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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
May 27, 1929
Page
11
An old column mixes a reflective thought on motherhood and shared joy with a school note about a teen’s sore throat and a basketball game where Kiora beat the Blackbirds by one. It ends with a postcard style greeting and a short letter about poetry and a musical exam.
Readable ad copy highlights Showroom ladies wear including round necks short sleeves in Blue and Pink with spray finish. Also lists Royal Flannel Blazers with buttons pockets priced at 29/6 and 21/-. Includes Rose Bedtime Dressing Gowns with floral long sleeves girdle waist at 9/ and Winter Coats trimmed fur collar at 65/-.
A newspaper ad lists inch wool flannel in checks and plain colours from 7/11 yard, inch coloured dress flannel in many colours at 5/11 yard, inch pure silk crepe de chine at 3/11 to 5/11 yard, and inch windeyette at 1/5 yard. Special ACE offers highlight value.
Ladies wool shawls in Cloud, Sand, Sank and Aladdin priced at 5/1. Children’s cashmere sweaters in sizes 6 to 14 at 3/6 and 2/11. Old English lavender falcon powder at 2/3. Cameo four ply fingerling wool in multiple colors at 9d per skein. Special prices noted.
Footwear section lists ladies white canvas and felt slippers with leather soles in sizes 2 to 6 and prices 4/0 to 4/6. Men’s black patent oxford shoes at 20/6 value. Ladies black patent bar shoes at 26/6, with ACB specials marked.
The advertisement lists special prices on men’s fleece lined singlets and underpants in multiple sizes 34 through 42 with fleece lined comfort for winter. It also promotes a choice range of fancy pull over sweaters in several latest designs with sale prices.
Manchester department presents heavy all wool army blankets and single wool blankets in various sizes with good value pricing and special offers. Extra quality blankets, down quilts, and linen damask items feature multiple prices and specials for bulk or daily needs.
A mother's admonition to her son urges morning rising, personal hygiene, honesty, obedience, daily kind acts, and prayer. It stresses a clean mouth and heart, respect for father, and that a gentleman is kind, truthful, clean, and thoughtful. The mother vows deep love and asks God to guard the boy's heart.
A collection of letters from Cairns child correspondents to Rosemary in Tarzali. Writers send thanks for badges and poems, share news of school life, skating on a cement floor, hospital donations, pen friend requests, and birthday greetings.
The Bairns' Circle sends birthday wishes to Palm Tree Golden Yew Bougain village Ring ve. Each greeting includes a motto such as A little bit of hope makes a rainy day tool gay and The finest apples hang up on the highest boughs and Win gold and share it and Conscience is like a sundial.
A collection of brief comic exchanges and riddle quips across shop counter scenes and family moments. The jokes feature a butcher, teacher, policeman, mother and child, with wordplay and observational humor.
A string of punny exchanges and riddles about roofs mouths boats trains and secrets. The Q A pair formats showcase wordplay on letters and sounds with short punch lines and light humor.
An OCR reading presents a poetic fragment where Truth and Love invite a third companion. The speaker, Georgina yy. Peron, notes companionship with Truth and Love, implying a triad of loyalties and moral ties. Mentions Whisky Dewars, Samuel Allen and Dewars Whisky The best of Sons Ltd as agents.
A street scene centers on a cheerful boy busy at chores for his mother. A friend invites play, but the lad stays to help, saying he prefers aiding his mother. The narrator praises the boy’s duty and hopes others imitate him.
The Anselm Show Magazine Volume III discusses ocean exploration under scientific control. Dr Anderson notes Schmidt’s remark on Australia’s fish abundance versus catches and urges systematic investigations. Features include Marine Animals from Low Isles, Aboriginal Adaptability, Mangrove Life, Parramatta Farewell, and Quidong Fossil Hunting.
Charles Merz profiles Henry Ford detailing the Fordson unit and massive industrial expansion. The series explores Ford's rise from modest beginnings to global wealth and influence, highlighting mass production breakthroughs and a sprawling enterprise on two square miles. Life magazine previews May issues with additional features.
The English critics hail an Australian woman novelist Henry Handel Richardson for Ultima Thule a novel described as groundbreaking. Everylady’s Journal announces exclusive serial rights with June publication in a magazine aimed at home loving women. The May issue will be a strong appeal to readers.
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