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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 11, 1929
Page
11
Advert shows multiple garments with prices and sizes including cambric frocks, sheeps with contrast bands, silk and satin fabrics, crepe de chine, rayon, and laces. Notable items include bloomers, swimsuit carriers, hosiery, and men’s pyjama trousers with measurements and yardages. Prices listed from 1/11 to 30/1, with sizes ranging up to 30.
A personal note reflects on Christian virtues in daily life and charity toward others. The writer mentions searching along the river for someone, hints at a journey, and signs off as Colin Sturton with a P.S. about letters from Steadfast and Fern and Wood Violet. A separate reader Rosemary comments on Australian fauna and the value of the Home Circle.
A playful note talks of Christmas bringing Santa and a mysterious Someone who knows he is coming, with hints of a sharp look out for well behaved children. The writer urges readers, especially bairns, to keep faith and do their best this season.
The fragment from Stratford magazine recalls a boy’s note about a Barron River sighting. He and a friend describe a hawk’s flight and a windblown hat snagging on a tree branch, with the pair realizing their hats later in the water.
The Bairns Circle sends birthday greetings with cheerful names like Limestone Starling Armitice Wondering and Dancing Fairy. Messages praise active work, selflessness, liberty, and optimism while signing Rosemary with affectionate regards.
A brief note announces a new department under the Mutual Help program for senior Bairns and related community outreach. The item signals organizational expansion and a focus on senior services within the mutual aid framework.
Fragmentary verse about a captain of a tidy ship sailing on a pond with a doll and making a voyage among rushes and reeds. Mentions Toa and a playful journey across water and dawn in Australia, credited to Rose Jensen, Cooktown.
A lyrical note from Lady Barrine sends a verse describing thrush magpie grasshopper kookaburra kingfisher and daylight shadows along a stream bank. The poem evokes morning sounds and natural imagery with a soft, melodic tone.
The Malanda branch of the C W A held its meeting at English Hall with officers named. Discussion covered a site on railway property for a Rest Room, a verbal offer of a site near Mr Kidd’s residence, and a decision to cross offer and respond to the Railway Department. A note of thanks was read for sympathy on Mr E Williams’s death. Another meeting was set before Christmas before recess.
London November 7 reports Prince Schaumberg and Lippe are severely burned in a Surrey fire. The German device caused the blaze on a Croydon to Amsterdam journey. Fei Thbe Coscid, AB Revets and Sons Ltd engage as defendants in the case.
Audrey Ferris, described as America's lovely Bros. film star, champions the world’s most beautiful skin cream Creme Charmosan. The ad touts its anti aging effect and sunburn, freckle, and brown blemish resistance. Sold everywhere for 2 shillings 6 pence per large double size jar.
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