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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 23, 1929
Page
8
Retail notice advertises a special sale on ladies coloured bloomers in crepe and silk, plus freckled priced items like frocks, rompers, hose, gloves, and hats. Includes child and teen sizes with multiple price points, and artificial silk accessories.
Readable sale notice lists hemstitched handkerchiefs at 4/ and Australian wool cashmere half hose at 1/11. Morley's men black hose and fancy art silk and cotton half hose offered in a dozen neat designs with sale prices of 2/6, down from 2/9 and 2/11.
Fibre suit cases steel bound with cap corners and two English sizes priced at 22 inches. Usual prices 9/6 8/11 8/3 and 7/6. Sale prices 8/6 7/11 7/6 and 6/6. Fibre attaché cases in multiple sizes with usual prices and sale prices listed.
Striped Radford twillinta boys pyjama suits offered for nippy nights. Usual price seven shillings sixpence. Sale price six shillings ninepence.
An advertisement lists fabrics for clothing with sales prices. Fuji fabrics in striped and check patterns are offered by the yard, with colors including sky, lavender, maroone, pink, coder and wenge, and specific sale prices noted. A black and white dress tweed is also advertised with a sale price per yard.
A dated sale notice lists discounted items in a fancy department including linen writing pads in deckle edge reduced from 1 shilling to 1 shilling 6pence, handkerchiefs from various colors to 2d, trimmed lawn pieces, bloomers elastic, colored garter elastic, toothbrushes, hand bags, silk hose, and cotton hose with marked sale prices. Prices shown in pre-decimal currency and yard measures.
John Gilbert debuts a dramatic Cossack romance in The Cossacks with a strong supporting program at the Tropical Theatre. Gilbert plays the dashing Cossack soldier, Miss Adoree charms as a peasant girl, and Ernest Torrence dominates as the stern chieftain. No. 2 Satan and the Woman stars Claire Windsor in a realism driven drama.
The February report by G Porter F5S records Cairns with 14 births at 145 per 1000, Townsville 61 births, Mackay 18, and Charters Towers 4. Total births 620, down 117 from January and 1260 from February 1928. Cairns and Mackay lead in marriages with 17 each, Gympie lowest with 0.41. Deaths total 82, Cairns 8 at 0.83 per 1000, Townsville 23 at 0.75. infant mortality near February 1928. no disease cases notified locally. Brisbane reports 95 cases of venereal disease, Toowoomba 3.
A crowd fills the Palace Theatre for the new film adaptation of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. The cast features relative newcomers with the program including two comedies and noted Gazette items, while the plot follows Jean Valjean's quest for redemption after serving a bread theft sentence.
The Palace Theatre presents a program headed by Kathryn in His Private Life with feature number two starring Ed Hees. Management lists Bancroft, Compson among performers for the event next Saturday.
The event showcases hockey and skating activities under moonlight with the staff of instructors in attendance for a repeat showing.
The United States Army declares war on barnacles, a persistent marine problem harming ships. At Edgewood Maryland the Chemical Warfare Service introduces a coating to prevent crustacean buildup, aiming to keep hulls clean and fuel efficiency high.
The article notes about £15,000,000 yearly wasted due to slow speeds and port delays caused by fouling. It explains dry-dock times hinge on marine growth rate, which is faster in the tropics and begins while vessels lie at harbor or rest, prompting cleaning and maintenance.
Herbertton May 22 The Great Northern Tin Mining Co Herberton will commence crushing another 100 tons of ore next week. Two weeks ago they sold 20 tons of tin concentrates realising £1057, showing strong output. Since Christmas production has been gratifying with a 1 shilling dividend paid. The Vesuvius mine at Bakerville recently sold 9 tons of tin concentrates.
Classified notice for Kenneth J Ward L D Q dental surgeon, located above ACB on Abbott Street Cairns. Includes contact details Rhone 505.
Fragmentary OCR shows names such as Murray and Onnet, Notaries Public, National Bank Chambers on Spence Street Cairns, Abijah Ate Notary Public, Joseph Bennett Commissioner for Florida, O'Brien, Northwestern Uni Chicago, Bea and Us Uni Canada. Appears as a jumble of titles, affiliations, and contact hints.
Extensive studies show barnacles ignore surface texture, but toxic chemicals repel them. Navy tests coatings containing coal tar and resin as their solvent paint, melted for application and solidifying on cooling, now used on destroyers.
Under the British Workmen's Compensation Acts, twelve million pounds were paid to workmen and their families during 1927.
Senator Sir John Newlands arrives in Cairns aboard the Ormiston on a visit to the city and Tablelands and departs south by boat yesterday. Senior-Sergeant Tuohy will testify in Brisbane in a civil case before going to Cairns for the Supreme Court gathering in June. Local and regional appointments include Mr Charge delivering an address on Industrial Co operation at Hibernian Hall and new Local Deputy Public Curators for Rockhampton and Cairns.
May 18 social scene at Heberton Races featured Mrs W Collyer in almond green and mastic ensemble with a two toned suit and pleated skirt. Mrs O E Power in grey coat and skirt with sand hat. Miss Wearin in white voile frock with guipure lace and ornate hat. Mrs Campbell in two frocks of mastic and Nile blue crepe de Chine. Miss Ledlie and Miss Ledlie appeared in navy crepe satin and smart georgette outfits. Miss Perry wore navy crepe satin with matching hat. Miss Fitzpatrick in sand crepe with Macrame silk lace. Miss Hammond of Townsville in navy crepe de Chine with matching hat. Mrs Y Galloway in floral georgette. Miss Ezzy in salmon crepe de Chine. Miss Chisholm in crepe satin with pale pink georgette vest and diamante accents.
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