fashion trends follow, mentioning yellows and yellow greens in silk and wool, typical winter outfits, and coordinated suits and jumpers. The piece closes with a distant reference to a city fund or price figure in pounds.
A fragment notes a ballot or bill at a German yard. The craft will cost £4, gouuiu, unclear figures. The item references may indicate wartime or naval logistics and a pricing note without full context.
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